Tapovanapraveśo nāma saptamaḥ sargaḥ
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CANTO VII
tato visṛjyāśrumukhaṃ rudantaṃ
chandaṃ vanacchandatayā nirāsthaḥ|
sarvārthasiddho vapuṣābhibhūya
tamāśramaṃ siddha iva prapede||1||
sa rājasūnurmṛgarājagāmī
mṛgājiraṃ tanmṛgavatpraviṣṭaḥ|
lakṣmīviyukto'pi śarīralakṣmyā
cakṣūṃṣi sarvāśramiṇāṃ jahāra||2||
sthitā hi hastasthayugāstathaiva
kautūhalāccakradharāḥ sadārāḥ|
tamindrakalpaṃ dadṛśurna jagmu-
rdhuryā ivārdhāvanataiḥ śirobhiḥ||3||
viprāśca gatvā bahiridhmahetoḥ
prāptāḥ samitpuṣpavitrahastāḥ|
tapaḥpradhānāḥ kṛtabuddhayo'pi
taṃ draṣṭumīyurna maṭhānabhīyuḥ||4||
hṛṣṭāśca kekā mumucurmayūrā
dṛṣṭvāmbudaṃ nīlamivonnamantaḥ|
śaṣpāṇi hitvābhimukhāśca tasthu-
rmṛgāścalākṣā mṛgacāriṇaśca||5||
dṛṣṭvā tamikṣvākukulapradīpaṃ
jvalantamudyantamivāṃśumantam|
kṛte'pi dohe janitapramodāḥ
prasusruvurhomaduhaśca gāvaḥ||6||
kaścidvasūnāmayamaṣṭamaḥ syā-
tsyādāviśvanoranyataraścyuto vā|
ucceruruccairiti tatra vāca-
staddarśanādvismayajā munīnām||7||
lekharṣabhasyeva vapurdvitīyaṃ
dhāmeva lokasya carācarasya|
sa dyotayāmāsa vanaṃ hi kṛtsnaṃ
yadṛcchayā sūrya ivāvatīrṇaḥ||8||
tataḥ sa tairāśramibhiryathāva-
dabhyarcitaścopanimantritaśca|
pratyarcayāṃ dharmabhṛto babhūva
svareṇa sāmbho'mbudharopamena||9||
kīrṇaṃ tathā puṇyakṛtā janena|
svargābhikāmena vimokṣakāmaḥ|
tamāśramaṃ so'nucacāra dhira-
stapāṃsi citrāṇi nirīkṣamāṇaḥ||10||
tapovikārāṃśca nirīkṣya saumya-
stapovane tatra tapodhanānām|
tapasvinaṃ kaṃcidanuvrajantaṃ
tattvaṃ vijijñāsuridaṃ babhāṣe||11||
tatpūrvamadyāśramadarśanaṃ me
yāsmādimaṃ dharmavidhiṃ na jāne|
tasmābhdavānarhati bhāṣituṃ me
yo niścayo yatprati vaḥ pravṛttaḥ||12||
tato dvijātiḥ sa tapovihāraḥ
śākyarṣabhāyarṣabhavikramāya|
krameṇa tasmai kathayāṃcakāra
tapoviśeṣāṃstapasaḥ phalaṃ ca||13||
agrāmyamannaṃ salile prarūḍhaṃ
parṇīna toyaṃ phalamūlameva|
yathāgamaṃ vṛttiriyaṃ munīnāṃ
bhinnāstu te te tapasāṃ vikalpāḥ||14||
uñchena jīvanti khagā ivānye
tṛṇāni kecinmṛgavaccaranti|
kecidbhujaṅgaiḥ saha vartayanti
valmīkabhūtā vanamārutena||15||
āśmaprayatnārjitavṛttayo'nye
kecitsvadantāpahatānnabhakṣāḥ|
kṛtvā parārtha śrapaṇaṃ tathānye
kurvanti kāryaṃ yadi śeṣamasti||16||
kecijjalaklinnajaṭākalāpā
dviḥ pāvakaṃ juvhati mantrapūrvam|
mīnaiḥ samaṃ kecidapo vigāhya
vasanti kūrmollikhitaiḥ śarīraiḥ||17||
evaṃvidhaiḥ kālacitaistapobhiḥ
parairdivaṃ yāntyaparairnṛlokam|
duḥkhena mārgeṇa sukhaṃ hyupaiti
sukhaṃ hi dharmasya vadanti mūlam||18||
ityevamādi dvipadendravatsaḥ
śrutvā vacastasya tapodhanasya|
adṛṣṭatattvo'pi na saṃtutoṣa|
śanairidaṃ cātmagataṃ babhāṣe||19||
duḥkhātmakaṃ naikavidhaṃ tapaśca
svargapradhānaṃ tapasaḥ phalaṃ ca|
lokāśca sarve pariṇāmavantaḥ
svalpe śramaḥ khalvayamāśramāṇām||20||
priyāṃśca bandhūnviṣayāṃśca hitvā
ye svargahetorniyamaṃ caranti|
te viprayuktāḥ khalu gantukāmā
mahattaraṃ bandhanameva bhūyaḥ||21||
kāyaklamairyaśca tapo'bhidhānaiḥ
pravṛttimakāṅkṣati kāmahetoḥ|
saṃsāradoṣānaparīkṣamāṇo
duḥkhena so'nvicchati duḥkhameva||22||
trāsaśca nityaṃ maraṇātprajānāṃ
yatnena cecchanti punaḥprasūtim|
satyāṃ pravṛttau niyataśca mṛtyu-
statraiva magnā yata eva bhītāḥ||23||
ihārthameke praviśanti khedaṃ
svargārthamanye śramamāpnuvanti|
sukhārthamāśākṛpaṇo'kṛtārthaḥ
patatyanarthe khalu jīvalokaḥ||24||
na khalvayaṃ garhita eva yatno
yo hīnamṛtsṛjya viśeṣagāmi|
prājñaiḥ samānena pariśrameṇa
kāryaṃ tu tadyatra punarna kāryam||25||
śarīrapīḍā tu yadīha dharmaḥ
sukhaṃ śarīrasya bhavatyadharmaḥ|
dharmeṇa cāpnoti sukhaṃ paratra
tasmādadharma phalatīha dharmaḥ||26||
yataḥ śarīraṃ manaso vaśena
pravartate cāpi nivartate ca|
yukto damaścetasa eva tasmā-
ccittādṛte kāṣṭhasamaṃ śarīram||27||
āhāraśuddhyā yadi puṇyamiṣṭaṃ
tasmānmṛgānāmapi puṇyamasti|
ye cāpi bāhyāḥ puruṣāḥ phalebhyo
bhāgyāparādhena parāṅmukhārthāḥ||28||
duḥkhe'bhisaṃdhistvatha puṇyahetuḥ
sukhe'pi kāryo nanu so'bhisaṃdhiḥ|
atha pramāṇaṃ na sukhe'bhisaṃdhi-
rduḥkhe pramāṇaṃ nanu nābhisaṃdhiḥ||29||
tathaiva ye karmaviśuddhihetoḥ
spṛśantyapastīrthamiti pravṛttāḥ|
tatrāpi toṣo hṛdi kevalo'yaṃ
na pāvayiṣyanti hi pāpamāpaḥ||30||
spṛṣṭaṃ hi yadyadguṇavadbhirambha-
stattatpṛthivyāṃ yadi tīrthamiṣṭam|
tasmādguṇāneva paraimi tīrtha-
māpastu niḥsaṃśayamāpa eva||31||
iti sma tattadbahuyuktiyuktaṃ
jagāda cāstaṃ ca yayau vivasvān|
tato havirdhūmavivarṇavṛkṣaṃ
tapaḥpraśāntaṃ sa vanaṃ viveśa||32||
abhyuddhṛtaprajvalitāgnihotraṃ
kṛtābhiṣekarṣijanāvakirṇam|
jāpyasvanākūjitadevakoṣṭhaṃ
dharmasya karmāntamiva pravṛttam||33||
kāścinniśāstatra niśākarābhaḥ
parīkṣamāṇaśca tapāṃsyuvāsa|
sarva parikṣepya tapaśca matvā
tasmāttapaḥkṣetratalājjagāma||34||
anvavrajannāśramiṇastatastaṃ
tadrūpamāhātmyagatairmanobhiḥ|
deśādanāryairabhibhūyamānā-
nmaharṣayo dharmamivāpayāntam||35||
tato jaṭāvalkalacīrakhelāṃ-
stapodhanāṃścaiva sa tāndadarśa|
tapāṃsi caiṣāmanurudhyamāna-
stasthau śive śrīmati vṛkṣamūle||36||
athopasṛtyāśramavāsinastaṃ
manuṣyavarya parivārya tasthuḥ|
vṛddhaśca teṣāṃ bahumānapūrvaṃ
kalena sāmnā giramityuvāca||37||
tvayyāgate pūrṇa ivāśramo'bhū-
tsaṃpadyate śūnya eva prayāte|
tasmādimaṃ nārhasi tāta hātuṃ
jijīviṣordehamiveṣṭamāyuḥ||38||
brahmarṣirājarṣisurarṣijuṣṭaḥ
puṇyaḥ samīpe himavān hi śailaḥ|
tapāṃsi tānyeva tapodhanānāṃ
yatsaṃnikarṣādbahulībhavanti||39||
tīrthāni puṇyāyānyabhitastathaiva
sopānabhūtāni nabhastalasya
juṣṭāni dharmātmabhirātmavadbhi-
rdevarṣibhiścaiva maharṣibhiśca||40||
itaśca bhūyaḥ kṣamamuttaraiva
diksevituṃ dharmīvaśeṣahetoḥ|
na tu kṣamaṃ dakṣiṇato budhena
padaṃ bhavedekamapi prayātum||41||
tapovane'sminnatha niṣkriyo vā
saṃkīrṇadharmāpatito'śucirvā|
dṛṣṭastvayā yena na te vivatsā
tadbrūhi yāvadrucito'stu vāsaḥ||42||
ime hi vāñchanti tapaḥsahāyaṃ
taponidhānapratīmaṃ bhavantam|
vāsastvayā hīndrasamena sārdha
bṛhaspaterabhyudayāvahaḥ syāt||43||
ityevamukte sa tapasvimadhye
tapasvimukhyena manīṣimukhyaḥ|
bhavapraṇāśāya kṛtapratijñaḥ
svaṃ bhāvāmantargatamācacakṣe||44||
ṛjvātmanāṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ munīnā-
miṣṭātithitvātsvajanopamānām|
evaṃvidhairmā prati bhāvajātaiḥ
prītiḥ parā me janitaśca mānaḥ||45||
snigdhābhirābhirhṛdayaṃgamābhiḥ
samāsataḥ snāta ivāsmi vāgbhiḥ|
ratiśca me dharmanavagrahasya
vispanditā saṃprati bhūya eva||46||
evaṃ pravṛttān bhavataḥ śaraṇyā-
natīva saṃdarśitapakṣapātān|
yāsyāmi hitveti mamāpi duḥkhaṃ
yathaiva bandhūṃstyajatastathaiva||47||
svargāya yuṣmākamayaṃ tu dharmo
mamābhilāṣastvapunarbhavāya|
asminvane yena na me vivatsā
bhinnaḥ pravṛttyā hi nivṛttidharmaḥ||48||
tannāratirme na parāpacāro
vanādito yena parivrajāmi|
dharme sthitāḥ pūrvayugānurūpe
sarve bhavanto hi maharṣikalpāḥ||49||
tato vacaḥ sūnṛtamarthavacca
suślakṣṇamojasvi ca garvita ca|
śrutvā kumārasya tapasvinaste
viśeṣayuktaṃ bahumānamīyuḥ||50||
kaściddvijastatra tu bhasmaśāyī
prāṃśuḥ śikhī dāravacīravāsāḥ|
āpiṅgalākṣastanudīrghaghoṇaḥ
kuṇḍaikahasto giramityuvāca||51||
dhīmannudāraḥ khalu niścayaste
yastvaṃ yuvā janmani dṛṣṭadoṣaḥ|
svargāpavargau hi vicārya samya-
gyasyāpavarge matirasti so'sti||52||
yajñaistapobhirniyamaiśca taistaiḥ
svarga yiyāsanti hi rāgavantaḥ|
rāgeṇa sārdha ripuṇeva yuddhvā
mokṣaṃ parīpsanti tu sattvavantaḥ||53||
tadbuddhireṣā yadi niścitā te
tūrṇaṃ bhavān gacchatu vindhyakoṣṭham|
asau munistatra vasatyarāḍo
yo naiṣṭhike śreyasi labdhacakṣuḥ||54||
tasmādbhavāñcchroṣyati tattvamārga
satyāṃ rucau saṃpratipatsyate ca|
yathā tu paśyāmi matistathaiṣā
tasyāpi yāsyatyavadhūya buddhim||55||
spaṣṭoccaghoṇaṃ vipulāyatākṣaṃ|
tāmrādharauṣṭhaṃ sitatīkṣaṇadaṃṣṭram|
idaṃ hi vaktuṃ tanuraktajivhaṃ
jñeyārṇavaṃ pāsyati kṛtsnameva||56||
gambhīratā yā bhavatastvagādhā
yā dīptatā yāni ca lakṣaṇāni|
ācāryakaṃ prāpsyasi tatpṛthivyāṃ
yannarṣibhiḥ pūrvayuge'pyavāptam||57||
paramamiti tato nṛpātmaja-
stamṛṣijanaṃ pratinandya niryayau|
vidhivadanuvidhāya te'pi taṃ
praviviśurāśramiṇastapovanam||58||
iti buddhacarite mahākāvye
tapovanapraveśo nāma saptamaḥ sargaḥ||7||