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āryaśūraviracitā
bodhisattvāvadānamālāparaparyāyā
jātakamālā
om namaḥ śrīsarvabuddhabodhisattvebhyaḥ||
śrīmanti sadguṇaparigrahamaṅgalāni kīrtyāspadānyanavagītamanoharāṇi|
pūrvaprajanmasu muneścaritādbhu tāni bhaktyā svakāvyakusumāñjalinārcayiṣye||1||
ślādhyairamībhirabhilakṣitacinhabhūtairādeśito bhavati yatsugatatvamārgaḥ|
syādeva rūkṣamanasāmapi ca prasādo dharmyāḥ kathāśca ramaṇīyataratvamīyuḥ||2||
lokārthamityabhisamīkṣya kariṣyate'yaṃ śrutyārṣayuktyaviguṇena pathā prayatnaḥ|
lokottamasya caritātiśayapradeśaiḥ svaṃ prātibhaṃ gamayituṃ śrutivallabhatvam||3||
svārthodyatairapi parārthacarasya yasya naivānvagamyata guṇapratipattiśobhā|
sarvajña ityavitathākṣaradīptakīrti mūrdhnā name tamasamaṃ sahadharmasaṃgham||4||
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sarvasattveṣvakāraṇaparamavatsalasvabhāvaḥ sarvabhūtātmabhūtaḥ pūrvajanmasvapi sa bhagavāniti buddhe bhagavati paraḥ prasādaḥ kāryaḥ||
tadyathānuśrūyate-ratnatrayagurubhiḥ pratipattiguṇābhirādhitagurubhirguṇapravicayagurubhirasmadgurubhiḥ parikīrtyamānamidaṃ bhagavataḥ pūrvajanmāvadānam|
bodhisattvaḥ kilāyaṃ bhagavānbhūtaḥ pratijñātiśayasadṛśairdānapriyavacanārthacaryāprabhṛtibhiḥ prajñāparigrahaniravadyaiḥ kārūṇyanisyandairlokamanugṛhṇan svadharmābhiratyupanataśucivṛttinyuditodite mahati brāhmaṇakule janmaparigrahaṃ cakāra| sa kṛtasaṃskārakramo jātakarmādibhirabhivardhamānaḥ prakṛtimedhāvitvātsānāthyaviśeṣājjñānakautūhalādakausīdyācca nacireṇaivāṣṭādaśasu vidyāsthāneṣu svakulakramāviruddhāsu ca sakalāsu kalāsvācāryakaṃ padamavāpa|
sa brahmavad brahmavidāṃ babhūva rājeva rājñāṃ bahumānapātram|
sākṣātsahasrākṣa iva prajānāṃ jñānārthināmarthacaraḥ piteva||5||
tasya bhāgyaguṇātiśayasamāvarjito mahā llābhasatkārayaśoviśeṣaḥ prādurabhūt| dharmābhyāsabhāvitamatiḥ kṛtapravrajyāparicayastu bodhisattvo na tenābhireme|
sa pūrvacaryāpariśuddhabuddhiḥ kāmeṣu dṛṣṭvā bahudoṣajātam|
gārhasthyamasvāsthyamivāvadhūya kaṃcidvanaprasthamalaṃcakāra||6||
sa tatra niḥsaṅgatayā tayā (ca) prajñāvadātena śamena caiva|
pratyādideśeva kukāryasaṅgādviśliṣṭaśiṣṭopaśamaṃ nṛlokam||7||
maitrīmayeṇa praśamena tasya visyandinevānuparītacittāḥ|
parasparadrohanivṛttabhāvāstapasvivad vyālamṛgā viceruḥ||8||
ācāraśuddhyā nibhṛtendriyatvātsaṃtoṣayogātkaruṇāguṇācca|
asaṃstutasyāpi janasya loke so'bhūt priyastasya yathaiva lokaḥ||9||
alpecchabhāvātkuhanānabhijñastyaktaspṛho lābhayaśaḥsukheṣu|
sa devatānāmapi mānasāni prasādabhaktipravaṇāni cakre||10||
śrutvātha taṃ pravrajitaṃ manuṣyā guṇaistadīyairavabaddhacittāḥ|
vihāya bandhūṃśca parigrahāṃśca tacchiṣyatāṃ siddhimivopajagmuḥ||11||
śīle śucāvindriyabhāvanāyāṃ smṛtyapramoṣe praviviktatāyām|
maitryādike caiva manaḥsamādhau yathābalaṃ so'nuśaśāsa śiṣyān||12||
atha kadācitsa mahātmā pariniṣpannabhūyiṣṭhe pṛthūbhūte śiṣyagaṇe pratiṣṭhāpite'sminkalyāṇe vartmanyavatārite naiṣkramyasatpathaṃ loke saṃvṛteṣvivāpāyadvāreṣu rājamārgīkṛteṣviva sugatimārgeṣu dṛṣṭadharmasukhavihārārthaṃ tatkālaśiṣyeṇājitenānugamyamāno yogānukūlān parvatadarīnikuñjānanuvicacāra|
athātra vyāghravanitāṃ dadarśa girigahvare|
prasūtikleśadoṣeṇa gatāṃ nispandamandatām||13||
parikṣāmekṣaṇayugāṃ kṣudhā chātatarodarīm|
āhāramiva paśyantīṃ bālānsvatanayānapi||14||
stanyatarṣādupasṛtānmātṛvisrambhanirvyathān|
rorūyitaravaiḥ krūrairbhartsayantīṃ parāniva||15||
bodhisattvastu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dhīro'pi karuṇāvaśāt|
cakampe paraduḥkhena mahīkampādivādrirāṭ||16||
mahatsvapi svaduḥkheṣu vyaktadhairyāḥ kṛpātmakāḥ|
mṛdunāpyanyaduḥkhena kampante yattadadbhutam||17||
atha sa bodhisattvaḥ sasaṃbhramāmreḍitapadaṃ svabhāvātiśayavyañjakaṃ karuṇābalasamāhitākṣaraṃ śiṣyamuvāca-vatsa vatsa!
paśya saṃsāranairguṇyaṃ mṛgyeṣā svasutānapi|
laṅghitasnehamaryādā bhoktumanvicchati kṣudhā||18||
aho batātikaṣṭeyamātmasnehasya rodratā|
yena mātāpi tanayānāhārayitumicchati||19||
ātmasnehamayaṃ śatruṃ ko vardhayitumahati|
yena kuryāt padanyāsamīdṛśeṣvapi karmasu||20||
tacchīghramanviṣyatāṃ tāvatkutaścidasyāḥ kṣudduḥkhapratīkāraheturyāvanna tanayānātmānaṃ copahanti| ahamapi caināṃ prayatiṣye sāhasādasmānnivārayitum| sa tathetyasmai pratiśrutya prakrāntastadāhārānveṣaṇaparo babhūva| atha bodhisattvastaṃ śiṣyaṃ savyapadeśamativāhya cintāmāpede|
saṃvidyamāne sakale śarīre kasmātparasmānmṛgayāmi māṃsam|
yādṛcchikī tasya hi lābhasaṃpat kāryātyayaḥ syācca tathā mamāyam||21||
api ca
nirātmake bhedini sārahīne duḥkhe kṛtadhne satatāśucau ca|
dehe parasmāyupayujyamāne na prītimānyo na vicakṣaṇaḥ saḥ||22||
svasaukhyasaṅgena parasya duḥkhamupekṣyate śaktiparikṣayādvā|
na cānyaduḥkhe sati me'sti saukhyaṃ satyāṃ ca śaktau kimupekṣakaḥ syām||23||
satyāṃ ca śaktau mama yadyupekṣā syādātatāyinyapi duḥkhamagne|
kṛtveva pāpaṃ mama tena cittaṃ dahyeta kakṣaṃ mahatāgnineva||24||
tasmātkariṣyāmi śarīrakeṇa taṭaprapātodgatajīvitena|
saṃrakṣaṇaṃ putravadhācca mṛgyā mṛgyāḥ sakāśācca tadātmajānām||25||
kiṃ ca bhūyaḥ -
sadarśanaṃ lokahitotsukānāmuttejanaṃ mandaparākramāṇām|
saṃharṣaṇaṃ tyāgaviśāradānāmākarṣaṇaṃ sajjanamānasānām||26||
viṣādanaṃ māramahācamūnāṃ prasādanaṃ buddhaguṇapriyāṇām|
vrīḍodayaṃsvārthaparāyaṇānāṃ mātsaryalobhopahatātmanāṃ ca||27||
śraddhāpanaṃ yānavarāśritānāṃ vismāpanaṃ tyāgakṛtasmayānām|
viśodhanaṃ svargamahāpathasya tyāgapriyāṇāmanumodi nṝṇām||28||
kadā nu gātrairapi nāma kuryāṃ hitaṃ pareṣāmiti yaśca me'bhūt|
manorathastatsaphalīkriyāṃ ca saṃbodhimagryāmapi cāvidūre||29||
api ca|
na spardhayā naiva yaśo'bhilāṣānna svargalābhānna ca rājyahetoḥ|
nātyantike'pyātmasukhe yathāyaṃ mamādaro'nyatra parārthasiddheḥ||30||
tathā mamānena samānakālaṃ lokasya duḥkhaṃ ca sukhodayaṃ ca|
hartuṃ ca kartuṃ ca sadāstu śaktistamaḥ prakāśaṃ ca yathaiva bhānoḥ||31||
dṛṣṭe guṇe'nusmṛtimāgato vā spaṣṭaḥ kathāyogamupāgato vā|
sarvaprakāraṃ jagato hitāni kuryāmajasraṃ sukhasaṃhitāni||32||
evaṃ sa niścitya parārthasiddhyai prāṇātyaye'pyāpatitapramodaḥ|
manāṃsi dhīrāṇyapi devatānāṃ vismāpayansvāṃ tanumutsasarja||33||
atha sā vyāghrī tena bodhisattvasya śarīranipātaśabdena samutthāpitakautūhalāmarṣā viramya svatanayavaiśasodyamāttato nayane vicikṣepa| dṛṣṭai va ca bodhisattvaśarīramudgataprāṇaṃ sahasābhisṛtya bhakṣayitumupacakrame|
atha sa tasya śiṣyo māṃsamanāsādyaiva pratinivṛttaḥ kutropādhyāya iti vilokayaṃstadbodhisattvaśarīramudgataprāṇaṃ tayā vyāghrayuvatyā bhakṣyamāṇaṃ dardaśa| sa tatkarmātiśayavismayātprativyūḍhaśokaduḥkhāvegastadguṇāśrayabahumānamivodgirannidamātmagataṃ bruvāṇaḥ śobheta|
aho dayāsya vyasanāture jane svasaukhyanaiḥsaṅgyamaho mahātmanaḥ|
aho prakarṣaṃ gamitā sthitiḥ satāmaho pareṣāṃ mṛditā yaśaḥśriyaḥ||34||
aho parākrāntamapetasādhvasaṃ guṇāśrayaṃ prema paraṃ pradarśitam|
aho namaskāraviśeṣapātratāṃ prasahya nītāsya guṇātanustanuḥ||35||
nisargasaumyasya vasuṃdharādhṛteraho pareṣāṃ vyasaneṣvamarṣitā|
aho madīyā gamitā prakāśatāṃ khaṭuṅkatā vikramasaṃpadānayā||36||
anena nāthena sanāthatāṃ gataṃ na śocitavyaṃ khalu sāṃprataṃ jagat|
parājayāśaṅkitajātasaṃbhramo dhruvaṃ viniścāsaparo'dya manmathaḥ||37||
sarvathā namo'stvasmai mahābhāgāya sarvabhūtaśaraṇyāyātivipulakāruṇyāyāprameyasattvāya bhūtārthabodhisattvāya mahāsattvāyeti| atha sa tamarthaṃ sabrahmacāribhyo nivedayāmāsa|
tatkarmavismitamukhairatha tasya śiṣyairgandharvayakṣabhujagaistridaśādhipaiśca|
mālyāmbarābharaṇacandanacūrṇavarṣaiśchannā tadasthivasudhā vasudhā babhūva||38||
tadevaṃ sarvasattveṣvakāraṇaparamavatsalasvabhāvaḥ sarvabhūtātmabhūtaḥ pūrvajanmasvapi sa bhagavāniti buddhe bhagavati paraḥ prasādaḥ kāryaḥ| jātaprasādaiśca buddhe bhagavati parā prītirutpādayitavyā| evamāyatanagato naḥ prasāda ityevamapyunneyam| tathā satkṛtya dharmaḥ śrotavyaḥ| evaṃ duṣkaraśatasamudānītatvāt karuṇāvarṇe'pi vācyamevaṃ svabhāvātiśayasya niṣpādikā parānugrahapravṛttihetuḥ karuṇeti|
iti vyāghrījātakaṃ prathamam