Subhāṣitaratnakaraṇḍakathā · Verses 21-40

// iti durlabhamānuṣyakathā //
IV. Dānakathā
annapānaśayanāsanasaṃpad ratnamālyavasanābharaṇāni /
kīrtir uttamaguṇāś ca yuvatyo dānataḥ kathitam etad aśesam

ājñādīptir bhogasaṃpat prakṛṣṭā rūpaudāryaṃ varṇamādhuryam ojaḥ /
vāksaubhāgyaṃ kāntir ārogyam āyus tat tad dānād iṣṭam iṣṭaṃ phalaṃ ca

aśvāḥ kṣaumāṇi nāgā bahukusumasitaṃ cāmaraṃ cātapatraṃ
saudhaṃ saṃgītigarbhaṃ madhupaṭaharavāḥ puṣpamālā yuvatyaḥ /
bhojyaṃ ratnāni hārāḥ puranagaramahīṃ kuṅkumaṃ devalokaḥ
saṃbuddhatvaṃ ca buddhaiḥ kathitam iha phalaṃ dānakalpadrumasya

yan nīlotpalakomalāmaladalapraspardhinetrāḥ striyaś
cañcanmekhalacumbitorujaghanā visrastaraktāṃśukāḥ /
dāsyaṃ yānti vikampitastanataṭā vyāvalgitabhrūlatās
tan mātsaryakapāṭapāṭanapaṭor dānasya visphūrjitam

aśvaiś cāmarabhāranāmitaśirorūpaiḥ khalīnonmukhair
nāgair bhinnamadaiś ca yan naravarā gacchanti chattrocchrayaiḥ /
bhṛtyaiḥ sābharaṇaiḥ kṛtāñjalipuṭair abhyarcyamānāḥ sadā
tad dānasya phalaṃ vadanti munayaḥ pūrvārjitasyedṛśam

hārair vajravicitrahemavalayair yat pārthivā bhūṣitāḥ
keyūrair mukuṭaiś ca ratnakhacitaiḥ siṃhāsanasthāḥ sadā /
madhye 'ntaḥpurikājanasya vividhaiḥ krīḍanti vikrīḍitais
tad dānasya phalaṃ vadanti munayaḥ śārdūlavikrīḍitam

prāsāde maṇiratnahemakhacite chattradhvajālaṃkṛte
vīṇāvallariveṇugītamudite ratnaprabhodbhāsite /
yac chakro ramate śacīsahacaro yoṣitsahasrākule
tad dānasya phalaṃ vadanti munayaḥ pūrvārjitasyedṛśam

dātā priyatvam upayāti janasya śaśvat saṃsevyate ca baḥubhiḥ samupetya sadbhiḥ /
kīrtiś ca dikṣu visaraty amalaṃ yaśo 'sya tat tat padaṃ samupayāti viśārado 'sau

bhedāt kāyasya deveṣv avikalavividhottaptabhogāspadeṣu
prāpyotpattiṃ vicitrastabakakusumitasphītakalpadrumeṣu /
udyāneṣu prakāmaṃ suciram atisukhaṃ nandanādiṣv akhinnaḥ
prāpnoty utkṛṣṭarūpāmarayuvatijanaiḥ sevyamānaḥ pradānāt

dānaṃ nāma mahānidhānam anugaṃ caurādyasādhāraṇaṃ
dānaṃ matsaralobhadoṣarajasaḥ prakṣālaṇaṃ cetasaḥ /
saṃsārādhvapariśramāpanayanaṃ dānaṃ sukhaṃ vāhanaṃ
dānaṃ naikasukhopadhānasumukhaṃ sanmitram ātyantikam

śroṇīsaṃgatamekhalāḥ kalagiro līlācalaikabhruvaḥ
karṇāsannaviśālacārunayanāḥ keśāntasaktasrajaḥ /
yad dāsyaṃ svayam aṅganāḥ sukṛtinām āyānti pīnoravas
tan māhātmyam uvāca saṃbhṛtaphalaṃ dānasya śauddhodaniḥ

paryasyatsahakārabhaṅgasurabhi preṅkhannimagnotpalaṃ
śrīmatkāñcanabhājane vinihutaṃ bandhūkatāmraṃ madhu /
kāminyā śapathopanītam asakṛd yat pīyate kāminā
hetuṃ tatra vadanti śuddhamatayo dānaṃ paraṃ śreyasaḥ

iti dānaguṇān niśamya saumya prayatātmā kuru dāna eva yatnam /
tribhavogramahābhaye narāṇāṃ na hi dānāt param asti bandhur anyaḥ

// iti dānakathā //
V. Puṇyakathā
yad dṛśyate jagati cārutaraṃ priyaṃ vā rūpaṃ kulaṃ priyajano vibhavāḥ sukhaṃ vā /
tat puṇyaśilpikṛtam eva vadanti santaḥ kalyāṇakāripuruṣasya na puṇyatulyam

atyucchritonnatasitadhvajapaṅkticitrair nāgāśvapattirathasaṃkṣubhitair balaughaiḥ /
uddhūtacāmaravirājitagātraśobhāḥ puṇyādhikāḥ kṣitibhujo bhuvi saṃcaranti

kauśeyakāśikadukūlavicitravastrā muktāvalīkanakaratnavibhūṣitāṅgāḥ /
yat ke cid eva puruṣāḥ śriyam udvahanti puṇyasya pūrvacaritasya kṛtajñatā sā

āyuḥ sudīrghaṃ sukule ca janma kāntaṃ vapur vyādhibhayaṃ na cāsti /
dhanaṃ prabhūtaṃ parivārasaṃpad bhavanti puṇyasya mahāvipākāḥ

yac cakravartī pravarais tu ratnaiḥ sahasraputraiś ca samanvito 'pi
samudrasīmāṃ bubhuje dharitrīṃ tat puṇyaratnasya phalaṃ viśālam

vicitrapadmāsanamadhyasaṃsthitaḥ surāsurendrādinamaskṛtaḥ sadā /
yad brahmalokaṃ tv abhibhūya tejasā brahmā sadā bhāti tad eva puṇyataḥ

yad devanāgāsurasiddhasaṃghair gandharvayakṣottamakinnaraiś ca /
saṃpūjyate devaguruḥ sadaiva tat puṇyaratnasya phalaṃ viśālam