Chapter 18

śarīrajugupsā nāma sargaḥ |
aṣṭādaśaḥ sargaḥ |
rāmaḥ |
labdhvāpi taralākāre kāryabhārataraṅgiṇi |
saṃsārasāgare janma bālyaṃ duḥkhāya kevalam || 1 ||
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aśaktirāpadastṛṣṇā mūkatā mūḍhabuddhitā |
gṛdhnutā lolatā dainyaṃ sarvaṃ bālye pravartate || 2 ||
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roṣarodanaraudrīṣu dainyajarjaritāsu ca |
daśāsu bandhanaṃ bālyamālānaṃ kariṇīṣviva || 3 ||
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na mṛtau na jarāroge na cāpadi na yauvane |
tāścintā vinikṛntanti hṛdayaṃ śaiśaveṣu yāḥ || 4 ||
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tiryagjātisamārambhaḥ sarvairevāvadhīritaḥ |
lolo bālajanācāro maraṇādapi duḥkhadaḥ || 5 ||
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pratibimbaṃ ghanājñānāṃ nānāsaṅkalpapelavam |
bālyamālūnasaṃśīrṇamanaḥ kasya sukhāvaham || 6 ||
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jaḍaśyāmalayājasraṃ jātabhītyā pade pade |
yadbhayaṃ śaiśave buddhyā kasyāmāpadi tadbhavet || 7 ||
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līlāsu durvilāseṣu durīhāsu durāśaye |
paramaṃ mohamādatte bālo balavadāpadam || 8 ||
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vikalpakalilārambhaṃ durvilāsaṃ durāspadam |
śaiśavaṃ śāsanāyaiva puruṣasya na śāntaye || 9 ||
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ye doṣā ye durācārā duṣkramā ye durādhayaḥ |
te sarve saṃsthitā bālye durgarta iva kauśikāḥ || 10 ||
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bālyaṃ ramyamiti vyarthabuddhayaḥ kathayanti ye |
tānmūrkhapuruṣānbrahmandhigastu hatacetasaḥ || 11 ||
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yatra lolākṛti manaḥ parisphurati vṛttiṣu |
trailokyarājyamapi tatkathaṃ bhavati tuṣṭaye || 12 ||
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sarveṣāmeva sattvānāṃ sarvāvasthāsu caiva hi |
manaścañcalatāmeti bālye daśaguṇaṃ mune || 13 ||
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manaḥ prakṛtyaiva calaṃ bālyaṃ ca calatāvaram |
tayoḥ saṃśliṣṭayostāta kenaivāntaḥ kucāpale || 14 ||
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strīlocanaistaḍitpuñjairjvālāmālaistaraṅgakaiḥ |
cāpalaṃ śikṣitaṃ brahmañchaiśavānmanaso'tha vā || 15 ||
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śaiśavaṃ ca manaścaiva sarvāsveva hi vṛttiṣu |
bhrātarāviva lakṣyete satataṃ bhaṅgurasthitī || 16 ||
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sarvāṇi duṣṭabhūtāni sarve doṣā durāśayāḥ |
bālyamevopajīvanti śrīmantamiva mānavāḥ || 17 ||
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navaṃ navaṃ prītikaraṃ na śiśuḥ pratyahaṃ yadi |
prāpnoti tadasau yāti viṣavegasya mūrchanām || 18 ||
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stokena vaśamāyāti stokenaiti vikāritām |
amedhya eva ramate bālaḥ kauleyako yathā || 19 ||
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ajasraṃ bāṣpavadanaḥ kardamāntarjaḍāśayaḥ |
varṣokṣitasya taptasya sthalasya sadṛśaśśiśuḥ || 20 ||
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bhayāhāraparaṃ dīnaṃ yathādṛṣṭābhilāṣi ca |
lolabuddhirvapurdhatte bālo duḥkhāya kevalam || 21 ||
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svasaṅkalpābhilaṣitānbhāvānaprāpya taptadhīḥ |
duḥkhametyabalo bālo vinikṛtta ivāśaye || 22 ||
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durīhālabdhalakṣyāṇi bahupakṣolvaṇāni ca |
bālasya yāni duḥkhāni mune tāni na kasyacit || 23 ||
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bālo balavatāśveva manorathavilāsinā |
manasā tapyate nityaṃ grīṣmeṇeva vanasthalam || 24 ||
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vidyāgṛhagato bālaḥ parāmeti kadarthanām |
ālāna iva nāgendro viṣavaiṣamyabhīṣaṇām || 25 ||
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nānāmanorathamayī mithyākalpitakalpanā |
duḥkhāyātyantadīrghāya bālatā pelavāśayā || 26 ||
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sambhṛṣṭaṃ tuhinaṃ bhoktumindumādātumambarāt |
vāñchyate yena maurkhyeṇa tatsukhāya kathaṃ bhavet || 27 ||
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antaściteraśaktasya śītātapanivāraṇe |
ko viśeṣo mahābuddhe bālasyorvīruhasya ca || 28 ||
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uḍḍīnamabhivāñchanti pakṣābhyāṃ kṣutparāyaṇāḥ |
bhayāhāraparā nityaṃ bālā vihagadharmiṇaḥ || 29 ||
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śaiśave guruto bhītirmātṛtaḥ pitṛtastathā |
janato jyeṣṭhabālācca śaiśavaṃ bhayamandiram || 30 ||
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sakaladoṣadaśāvihatāśayaṃ śaraṇamapyavivekavilāsinaḥ |
iha na kasyacideva mahāmune bhavati bālyamalaṃ parituṣṭidam || 31 ||
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