Chapter 7

tataḥ sa ratnaprabhayā samaṃ tadvāsaveśmani |
sthito 'nyedyuḥ kathāḥ kurvaṃstāstāḥ sa sacivaiḥ saha || 1 ||
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naravāhanadatto 'tra mandiraprāṅgaṇe bahiḥ |
akasmātpuruṣasyeva śuśrāvākranditadhvanim || 2 ||
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kim evam iti kasmiṃścit pṛcchatyāgatya ceṭikāḥ |
abruvan kañcukī krandaty eṣa dharmagiriḥ prabho || 3 ||
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ihāgatya hi mūrkheṇa mittreṇa kathito 'dhunā |
tīrthayātrāgato 'muṣya bhrātā deśāntare mṛtaḥ || 4 ||
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tena rājakulastho 'smīty asmarañ śokamohitaḥ |
sākrandaḥ san gṛhaṃ nītaḥ saṃpraty eṣa bahir janaiḥ || 5 ||
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tac chrutvā yuvarāje 'smiñ jātaduḥkhe 'nukampayā |
rājñī ratnaprabhā tatra viṣaṇṇeva jagāda sā || 6 ||
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priyabandhuviyogotthamaho duḥkhaṃ durutsaham |
kaṣṭaṃ kiṃ na kṛto dhātrā jano 'yamajarāmaraḥ || 7 ||
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iti rājñīvacaḥ śrutvā marubhūtiruvāca tām |
martyeṣvetatkuto devi tathāhīmāṃ kathāṃ śṛṇu || 8 ||
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cirāyurnāmni nagare cirāyurnāma bhūpatiḥ |
pūrvaṃ cirāyurevāsītketanaṃ sarvasaṃpadām || 9 ||
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tasya nāgārjuno nāma bodhisattvāṃśasaṃbhavaḥ |
dayālurdānaśīlaś ca mantrī vijñānavānabhūt || 10 ||
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yaḥ sarvauṣadhiyuktijñaścakre siddharasāyanaḥ |
ātmānaṃ taṃ ca rājānaṃ vijaraṃ cirajīvitam || 11 ||
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kadācinmantriṇas tasya bālaḥ pañcatvamāyayau |
nāgārjunasya putreṣu sarveṣu dayitaḥ sutaḥ || 12 ||
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sa tena dṛṣṭasaṃtāpo martyānāṃ mṛtyuśāntaye |
amṛtaṃ saṃdadhe dravyaistapodānaprabhāvataḥ || 13 ||
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śeṣauṣadhasya tvekasya kālayogaṃ sa melane |
yāvatpratīkṣate tāvadindreṇa tadabudhyata || 14 ||
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indraḥ sam āmantrya surairaśvināvevamādiśat |
gatvā nāgārjunaṃ brūtamidaṃ madvacanādbhuvi || 15 ||
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ko 'yaṃ kartum ihārabdho mantriṇāpyanayastvayā |
kiṃ tvaṃ prajāpatiṃ jetumudyato bata sāṃpratam || 16 ||
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martyā maraṇadharmāṇas tena ye kila nirmitāḥ |
sādhayitvāmṛtaṃ yat tān amarān kartum icchasi || 17 ||
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evaṃ kṛte viśeṣo hi kaḥ syād devamanuṣyayoḥ |
yaṣṭavyayājakābhāvādbhajyate ca jagatsthitiḥ || 18 ||
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tadasmadvacanādetatsaṃharāmṛtasādhanam |
anyathā kupitā devāḥ śāpaṃ dāsyanti te dhruvam || 19 ||
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yacchokādeṣa yatnaste sa svarge tvatsutaḥ sthitaḥ |
iti saṃdiśya śakrastau prajighāyāśvināvubhau || 20 ||
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tau cāgatya gṛhītārghau tadāgamanatoṣiṇe |
ūcatuḥ śakrasaṃdeśaṃ tasmai nāgārjunāya tam || 21 ||
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putraṃ jagadatuścāsya divi devaiḥ samaṃ sthitam |
tato nāgārjunaḥ so 'tra viṣaṇṇaḥ sannacintayat || 22 ||
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na karomīndravakyaṃ ceddevāstattāvadāsatām |
imāveva na kiṃ śāpamaśvinau me prayacchataḥ || 23 ||
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tadetadāstām amṛtaṃ na siddho me manorathaḥ |
putraś ca me prāksukṛtairaśocyāṃ sa gato gatim || 24 ||
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ity ālocyāśvinau devau so 'tra nāgārjuno 'bravīt |
anuṣṭhitā mayendrājñā saṃharāmyamṛtakriyām || 25 ||
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pañcāhenāmṛte siddhe kṛtaivaiṣājarāmarā |
mayābhaviṣyatpṛthivī yuvāṃ cennāgamiṣyatam || 26 ||
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ity uktvā tatsamakṣaṃ tattadvākhyānnicakhāna saḥ |
dharaṇyāmamṛtaṃ siddhaprāyaṃ nāgārjunastadā || 27 ||
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tato 'śvinau tam āpṛcchya gatvā śakrāya taddivi |
ācakhyatuḥ kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ nanandātha ca devarāṭ || 28 ||
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tāvaccāra cirāyuḥ sa rājā nāgārjunaprabhuḥ |
putraṃ jīvaharaṃ nāma yauvarājye 'bhiṣiktavān || 29 ||
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abhiṣiktaṃ ca taṃ mātā prāṇāmārthamupāgatam |
rājñī dhanaparā nāma hṛṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvābravītsutam || 30 ||
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yauvarājyamidaṃ prāpya putra hṛṣyasi kiṃ mṛṣā |
rājyaprāptyai kramo hy eṣa tapasā ca na vidyate || 31 ||
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yuvarājā hi bahavo gatāḥ putrāḥ pitustava |
na rājyaṃ kenacitprāptaṃ prāptaṃ sarvair viḍambanam || 32 ||
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nāgārjunena dattaṃ hi tadrājñe 'smai rasāyanam |
vayo varṣaśataṃ yena prāptamasyedamaṣṭamam || 33 ||
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ko jānāti kiyantyanyānyapi prāpsyanti ca kramāt |
yuvarājānnṛpasyāsya kurvato 'lpāyuṣaḥ sutān || 34 ||
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etac chrutvā viṣaṇṇaṃ taṃ putraṃ sā punarabravīt |
yadi rājyena te kṛtyaṃ tadupāyamimaṃ kuru || 35 ||
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eṣa nāgārjuno mantrī pratyahaṃ vihitāhnikaḥ |
āhārasamaye dātā karotyudghoṣaṇāmimām || 36 ||
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ko 'rthī prārthayate kaḥ kiṃ tasmai kiṃ dīyatāmiti |
svaśiro me prayaccheti tatkālaṃ bruhi gaccha tam || 37 ||
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satyavāci tatas tasmiṃśchinnamūrdhni mṛte nṛpaḥ |
tacchokātpañcatāṃ yāyādvanaṃ vaiṣa samāśrayet || 38 ||
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tataḥ prāpsyasi rājyaṃ tvamupāyo 'nyo 'tra nāsti te |
iti māturvacaḥ śrutvā rājaputrastutoṣa saḥ || 39 ||
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tatheti tadvidhātuṃ ca cakār aiva sa niścayam |
kaṣṭo hi bāndhavasnehaṃ rājyalobho 'tivartate || 40 ||
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atha rājasuto 'nyedyuḥ svairaṃ jīvaharo yayau |
tasya bhojanavelāyāṃ gṛhaṃ nāgārjunasya saḥ || 41 ||
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kaḥ kiṃ yācata ityādi tadā tatra ca mantriṇam |
vadantaṃ taṃ praviśy aiva sa mūrdhānamayācata || 42 ||
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āścaryaṃ vatsa śirasā kiṃ karoṣi mamāmunā |
māṃsāsthikeśasaṃgho hi kvopayujyata eṣa te || 43 ||
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tathāpyarthastavānena yadi cchittvā gṛhāṇa tat |
ity uktvopānayattasmai sa ca mantrī śirodharām || 44 ||
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rasāyanadṛḍhāyāṃ ca tasyāṃ praharataściram |
rājasūnoryayuḥ khaḍgā bahavas tasya khaṇḍaśaḥ || 45 ||
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tāvadbuddhvaitadāyāntaṃ rājānaṃ taṃ cirāyuṣam |
vārayantaṃ śirodānātso 'tra nāgārjuno 'bravīt || 46 ||
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jātismaro 'haṃ nṛpate navatiṃ ca navādhikām |
janmāni svaśiro dattaṃ mayā janmani janmani || 47 ||
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idaṃ śatatamaṃ janma śirodānāya me prabho |
tanmā sma vocaḥ kiṃcittvaṃ vimukho 'rthī na yāti me || 48 ||
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tadidānīṃ dadāmyasyai tvatputrāya nijaṃ śiraḥ |
tvanmukhālokanāyaiṣa kṛpāṇaṃ tena tasya saḥ || 49 ||
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ityuktvāśliṣya taṃ bhūpaṃ cūrṇamānāyya koṣataḥ |
alipadrājaputrasya kṛpāṇaṃ tena tasya saḥ || 50 ||
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tatkṛpāṇaprahāreṇa so 'tha tasya nṛpātmajaḥ |
nāgārjunasya ciccheda śiro nālādivāmbujam || 51 ||
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athotthite mahākrande prāṇatyāgonmukhe nṛpe |
ity uccacāra gaganādaśarīrātra bhāratī || 52 ||
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akāryaṃ mā kṛthā rājannaśocyo hy eṣa te sakhā |
nāgārjuno 'punarjanmā gato buddhasamāṃ gatim || 53 ||
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etac chrutvā sa virataścirāyurmaraṇānnṛpaḥ |
dattadānaḥ śucā tyaktarājyo vanamaśiśriyat || 54 ||
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tatra kālena tapasā sa prāpa paramāṃ gatim |
tatputro 'py adhitasthau tadrājyaṃ jīvaharo 'tra saḥ || 55 ||
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prāptarājyaś ca nacirādrāṣṭrabhedaṃ vidhāya saḥ |
hato nāgārjunasutaiḥ smaradbhistadvadhaṃ pituḥ || 56 ||
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tacchokād atha tanmātus tasyā hṛdayamasphuṭat |
anāryajuṣṭena pahā pravṛttānāṃ śivaṃ kutaḥ || 57 ||
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rājye ca rājñyām anyasyāṃ jātas tasya cirāyuṣaḥ |
śatāyur nāma putras tair mantrimukhyair nyaveśyata || 58 ||
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evaṃ nāgārjunārabdhaṃ martyānāṃ mṛtyunāśanam |
na soḍhuṃ daivatairyāvatso 'pi mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ || 59 ||
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tasmādvidhātṛvihito 'yamanitya eva durvāraduḥkhabahulo nanu jīvalokaḥ |
śakyaṃ na kartum api yatnaśatais tadatra kenāpi kiṃcid api necchati yadvidhātā || 60 ||
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ityākhyāya kathāṃ kila virate marubhūtike samaṃ sacivaiḥ |
naravāhanadatto nijamutthāya cakāra divasakartavyam || 61 ||
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