Chapter 91

kumbhajanmakathanaṃ nāma sargaḥ |
ekanavatitamaḥ sargaḥ |
śikhidhvajaḥ |
sarge sphuradbhirmatpuṇyairmanye sampreṣito bhavān |
alakṣyaiḥ sambhṛtairadrau prāvṛḍvātairivāmbudaḥ || 1 ||
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adya tiṣṭhāmyahaṃ sādho dhanyānāṃ dhuri dharmataḥ |
amṛtasyandavacasā yattvayāsmi samāgataḥ || 2 ||
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na kecana tathā bhāvāścetaśśītalayanti me |
rājyalābhādayo'pyete yathā sādhusamāgamaḥ || 3 ||
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nirargalatayā yatra sāmyameva vijṛmbhate |
muktarāgādimananaṃ tanna kasya sukhāvaham || 4 ||
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vasiṣṭhaḥ |
evaṃvādina evāsya vākyamākṣipya bhūpateḥ |
bhūyaḥ provāca cūḍālā munidārakarūpiṇī || 5 ||
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cūḍālā |
āstāmeṣā kathā tāvatsarvaṃ te varṇitaṃ mayā |
tvaṃ me kathaya he sādho kastvamadrau karoṣi kim || 6 ||
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kiyatparyavasāneyaṃ tava vā vanavāsitā |
satyaṃ kathaya nāsatyaṃ vaktuṃ jānāti tāpasaḥ || 7 ||
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śikhidhvajaḥ |
devaputro'si jānāsi sarvameva yathāsthitam |
lokavṛttāntatajjño'si kimanyatkathayāmyaham || 8 ||
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saṃsārabhayabhītatvānnivasāmi vanāntare |
jānato'pi hi hāsāya kathayāmyeva te manāk || 9 ||
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śikhidhvajo'haṃ bhūpālastyaktvā rājyamiha sthitaḥ |
bhṛśaṃ bhīto'smi tattvajña saṃsṛtau janmanaḥ punaḥ || 10 ||
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punaḥ sukhaṃ punarduḥkhaṃ punarmaraṇajanmanī |
bhavatastena tapye'haṃ sarvajña vanavīthiṣu || 11 ||
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bhramannapi digantāṃśca carannapi paraṃ tapaḥ |
nāsādayāmi viśrāntimekāṃ nidhimivādhanaḥ || 12 ||
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apattro'pyaphalo'pyeko nīraso'pyastasaṅgatiḥ |
śuṣyāmyeva vane sādho ghuṇakṣuṇṇa iva drumaḥ || 13 ||
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imāmakhaṇḍitāṃ samyakkriyāṃ sampādayannapi |
duḥkhādgacchāmi duḥkhaughamamṛtaṃ me viṣaṃ sthitam || 14 ||
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cūḍālā |
pitāmahamahaṃ pūrvaṃ kadācitpṛṣṭavānidam |
yatkriyājñānayorekaṃ śreyastadbrūhi me vibho || 15 ||
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brahmā |
jñānaṃ hi paramaṃ śreyaḥ ka ivaitanna vettyalam |
kālātivāhanāyaiva vinodāyocitā kriyā || 16 ||
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alabdhajñānadṛṣṭīnāṃ kriyāmutra parāyaṇam |
yasya nāstyambaraṃ paṭṭaṃ kambalaṃ kiṃ tyajatyasau || 17 ||
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vāsanāmātrasāratvādajñasya saphalāḥ kriyāḥ |
sarvā evāphalā jñasya vāsanāmātrasaṅkṣayāt || 18 ||
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sarvā hi vāsanābhāve prayāntyaphalatāṃ kriyāḥ |
suśubhāḥ phalavatyo'pi sekābhāve latā iva || 19 ||
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ṛtvantare yathā yāti vilayaṃ pūrvamārtavam |
tathaiva vāsanānāśe nāśameti kriyāphalam || 20 ||
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na svabhāvena phalati yathā śaralatā phalam |
kriyā nirvāsanāmutra phalaṃ phalati no tathā || 21 ||
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sayakṣavāsano bālo yakṣaṃ paśyati nānyathā |
saduḥkhavāsano mūḍho duḥkhaṃ paśyati nānyathā || 22 ||
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ākārabhāsurāpyuccairna dadāti phalaṃ kriyā |
śubhāśubhā ca tajjñasya phullā śaralatā yathā || 23 ||
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vāsanā ceha nāstyeva svāhaṅkārādirupiṇī |
asatyaivoditā maurkhyānmarubhūmāvivāmbudhīḥ || 24 ||
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yasya maurkhyaṃ kṣayaṃ yātaṃ sarvaṃ brahmeti bhāvanāt |
nodeti vāsanā tasya prājñasyevāmbudhīrmarau || 25 ||
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vāsanāmātrasantyāgājjarāmaraṇavarjitam |
padaṃ prāpnoti jīvo'ntarbhūyojanmavivarjitam || 26 ||
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savāsanaṃ mano jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ nirvāsanaṃ manaḥ |
jñānena jñeyatāmetya punarjīvo na jāyate || 27 ||
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cūḍālā |
jñānameva paraṃ śreya iti brahmādayo'pi te |
prāhurmahānto rājarṣe tvaṃ kimajñānavān sthitaḥ || 28 ||
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itaḥ kamaṇḍalurito daṇḍakāṣṭhamito bṛsī |
ityanarthavilāse'smin ramase kiṃ mahīpate || 29 ||
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ko'haṃ kathamidaṃ jātaṃ kathaṃ śāmyati ceti bhoḥ |
rājannāvekṣase kasmātkimajña iva tiṣṭhasi || 30 ||
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kathaṃ bandhaḥ kathaṃ mokṣa iti praśnānudāharan |
parāvaravidāṃ pādān kasmādaṅga na sevase || 31 ||
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dusspandasaṃvidā śailakoṭare kriyayānayā |
jīvitaṃ kṣapayan kiṃ tvaṃ śilākīṭavadāsthitaḥ || 32 ||
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sādhūnāṃ samadṛṣṭīnāṃ paripraśnena sevayā |
saṅgamena ca sā yuktirlabhyate mucyate yayā || 33 ||
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mā narādhamavadgrāsaṃ bhuñjāno vanakoṭare |
tiṣṭhāvaṣṭabdhaduśceṣṭo dharāvivarakīṭavat || 34 ||
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vasiṣṭhaḥ |
kāntayā devarūpiṇyā tayaivaṃ pratibodhitaḥ |
asrupūrṇamukho vākyaṃ śikhidhvaja uvāca ha || 35 ||
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śikhidhvajaḥ |
aho'vabodhito'smyadya cirātsurasuta tvayā |
maurkhyādāryasamāsaṅgamukto'hamavasaṃ vane || 36 ||
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aho nu me kṣayaṃ yātaṃ mohadhvāntamaśeṣataḥ |
yattvamevaṃ samāgatya samprabodhayasīha mām || 37 ||
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gurustvaṃ me pitā tvaṃ me mitraṃ tvaṃ me varānana |
śiṣyo namaskaromyagre pādau tava kṛpāṃ kuru || 38 ||
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yadudāratamaṃ vetsi yasmiñjñāte na śocyate |
bhavāmi nirvṛto yena tadbrahmopadiśāśu me || 39 ||
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ghaṭajñānādayo jñānavibhavāḥ santyanekaśaḥ |
jñānānāṃ paramaṃ jñānaṃ katarattārakaṃ bhavet || 40 ||
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cūḍālā |
yadyupādeyavākyo'haṃ rājarṣe tadvadāmi te |
yathājñānamidaṃ kiñcinna vakṣye sthāṇukākavat || 41 ||
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anupādeyavākyasya vaktuḥ pṛṣṭasya līlayā |
phalantyaphalatāṃ vācastamasīvākṣisaṃvidaḥ || 42 ||
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śikhidhvajaḥ |
yadvakṣi tadanuṣṭheyaṃ mayā vidhiriva śruteḥ |
avikāritamevāśu satyametadvrataṃ mama || 43 ||
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cūḍālā |
yathā bālaḥ piturvākyaṃ muktahetūpapādanam |
ādatte hi tathaivedaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ vaco mama || 44 ||
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śravaṇānantaraṃ buddhyā śubhamityeva bhāvayan |
śṛṇu gītamiva tyaktvā hetvarthitvaṃ vaco mama || 45 ||
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svacaritasadṛśaṃ tavodayantyāścirasamayena vibodhanaṃ ca buddheḥ |
bhavabhayabhiduraṃ mahākavīnāṃ śṛṇu kathayāmi yathākramaṃ manojñam || 46 ||
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