Saundarānanda · Chapter 9

saundarananda mahākāvye "strīvighna" nāma aṣṭama sarga samāpta /
navamaḥ sargaḥ
abhimānanindā
athaivamukto 'pi sa tena bhikṣuṇā jagāma naivopaśamaṃ priyāṃ prati /
tathā hi tāmeva tadā sa cintayan na tasya śuśrāva visaṃjñavad vacaḥ

yathā hi vaidyasya cikīrṣataḥ śivaṃ vaco na gṛṇhāti mumūrṣurāturaḥ /
tathaiva matto balarūpayauvanairhitaṃ na jagrāha sa tasya tadvacaḥ

na cātra citraṃ yadi rāgapāpmanā mano 'bhibhūyeta tamovṛtātmanaḥ /
narasya pāpmā hi tadā nivartate yadā bhavatyantagataṃ tamastanu

tatastathākṣiptamavekṣya taṃ tadā balena rūpeṇa ca yauvanena ca /
gṛhaprayāṇaṃ prati ca vyavasthitaṃ śaśāsa nandaṃ śramaṇaḥ sa śāntaye

balaṃ ca rūpaṃ ca navaṃ ca yauvanaṃ tathāvagacchāmi yathāvagacchasi /
ahaṃ tvidaṃ te trayamavyavasthitaṃ yathāvabuddhye na tathāvabudhyase

idaṃ hi rogāyatanaṃ jarāvaśaṃ nadītaṭānokahavaccalācalam /
na vetsi dehaṃ jalaphenadurbalaṃ balasthatāmātmani yena manyase

yadānnapānāsanayānakarmaṇāmasevanādapyatisevanādapi /
śarīramāsannavipatti dṛśyate bale 'bhimānastava kena hetunā

himātapavyādhijarākṣudādibhiryadāpyanarthairupamīyate jagat /
jalaṃ śucau māsa ivārkaraśmibhiḥ kṣayaṃ vrajan kiṃ baladṛpta manyase

tvagasthimāṃsakṣatajātmakaṃ yadā śarīramāhāravaśena tiṣṭhati /
ajasramārtaṃ satatapratikriyaṃ balānvito 'smīti kathaṃ vihanyase

yathā ghaṭaṃ mṛnmayamāmamāśrito narastitīrṣet kṣubhitaṃ mahārṇavam /
samucchrayaṃ tadvadasāramudvarahan balaṃ vyavasyed viṣayārthamudyataḥ

śarīramāmādapi mṛnmayād ghaṭādidaṃ tu niḥsāratamaṃ mataṃ mama /
ciraṃ hi tiṣṭhed vidhivad dhṛto ghaṭaḥ samucchrayo 'yaṃ sudhṛto 'pi bhidyate

yadāmbubhūvāyvanalāśca dhātavaḥ sadā viruddhā viṣamā ivoragāḥ /
bhavantyanarthāya śarīramāśritāḥ kathaṃ balaṃ rogavidho vyavasyasi

prayānti mantraiḥ praśamaṃ bhujaṅgamā na mantrasādhyastu bhavanti dhātavaḥ /
kvacicca kaṃcicca daśanti pannagāḥ sadā ca sarvaṃ ca tudanti dhātavaḥ

idaṃ hi śayyāsanapānabhojanairguṇaiḥ śarīraṃ ciramapyavekṣitam /
na marṣayatyekamapi vyatikramaṃ yato mahāśīviṣavat prakupyati

yadā himārto jvalanaṃ niṣevate himaṃ nidādhābhihato 'bhikāṅkṣati /
kṣudhānvito 'nnaṃ salilaṃ tṛṣānvito balaṃ kutaḥ kiṃ ca kathaṃ ca kasya ca

tadevamājñāya śarīramāturaṃ balānvito 'smīti na mantumarhasi /
asāramasvantamaniścitaṃ jagajjagatyanitye balamavyavasthitam

kva kārtavīryasya balābhimāninaḥ sahasrabāhobalamarjunasya tat /
cakarta bāhūn yudhi yasya bhārgavaḥ mahānti śrṛṅgāṇyaśanirgiretiva

kva tad valaṃ kaṃsavikarṣiṇo haresturaṅgarājasya puṭāvabhedinaḥ /
yamekabāṇena nijaghnivān jarāḥ kramāgatā rūpamivottamaṃ jarā

diteḥ sutasyāmararoṣakāriṇaścamūrucervā namuceḥ kva tad balam /
yamāhave kruddhamivāntakaṃ sthitaṃ jaghāna phenāvayavena vāsavaḥ

balaṃ kurūṇāṃ kva ca tattadābhavad yudhi jvalitvā tarasaujasā ca ye /
samitsamiddhā jvalanā ivādhvare hatāsavo bhasmani paryavasthitāḥ

ato viditvā balavīryamānināṃ balānvitānāmavamarditaṃ balam /
jagajjarāmṛtyuvaśaṃ vicārayan bale 'bhimānaṃ na vidhātumarhasi

balaṃ mahad yadi vā na manyase kuruṣva yuddhaṃ saha tāvadindriyaiḥ /
jayaśca te 'trāsti mahacca te balaṃ parājayaśced vitathaṃ ca te balam

tathā hi vīrāḥ puruṣā na te matā jayanti ye sāśvarathadvipānarīn
yathā matā vīratarā manīṣiṇo jayanti lolāni ṣaḍindriyāṇi ye

ahaṃ vapuṣmāniti yacca manyase vicakṣaṇaṃ naitadidaṃ ca gṛhyatām /
kva tadvapuḥ sā ca vapuṣmatī tanurgadasya śāmbasya ca sāraṇasya ca

yathā mayūraścalacitracandrako bibharti rūpaṃ guṇavat svabhāvataḥ /
śarīrasaṃskāraguṇādṛte tathā bibharti rūpaṃ yadi rūpavānasi

yadi pratīpaṃ vṛṇuyānna vāsasā na śaucakāle yadi saṃspṛśedapaḥ /
mṛjāviśeṣaṃ yadi nādadīta vā vapurvapuṣman vada kīdṛśaṃ bhavet

navaṃ vayaścātmagataṃ niśāmya yadgṛ honmukhaṃ te viṣayāptaye manaḥ /
niyaccha tacchailanadīrayopamaṃ drutaṃ hi gacchatyanivarti yauvanam

ṛturvyatītaḥ parivartate punaḥ kṣayaṃ prayātaḥ punareti candramāḥ /
gataṃ gataṃ naiva tu saṃnivartate jalaṃ nadīnāṃ ca nṛṇāṃ ca yauvanam

vivarṇitaśmaśru valīvikuñcitaṃ viśīrṇadantaṃ śithilabhru niṣprabham /
yadā mukhaṃ drakṣyasi jarjaraṃ tadā jarābhibhūto vimado bhaviṣyasi

niṣevya pānaṃ madanīyamuttamaṃ niśāvivāseṣu cirād vimādyati /
narastu matto balarūpayouvanairna kaścidaprāpya jarāṃ vimādyati

yathekṣuratyantarasaprapīḍito bhuvi praviddho dahanāya śuṣyate /
tathā jarāyantranipīḍitā tanurnipītasārā maraṇāya tiṣṭhati

yathā hi nṛbhyāṃ karapatramīritaṃ samucchritaṃ dāru bhinattyanekadhā /
tathocchritāṃ pātayati prajāmimāmaharniśābhyāmupasaṃhitā jarā

smṛteḥ pramoṣo vapuṣaḥ parābhavo rateḥ kṣayo vācchruticakṣuṣāṃ grahaḥ /
śramasya yonirbalavīryayorvadho jarāsamo nāsti śarīriṇāṃ ripuḥ

idaṃ viditvā nidhanasya daiśikaṃ jarābhidhānaṃ jagato mahadbhayam /
ahaṃ vapuṣmān balavān yuveti vā na mānamāroḍhumanāryamarhasi

ahaṃ mametyeva ca raktacetasāṃ śarīrasaṃjñā tava yaḥ kalau grahaḥ /
tamutsṛjaivaṃ yadi śāmyatā bhaved bhayaṃ hyahaṃ ceti mameti cārchati

yadā śarīre na vaśo 'sti kasyacinnirasyamāne vividhairupaplavaiḥ /
kathaṃ kṣamaṃ vettumahaṃ mameti vā śarīrasaṃjñaṃ gṛhamāpadāmidam

sapannage yaḥ kugṛhe sadāśucau rameta nityaṃ pratisaṃskṛte 'bale /
sa duṣṭadhātāvaśucau calācale rameta kāye viparītadarśanaḥ

yathā prajābhyaḥ kunṛpo balād balīn haratyaśeṣaṃ ca na cābhirakṣati /
tathaiva kāyo vasanādisādhanaṃ haratyaśeṣaṃ ca na cānuvartate

yathā prarohanti tṛṇānyayatnataḥ kṣitau prayatnāt tu bhavanti śālayaḥ /
tathaiva duḥkhāni bhavantyayatnataḥ sukhāni yatnena bhavanti vā na vā

śarīramārtaṃ parikarṣataścalaṃ na cāsti kiñcit paramārthataḥ sukham /
sukhaṃ hi duḥkhapratikārasevayā sthite ca duḥkhe tanuni vyavasyati

yathānapekṣyāgryamapīpsitaṃ sukhaṃ pravādhate duḥkhamupetamaṇvapi /
tathānapekṣyātmani duḥkhamāgataṃ na vidyate kiñcana kasyacit sukhaṃ

śarīramīdṛg bahuduḥkhādhruvaṃ phalānurodhādatha nāvagacchasi /
dravatphalebhyo dhṛtiraśmibhirmano nigṛhyatāṃ gauriva śasyalālasā

na kāmabhogā hi bhavanti tṛptaye havīṃṣi dīptasya vibhāvasoriva /
yathā yathā kāmasukheṣu vartate tathā tathecchā viṣayeṣu varddhate

yathā ca kuṣṭhavyasanena duḥkhitaḥ pratāpanānnaiva śamaṃ nigacchati /
tathendriyārtheṣvajitendriyaścaranna kāmabhogairupaśāntimṛcchati

yathā hi bhaiṣajyasukhābhikāṅkṣayā bhajeta rogānna bhajeta tatkṣamam /
tathā śarīre bahuduḥkhabhājane rameta mohād viṣayābhikāṅkṣayā

anarthakāmaḥ puruṣasya yo janaḥ sa tasya śatruḥ kila tena karmaṇā /
anarthamūlā viṣayāśca kevalā nanu praheyā viṣamā yathārayaḥ

ihaiva bhūtvā ripavo vadhātmakāḥ prayānti kāle puruṣasya mitratāṃ /
paratra caiveha ca duḥkhahetavo bhavanti kāmā na tu kasyacicchivāḥ

yathopayuktaṃ rasavarṇagandhavad vadhāya kimpākaphalaṃ na puṣṭaye /
niṣevyamāṇā viṣayāścalātmano bhavantyanarthāya tathā na bhūtaye

tadetadājñāya vipāpmanātmanā vimokṣadharmādyupasahitaṃ hitam /
juṣasva me sajjanasaṃmataṃ mataṃ pracakṣva vā niścayamud giran giram

iti hitamapi bahvapīdamuktaḥ śrutamahatā śramaṇena tena nandaḥ /
na dhṛtimupayayau na śarma lebhe dvirada ivātimado madāndhacetāḥ

nandasya bhāvamavagamya tataḥ sa bhikṣuḥ pāriplavaṃ gṛhasukhābhimukhaṃ na dharme /
sattvāśayānuśayabhāvaparīkṣakāya buddhāya tattvaviduṣe kathayāṃcakāra