Chapter 53

gati mṛgānāṃ pavanaṃ ākāśaṃ pakṣiṇāṃ gatiḥ |
dharmo gatir vibhāgīyānāṃ nirvāṇam arhatāṃ gatir iti || 1 ||
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lokottarasya loke aparimitayaśasya lokanāthasya |
pūrvacaritaṃ bhagavato + + + guṇavato pravakṣyāmi || 2 ||
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na hi bodhisatvacaritaṃ sadevagandharvamānuṣe loke |
śakyam abhibhavituṃ kenaci tena daśabalo anabhibhūto || 3 ||
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yaṃ yaṃ tathāgatānāṃ smṛtiye balaṃ tāsu tāsu jātīṣu |
maitrāya ca karuṇāya ca lokaṃ anukampamānānāṃ || 4 ||
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taṃ sucaritaṃ bhagavato kalpaśatasahasrasaṃcitaśubhasya |
aham abhyudāhariṣyaṃ avadhānaṃ detha satkṛtya || 5 ||
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tena samayena bhagavāṃ vānaprasthāna tāpasakulasmiṃ |
atyantaśuddhe satvaṃ upapadyitha buddhisampanno || 6 ||
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tasya mātāpitarau jīrṇā ca abhūnsuś cakṣuvihīnā |
eteṣām utpadye hitāya lokottaro + + + || 7 ||
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sarvamanavadyagātro ṛddhīmāṃ saumyako viśālākṣo |
tad eva tasya nāmaṃ abhūṣi śyāmo ti taṃ kālaṃ || 8 ||
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āścaryaṃ ṛṣikumāraṃ yo paśyati mānuṣo vā devo vā |
rūpaguṇapāramigataṃ nidhyāyanto sa na tṛpyati || 9 ||
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svayam eva bodhisatvo kiṃ kuśalaṃ gaveṣayaṃ samādiyati |
śuklaṃ kuśalaṃ dharmaṃ taṃ ca samādāya varteti || 10 ||
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akhaṇḍakam akalmāṣaṃ pariśuddhaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kuśīdehi |
svayaṃ carati brahmacaryaṃ paraṃ ca tatra niyojayati || 11 ||
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mātāpitṝṣu vīro upasthapetvā tīvraṃ paricarati |
brahmacaryaṃ brahmacāri svayaṃ brahmacārivrataṃ carati || 12 ||
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tasyāsi samādānaṃ priyeṣu mātāpitṝṣu dayiteṣu |
na khu me prapañcayitavyaṃ andheṣu parapraṇeyyeṣu || 13 ||
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mūlaphalam āharanto gilānakā jīrṇakā vayovṛddhān |
premnena gauraveṇa ca satkṛtya gurūn upasthāsyaṃ || 14 ||
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annena ca pānena ca gilānabhaiṣajyānupradānena |
vastraiḥ śayyāsanena mātāpitaraṃ upasthāsyaṃ || 15 ||
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api cātra bodhisatvo mātāpitaraṃ bhaṇāsi mā khu bhave |
na khu tāva śocitavyaṃ ahaṃ ca paricārako asmi || 16 ||
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taṃ avaca śyāmasundari cīraṃbhājī ca mā ca tava pāpaṃ |
utpathapanthagatasya ca tuhya mā trāsentu bhūtāni || 17 ||
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mānsarudhirārthino pi mṛgarājā atibalā ca mātaṃgā |
mārgād apakramantu te mā ca te trāsentu bhūtāni || 18 ||
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mṛgapotakehi sārdhaṃ prativasati āśrameṣu ramaṇiyeṣu |
mṛga iva mṛgehi sārdhaṃ vasati araṇye ṛṣikumāro || 19 ||
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tasya tahim āśramapade prativasato kṣamadamaprahāṇasya |
maitrāya ca karuṇāya ca lokaṃ anukaṃpamānasya || 20 ||
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prādur ahu kāśirājā nṛpati mahāvāhano maheśākhyo |
so tasmiṃ āśramapade trāsayati mṛgā ca pakṣī ca || 21 ||
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rājā vanāntareṇa adarśi eṇīmṛgāṇa yūthāni |
dṛṣṭvāna tvaritatvarito vitane dhanu sandahe kṣuraprā || 22 ||
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eṣo aśvāvāhī anilajavaṃ osare mṛgābhimukhaṃ |
sakalaturaṃgaśreṣṭhaṃ prakīrṇaśirajaṃ tvaritagāmiṃ || 23 ||
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saṃprati ca ṛṣikumāro kalaśaṃ ādāya prasthito udakaṃ |
avagāhi tāva girinadiṃ trastā ca mṛgā ca pakṣī ca || 24 ||
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atha paramakopakupito so rājā ābhatena cāpena |
anudhāvanto mṛgān na addaśi kupito ṛṣikumāraṃ || 25 ||
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tena mṛgasya khurapro saṃdahito yena āhato śyāmaḥ |
viṣaliptena aviṣamo śalyena samarpito patito || 26 ||
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so avaca hanyamāno kenāsmi adūṣako pitā mātā |
ekeṣuṇā trayo hatā saṃprajvalito puna adharmo || 27 ||
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dantāna nāma kāraṇā hananti nāgā mṛgā ca mānsārthaṃ |
camarī ca bālahetor dvīpayo cārthāya carmasya || 28 ||
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mahyaṃ punar na dantā na pi carma na śirajā nāpi ca mānsaṃ |
kisya khu nāma kṛtena aheṭhakā hatā bhaviṣyāmaḥ || 29 ||
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so tāṃ girāṃ śruṇitvā rājā adhigamya taṃ ṛṣikumāraṃ |
anuneti kṣamāpeti ca ajānatā āhato bhagavān || 30 ||
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naiṣo kṣurapro saṃdhito tvam āhato si maya ajānantena |
yam ajānantena kṣataṃ etaṃ mayā kṣamyatām eva || 31 ||
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yaṃ ca paridevanto bhaṇesi ekeṣuṇā hatā trīṇi |
viyāhara brahmacārī etaṃ me artham ākhyāhi || 32 ||
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taṃ avaca bodhisatvo priyeṣu mātāpitṝṣu dayiteṣu |
kāraṇam upasaṃjanetva imāṃ girām abhyudīremi || 33 ||
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te me cirabrahmacārī mātā ca pitā ca jīrṇakā vṛddhā |
teṣām acakṣaṣuṣāṇām aham eva gatiś ca nāthaś ca || 34 ||
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teṣām anāthamaraṇaṃ upasthitan tena rāja śocāmi |
te mahyam aparicīrṇā anāthamaraṇaṃ mariṣyanti || 35 ||
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etena hetunā ahaṃ bhaṇāmi hatā trīṇi |
kiṃci tvayi poṣiyanto na hato + + + bhaviṣyāmi || 36 ||
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kāśipatiḥ tīkṣṇabuddhi tenāpi asya saṃbhāvito artho |
taṃ avaca ṛṣikumāraṃ praṇamya śirasā hi pādeṣu || 37 ||
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nirayaṃ ahaṃ patiṣyaṃ adūṣakaṃ ṛṣiputraṃ hanitvāna |
etādṛśā hi hatvā narakeṣu na mucyituṃ śakyā || 38 ||
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ye pi tava aśruvindū patanti atyantaśuddhasatvasya |
lokam api te dahensuḥ kiṃ puna asmādṛśāṃ bālā || 39 ||
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satyaṃ bhaṇāmi yadi me maraṇena jīvitaṃ tava bhaveya |
prāṇam api ahaṃ tyajeyaṃ na vaiṣa saṃvidyate sthānaṃ || 40 ||
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tīkṣṇena viṣakṛtena hṛdayasmiṃ āhato si ṛṣiputra |
jānāmi jīvitaṃ tava nāsti na ca me priyaṃ bhavati || 41 ||
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evaṃ ca te mahāyaśa pratiśruṇiṣyāmi taṃ me pattīya |
satyaṃ hi jīvaloke pratiṣṭhitaṃ eṣa paramārthaṃ || 42 ||
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rājyam apahāya sphītaṃ strīyo ca kāmāṃś ca parityajya |
mūlaphalam āharanto gurū tavāhaṃ paricariṣyaṃ || 43 ||
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taṃ avaca bodhisatvo kharaṃ mama śokaśalyaparidāghaṃ |
vyapanayasi rājakuṃjara imāṃ girām abhyudīrento || 44 ||
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idam eva udakakumbhaṃ ādāya imāhi ekapadikāhi |
asmākam āśramapadaṃ gatvā vacanena me bhaṇesi || 45 ||
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abhivādanaṃ punaḥ puna bhaṇesi tvaṃ mātaraṃ ca pitaraṃ ca |
kālagato vo putro so ca vo abhivādanaṃ āha || 46 ||
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na kathaṃcit śocitavyaṃ nāpi ca ruṇḍena śocitenārtho |
jātena jīvaloke sarveṇa avaśyaṃ martavyaṃ || 47 ||
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eṣā kilānupūrvā na suciraṃ jīvitaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ |
maraṇaṃ paryavasānaṃ āḍhyānāṃ durgatānāṃ ca || 48 ||
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nāpi ca svayaṃkṛtānāṃ karmāṇāṃ phalaṃ palāyituṃ śakyā |
cakraparivartakasya hi uparipatati sukhaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ ca || 49 ||
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nāpi ca manonvitānāṃ mayā śrutaṃ nāpi cāhaṃ jānāmi |
kṣaṇikasya durbalasya ca saṃskāragatasya adhruvatāṃ || 50 ||
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nāpi + + + maraṇaṃ nāpi ca mama eva edṛśaṃ duḥkhaṃ |
anubhūto eṣa artho na kiṃci loke anāgamyaṃ || 51 ||
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eṣo me śokaśalyo yaṃ jīrṇā cakṣuṣā ca parihīnā |
hohanti śokabahulā tava śruṇitvāna vṛttāntaṃ || 52 ||
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syāme tha paśya dāniṃ kāśivardhana satyapratijño bhavesi |
taṃ me gurūsu pāricaryāye janādhipa bhaviṣyati || 53 ||
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taṃ mahārthaṃ jīrṇeṣu durbaleṣu ca paṇḍitā praśaṃsanti |
paricaryaṃ hi janādhipa trīṇi pi tasyāsti aṃgāni || 54 ||
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puṇyaṃ ca nāma hohati yaśo ca kīrtī ca kaśalamūlaṃ ca |
pṛcchāhi kāśirāja vacanam abhigamanaṃ samupasthāhi || 55 ||
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sādhūti śrutvāna sa vimano aśrūṇi saṃpramārjanto |
prakramati kāśirājā mṛto sti śyāmo ti viditvāna || 56 ||
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samprati ca kāśirājā prakrānto mṛgaśatāni ca bahūni |
parivārensuḥ śyāmaṃ pakṣigaṇā devatā api ca || 57 ||
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taṃ paśyiyāna patitaṃ śayamānaṃ mūrcchitaṃ nadītīre |
rodensuḥ devatā pi mṛgapakṣiśatāni ca bahūni || 58 ||
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so nūnaṃ pāpakarmā tamā tamaṃ durgatīṣu durgatiyaṃ |
gacchati yo tava pāpaṃ cintayati apāpadharmasya || 59 ||
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bhūtānāṃ ca ninādo ākāśe pṛthivīye ca nirghoṣo |
vātā ca vipravānti cintayati ṛṣi aho kaṣṭaṃ || 60 ||
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mā haiva ṛṣikumāro viheṭhito yādṛśāni dṛśyanti |
raudrāṇi kāruṇāni ca rutarutaśabdāni subahūni || 61 ||
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vātā pravānti kaṣṭaṃ śakunā pravyāharanti ca kharāṇi |
hṛdayaṃ ca vyutthasthāno sarvo ca anirvṛto kāyo || 62 ||
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ete manovitarkā vartanti so ca peliyaśo nāma |
prakramati āśramapadaṃ mṛgapakṣigaṇā ca santrastā || 63 ||
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bhītā diśo vrajanti bhayārditā devatā pi saṃjñātvā |
durmanatarā abhūnsuḥ niṣpratyāśā paśyantīyo || 64 ||
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na imāṃ diśāṃ manuṣyo amanuṣyo vāpi kvacid āgamya |
na pi dṛṣṭvā ṛṣikumāraṃ mṛgapakṣigaṇā bhayaṃ enti || 65 ||
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niḥsaṃśayaṃ bhaviṣyati mahadbhayo romaharṣaṇo satvo |
yaṃ paśyiyā mṛgagaṇā santrasyanti pakṣisaṃghā ca || 66 ||
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viditaviditaṃ upagamya mātāpitaraṃ anāgamanena sya |
prāṇaharo pi trasyantaṃ madhurāhi girāhi abhinandi || 67 ||
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te avaca svāgataṃ tava kuto tuvaṃ kasya vāsi tvaṃ dūto |
andhā sma acakṣuṣkā śyāmo ca gato udakahārī || 68 ||
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rājāha ahaṃ mṛgavyaṃ kāśipurā nirgato saha balena |
nāmena peliyakṣo aṇvāmi mṛgā gaveṣanto || 69 ||
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kacci tava rājakuṃjara varṣati devo rohati ca vījaṃ |
antaḥpuraṃ arogaṃ mahya kumārā balāgraṃ ca || 70 ||
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nagareṣu janapadeṣu ca kṣemaṃ me prakṛtayo ca anuraktā |
na ca vardhanti amitrā sarvo ca vivardhati kośo || 71 ||
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śramaṇeṣu brāhmaṇeṣu ca ārakṣo dhārmiko janapadeṣu |
vardhati na caiva hāyati dānāni ca demi satkṛtya || 72 ||
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yuṣmākaṃ pi araṇye taskaravyāghrabahuvyālacaritasmiṃ |
na karonti kecid hiṃsāṃ bhūtāni yathotpathagatāni || 73 ||
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puṣpakalaṃ prabhūtaṃ śyāmākaṃ śākamūlakaṃ pracuraṃ |
alpakisareṇa labhyati alpā vyādhī śarīrasmiṃ || 74 ||
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nacireṇa gato kumāro niṣīda etāhi parṇaśivikāhi |
bhavyasya dhārmikasya atiriva ca manomanāpasya || 75 ||
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atha viṣakṛtām aniṣṭāṃ prāṇaharāṃ tasya tāpasakulasya |
vācāṃ pravyāharati rājā aśrūṇi vartento || 76 ||
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yaṃ bhaṇatha brahmacārī ṛṣiputraḥ dharmacāri samacāri |
so saṃprati kālagato so vo abhivādanaṃ āha || 77 ||
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na kathaṃci śocitavyaṃ na pi ruṇḍaśocitena kocārtho |
jātena jīvaloke sarveṇa avaśyaṃ martavyaṃ || 78 ||
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te tāṃ girāṃ aniṣṭāṃ amanojñāṃ apriyāṃ śruṇitvāna |
avaciṃsu jīvitaṃ khu me uparundhasi evaṃ jalpanto || 79 ||
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so avaca eṣo artho nayena jāto yadā mayā pāpaṃ |
avijānantena kṛtaṃ evaṃ kṣamyantu me devā || 80 ||
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aham api ca etam arthaṃ ihāgato yāṃ dhurām ṛṣikumāro |
vaheti ca tāṃ vahiṣyaṃ ahaṃ ca devā upasthāsyaṃ || 81 ||
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paridevate sya mātā indīvarasuprasūtavarṇasya |
hasitabhaṇitāni pūrvaṃ priyasya putrasya vigaṇentī || 82 ||
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hā dayita syāma sundara tvayā vinābhāvasambhavo pūrvaṃ |
mahyaṃ hṛdayaṃ dahiṣyati śuṣkaṃ tṛṇakāṣṭham iva agni || 83 ||
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śūnyam imam āśramapadaṃ khyāyati bhayabhairavaṃ anabhiramyaṃ |
bhavyena dhārmikena vihīnaṃ ṛṣiṇā udāreṇa || 84 ||
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yaṃ nūnaṃ so sarvā no śakti kāmam ahu tena ca śamaṃ |
taṃ mama asya varataraṃ na jātu etādṛśaṃ duḥkhaṃ || 85 ||
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asmehi nyūnā manye kṛtā vicitrā vividhā tapaścaryā |
tasyaiṣa phalavipāko yaṃ sma vihīnā priyaputreṇa || 86 ||
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ruṇḍena śocitena mahattaraṃ pīḍitā parikilantā |
bahvyasya dhārmikasya anusmarantī guṇaśatāni || 87 ||
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te avaca kāśirājaṃ evaṃ so yācito tahiṃ nehi |
andhā sma acakṣukā sma na sma samarthā tahiṃ gantuṃ || 88 ||
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so avaca tahiṃ khu neṣyaṃ taṃ deśaṃ yatra so ṛṣikumāro |
apy eva nāma jīve yuvā sa nihato mṛgaviṣehi || 89 ||
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sa kāśirājā + + + mārgeṇa yathāgatena gacchanto |
nacirasya taṃ pradeśaṃ agami yahiṃ so ṛṣikumāro || 90 ||
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taṃ paśyiyāna patitaṃ śayamānaṃ mūrchitaṃ nadītīre |
mukharatanam asya mātā kareṇa parimārjati rudantī || 91 ||
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hā dayita ekaputra akiṃcanānāṃ tuvaṃ daridrāṇāṃ |
bandhu abandhūnāṃ tvaṃ kathaṃ asi viheṭhito vatsa || 92 ||
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vanadevatā pi satye na kiṃcid artho yamamanuṣyabhūteṣu |
paśyanti kiṃcit śyāmo stokaṃ pi na vārito vatso || 93 ||
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duḥsoḍhaṃ yātrānnaṃ vidyate + + + bahudalaśatāni |
bhavyena dhārmikena yahiṃ vihīnā priyaputreṇa || 94 ||
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te nūnaṃ karuṇakaruṇaṃ mṛgā ca pakṣī ca āśramapadasmiṃ |
śyāmakaśirim apaśyantā garjanti ratiṃ alabhamānā || 95 ||
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mā śoca pārage tvaṃ na pi ruṇḍaśocitena kocārtho |
jātena jīvaloke sarveṇa avaśyaṃ martavyaṃ || 96 ||
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vayabhapi ca brahmacārī ciraviratā maithunehi yogehi |
kāhāma satyavākyaṃ tenāsya viṣaṃ haniṣyāmaḥ || 97 ||
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yatha tuhya syāma sundara pāpe cittaṃ na sajjati kadācit |
tatha tava hataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ utthehi ca satyavacanena || 98 ||
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yatha tava mātāpitarau śīlaṃ rakṣanti nityapariśuddhaṃ |
tatha tava hataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ utthehi ca satyavacanena || 99 ||
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yathā tava bhavanettī māno ca mado ca nāsti mrakṣo vā |
tatha tava hataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ utthehi ca satyavacanena || 100 ||
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atha so vijṛmbhamāṇo samutthito apagate mṛgaviṣasmiṃ |
mātāpitṛtejena ca sucaritatejena ca svakena || 101 ||
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taṃ paśyiyāna rājā samutthitaṃ tena satyavacanena |
saṃhṛṣṭaromakūpo nipati caraṇeṣu kṣamāpayasi || 102 ||
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taṃ avaca bodhisatvo sayugyabalavāhano sadevīko |
sanagaranigamajanapado sukhī bhavāhi mahārāja || 103 ||
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paśyāhi kāśivardhana mātāpitugāravasya niṣyandaṃ |
yathā samūhataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ sucaritatejena suvakena || 104 ||
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yeṣāṃ mātāpitarau suśrūṣā aṃjaliṃ praṇāmaḥ ca |
kartavyaṃ kāśivardhana yadi icchanti svagaṃ gantuṃ || 105 ||
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asmiṃ jambudvīpe ratnāni āharitvā sarvāṇi |
pūjaya mātāpitaraṃ mātāpitṝṣu na pratikuryāt || 106 ||
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evaṃ na supratikaraṃ bhaṇāmi mātāpituṃ mahārāja |
anukampāhi ete pūrvācāryā va lokasya || 107 ||
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devānām iva teṣāṃ sannamitavyaṃ manuṣyadevānāṃ |
yeṣāṃ mātāpirau labhanti pūjāṃ na te śocyā || 108 ||
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yā sā abhūṣi mātā taṃ kālaṃ sā abhūt tadā māyā |
śuddhodano sa rājā pitā bhagavato tadā āsi || 109 ||
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yo so mahānubhāvo samutthito tena satyavākyena |
so āsi bodhisatvo bhagavāṃ śyāmo hi taṃ kālaṃ || 110 ||
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yo so abhūṣi rājā taṃ kālaṃ so abhūṣi ānando |
bhagavato jñāti preṣyo bahūni jātīsahasrāṇi || 111 ||
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nāyaṃ kva pi saṃbuddho nāpi ca svayaṃpratibhañjitagrantho |
bhūtaṃ hi tad bhagavato pūrvacaridharmaniṣpattiḥ || 112 ||
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