Saundarānanda · Chapter 7

saundarananda mahākāvye "bhāryāvilāpa" nāma ṣaṣṭha sarga samāpta /
saptamaḥ sargaḥ
nandavilāpa
liṅgaṃ tataḥ śāstṛvidhipradiṣṭaṃ gātreṇa bibhranna tu cetasā tat /
bhāryāgataireva manovitarkairjehrīyamāṇo na nananda nandaḥ

sa puṣpamāsasya ca puṣpalakṣmyā sarvābhisāreṇa ca puṣpaketoḥ /
yānīyabhāvena ca yauvanasya vihārasaṃstho na śamaṃ jagāma

sthitaḥ saḥ dīnaḥ sahakāravīthyāmālīnasaṃmūrcchitaṣaṭpadāyām /
bhṛśaṃ jajṛmbhe yugadīrghabāhurdhyātvā priyāṃ cāpamivācakarṣa

sa pītakakṣodamiva pratīcchan cūtadrumebhyastanupuṣpavarṣam /
dīrghaṃ niśaśvāsa vicintya bhāryāṃ navagraho nāga ivāvaruddhaḥ

śokasya hartā śaraṇāgatānāṃ śokasya karttā pratigarvitānām /
aśokamālambya sa jātaśokaḥ priyāṃ priyāśokakavanāṃ śuśoca

priyāṃ priyāyāḥ pratanuṃ priyaṅguṃ niśāmya bhītāmiva niṣpatantīm /
sasmāra tāmaśrumukhīṃ sabāṣpaḥ priyāṃ priyaṅguprasavāvadātām

puṣpāvanaddhe tilakadrumasya dṛṣṭvānyapuṣṭāṃ śikhare niviṣṭām /
saṃkalpayāmāsa śikhāṃ priyāyāḥ śuklāṃśuke 'ṭṭālapāśritāyāḥ

latāṃ praphullāmatimuktakasya cūtasya pārśve parirabhya jātām /
niśāmya cintāmagamattadaivaṃ śliṣṭā bhavenmāmapi sundarīti

puṣpotkarālā api nāgavṛkṣā dāntaiḥ samudgairiva hemagarbhaiḥ /
kāntāravṛkṣā iva duḥkhitasya na cakṣurācikṣipurasya tatra

gandhaṃ vamanto 'pi ca gandhaparṇā gandharvaveśyā iva gandhapūrṇāḥ /
tasyānyacittasya śugātmakasya ghrāṇaṃ na janhurhṛdayaṃ pratepuḥ

saṃraktakaṇṭhaiśca vinīlakaṇṭhaistuṣṭaiḥ prahṛṣṭairapi cānyapuṣṭaiḥ /
lelihyamānaiśca madhu dvirephaiḥ svanadvanaṃ tasya mano nunoda

sa tatra bhāryāraṇisaṃbhavena vitarkadhūmena tamaḥśikhena /
kāmāgnināntarhṛdi dahyamāno vihāya dhairyaṃ vilalāpa tattat

adyāvagacchāmi suduṣkaraṃ te cakruḥ kariṣyanti ca kurvate ca /
tyaktvā priyāmaśrumukhīṃ tapo ye cerūścariṣyanti caranti caiva

tāvad dṛḍhaṃ bandhanamasti loke na dāravaṃ tāntavamāyasaṃ vā /
yāvad dṛḍhaṃ bandhanametadeva mukhaṃ calākṣaṃ lalitaṃ ca vākyam

chittvā ca bhittvā ca hi yānti tāni svapauruṣāccaiva suhṛdbalācca /
jñānācca raukṣyācca vinā vimoktuṃ na śakyate snehamayastu pāśaḥ

jñānaṃ na me tacca śamāya yat syānna na cāsti raukṣyaṃ karuṇātmako 'smi /
kāmātmakaścāsmi guruśca buddhaḥ sthito 'ntare cakragaterivāsmi

ahaṃ gṛhītvāpi hi bhikṣuliṅgaṃ bhrātṝṣiṇā dviguruṇānuśiṣṭaḥ /
sarvāsvavasthāsu labhe na śāntiṃ priyāviyogādiva cakravākaḥ

adyāpi tanme hṛdi vartate ca yaddarpaṇe vyākulite mayā sā /
kṛtānutakrodhakamabravīnmāṃ kathaṃkṛto 'sīti śaṭhaṃ hasantī

yathaiṣyanāśyānaviśeṣakāyāṃ mayīti yanmāmavadacca sāśru /
pāriplavākṣeṇa mukhena bālā tanme vaco 'dyāpi mano ruṇaddhi

buddhvāsanaṃ parvatanirjharasthaḥ svastho yathā dhyāyati bhikṣureṣaḥ /
saktaḥ kvacinnāhamivaiṣa nūnaṃ śāntastathā tṛpta ivopaviṣṭaḥ

puṃskokilānāmavicintya ghoṣaṃ vasantalakṣmyāmavicārya cakṣuḥ /
śāstraṃ yathābhyasyati caiṣa yuktaḥ śaṅke priyākarṣati nāsya cetaḥ

asmai namo 'stu sthiraniścayāya nivṛttakautūhalavismayāya /
śāntātmane 'ntargatamānāsāya caṅkramyamāṇāya nirutsukāya

nirīkṣamāṇasya jalaṃ sapadmaṃ vanaṃ ca phullaṃ parapuṣṭajuṣṭam /
kasyāsti dhairyaṃ navayauvanasya māse madhau dharmasapatnabhūte

bhāvena garveṇa gatena lakṣmyā smitena kopena madena vāgbhiḥ /
jahruḥ striyo devanṛparṣisaṃghān kasmāddhi nāsmadvidhamākṣipeyuḥ

kāmābhibhūto hi hiraṇyaretāḥ svāhāṃ siṣeve madhavānahalyām /
sattvena sargeṇa ca tena hīnaḥ strinirjitaḥ kiṃ bata mānuṣo 'ham

sūryaḥ saraṇyūṃ prati jātarāgastatprītaye taṣṭa iti śrutaṃ naḥ /
ratamaśvabhūto 'śvavadhūṃ sametya yato 'śvinau tau janayāṃbabhūva

strīkāraṇaṃ vairaviśaktabuddhyorvaivasvatāgnyoścalitātmadhṛtyoḥ /
bahūni varṣāṇi babhūva yuddhaṃ kaḥ strīnimittaṃ na caledihānyaḥ

bheje śvapākīṃ munirakṣamālāṃ kāmādvasiṣṭhaśca sa sadvariṣṭhaḥ /
yasyāṃ vivaśvāniva bhūjalādaḥ sutaḥ prasūto 'sya kapiñjalādaḥ

parāśaraḥ śāpaśarastatharṣiḥ kālīṃ siṣeve jhaṣagarbhayonim /
suto 'sya yasyāṃ suṣuve mahātmā dvaipāyano vedavibhāgakarttā

dvaipāyano dharmaparāyaṇaśca reme samaṃ kāśiṣu veśyavadhvā /
yayā hato 'bhūccalanūpureṇa pādena vidyullatayeva meghaḥ

tathāṅgirā rāgaparītacetāḥ sarasvatīṃ brahmasutaḥ siṣeve /
sārasvato yatra suto 'sya jajñe naṣṭasya vedasya punaḥpravaktā

tathā nṛparṣerdilīpasya yajñe svargastriyāṃ kāśyapa āgatāsthaḥ /
sruvaṃ gṛhītvā sravadātmatejaścikṣepa vahrāvasito yato 'bhūt

tathāṅgado 'ntaṃ tapaso 'pi gatvā kāmābhibhūto yamunāmagacchat /
dhīmattaraṃ yatra rathītaraṃ sa sāraṅgajuṣṭaṃ janayāmbabhūva

niśāmya śāntāṃ naradevakanyāṃ vane 'pi śānte 'pi ca vartamānaḥ /
cacāla dhairyānmuniṛṣyaśrṛṅgaḥ śailo mahīkampa ivoccaśrṛṅgaḥ

brahmarṣibhāvārthamapāsya rājyaṃ bheje vanaṃ yo viṣayeṣvanāsthaḥ /
sa gādhijaścāpahṛto ghṛtācyā samā daśaikaṃ divasaṃ viveda

tathaiva kandarpaśarābhimṛṣṭo rambhāṃ prati sthūlaśirā mumūrccha /
yaḥ kāmaroṣātmatayānapekṣaḥ śaśāpa tāmapratigṛhyamāṇaḥ

pramadvarāyāṃ ca ruruḥ priyāyāṃ bhujaṅgamenāpahṛtendriyāyām /
saṃdṛśya saṃdṛśya jaghāna sarpān priyaṃ na roṣeṇa tapo rarakṣa

naptā śaśāṅkasya yaśoguṇāṅko budhasya sūnurvibudhaprabhāvaḥ /
tathorvaśīmapsarasaṃ vicintya rājarṣirunmādamagacchadaiḍaḥ

rakto girermūrdhani menakāyāṃ kāmātmakatvācca sa tālajaṅghaḥ /
pādena viśvāvasunā saroṣaṃ vajreṇa hintāla ivābhijaghne

nāśaṃ gatāyāṃ paramāṅganāyāṃ gaṃgājale 'naṅgaparītacetāḥ /
janhuśca gaṅgāṃ nṛpatirbhujābhyāṃ rurodha maināka ivācalendraḥ

nṛpaśca gaṅgāvirahājjughūrṇa gaṅgāmbhasā sāla ivāttamūlaḥ /
kulapradīpaḥ pratipasya sūnuḥ śrīmattanuḥ śantanurasvatantraḥ

hṛtāṃ ca saunandakinānu 'śocan prāptāmivorvīṃ striyamurvaśīṃ tām /
sadvṛttavarmā kila somavarmā babhrāma citodbhavabhinnavarmā

bhāryāṃ mṛtāṃ cānumamāra rājā bhīmaprabhāvo bhuvi bhīmakaḥ saḥ /
balena senāka iti prakāśaḥ senāpatirdeva ivāttasenaḥ

svargaṃ gate bhartari śantanau ca kālīṃ jihīrṣan janamejayaḥ saḥ /
avāpa bhīṣmāt samavetya mṛtyuṃ na tadgataṃ manmathamutsasarja

śaptaśca pāṇḍurmadanena nūnaṃ strīsaṃgame mṛtyumavāpsyasīti /
jagāma mādrīṃ na maharṣiśāpādasevyasevī vimamarśa mṛtyum

evaṃvidhā devanṛparṣisaṅghāḥ strīṇāṃ vaśaṃ kāmavaśena jagmuḥ /
dhiyā ca sāreṇa ca durbalaḥ san priyāmapaśyan kimu viklavo 'ham

yāsyāmi tasmād gṛhameva bhūyaḥ kāmaṃ kariṣye vidhivat sakāmam /
na hyanyacittasya calendriyasya liṅgaṃ kṣamaṃ dharmapathāccyutasya

pāṇau kapālamavadhārya vidhāya mauṇḍyaṃ mānaṃ nidhāya vikṛtaṃ paridhāya vāsaḥ /
yasyoddhavo na dhṛtirasti na śāntirasti citrapradīpa iva so 'sti ca nāsti caiva

yo niḥsṛtaśca na ca niḥsṛtakāmarāgaḥ kāṣāyamudvahati yo na ca niṣkaṣāyaḥ /
pātraṃ bibharti ca guṇairna ca pātrabhūto liṅgaṃ vahannapi sa naiva gṛhī na bhikṣuḥ

na nyāyyamanvayavataḥ parigṛhya liṅgaṃ bhūyo vimoktumiti yo 'pi hi me vicāraḥ /
so 'pi praṇaśyati vicintya nṛpapravīrāstānye tapovanamapāsya gṛhāṇyatīyuḥ

śālbādhipo hi sasuto 'pi tathāmbarīṣo rāmo 'ndha eva sa ca sāṃskṛtirantidevaḥ /
cīrāṇyapāsya dadhire punaraṃśukāni chittvā jaṭāśca kuṭilā mukuṭāni babhruḥ

tasmād bhikṣārthaṃ mama gururito yāvadeva prayātas
tyaktvā kāṣāyaṃ ṛhamahamitastāvadeva prayāsye /
pūjyaṃ liṅgaṃ hi skhalitamanaso bibhrataḥ kliṣṭabuddher
nāmutrārthaḥ syādupahatamaternāpyayaṃ jīvalokaḥ