Antaḥpuravilāpo nāmāṣṭamaḥ sargaḥ
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CANTO VIII
tatasturaṅgāvacaraḥ sa durmanā-
stathā vanaṃ bhartari nirmame gate|
cakāra yatnaṃ pathi śokanigrahe
tathāpi caivāśru na tasya cikṣiye||1||
yamekarātreṇa tu bharturājñayā
jagāma mārga saha tena vājinā|
iyāya bharturvirahaṃ vicintayaṃ-
stameva panthānamahobhiraṣṭabhiḥ||2||
hayaśca saujā vicacāra kanthaka-
statāma bhāvena babhūva nirmadaḥ|
alaṃkṛtaścāpi tathaiva bhūṣaṇai-
rabhūdgataśrīriva tena varjitaḥ||3||
nivṛtya caivābhimukhastapovanaṃ
bhṛśaṃ jiheṣe karuṇaṃ muhurmuhuḥ|
kṣudhānvito'pyadhvani śaṣpamambu vā
yathā purā nābhinanda nādade||4||
tato vihīnaṃ kapilāvhayaṃ puraṃ
mahātmanā tena jagaddhitātmanā|
krameṇa tau śūnyamivopajagmatu-
rdivākareṇeva vinākṛtaṃ nabhaḥ||5||
sapuṇḍarīkairapi śobhitaṃ jalai-
ralaṃkṛtaṃ puṣpadharairnagairapi|
tadeva tasyopavanaṃ vanopamaṃ
gatapraharṣairna rarāja nāgaraiḥ||6||
tato bhramadbhirdiśi dīnamānasai-
ranujjvalairbāṣpahatekṣaṇairnaraiḥ|
nirvāyamāṇāviva tāvubhau puraṃ
śanairapasnātamivābhijagmatuḥ||7||
niśāmya ca srastaśarīragāminau
vināgatau śākyakularṣabheṇa tau|
mumoca bāṣpaṃ pathi nāgaro janaḥ
pura rathe dāśaratherivāgate||8||
atha bruvantaḥ samupetamanyavo
janāḥ pathi cchandakamāgatāśravaḥ|
kva rājaputraḥ purarāṣṭranandano
hṛtastvayāsāviti pṛṣṭhato'nvayuḥ||9||
tataḥ sa tān bhaktimato'bravījjanā-
nnarendraputraṃ na parityajāmyaham|
rudannahaṃ tena tu nirjane vane
gṛhasthaveśaśca visarjitāviti||10||
idaṃ vacastasya niśamya te janāḥ
suduṣkaraṃ khalviti niścayaṃ yayuḥ|
pataddhi jahruḥ salilaṃ na netrajaṃ
mano nininduśca phalotthamātmanaḥ||11||
athocuradyaiva viśāma tadvanaṃ
gataḥ sa yatra dviparājavikramaḥ|
jijīviṣā nāsti hi tena no vinā
yathendriyāṇāṃ vigame śarīriṇām||12||
idaṃ puraṃ tena vivarjitaṃ vanaṃ
vanaṃ ca tattena samanvitaṃ puram|
na śobhate tena hi no vinā puraṃ
marutvatā vṛtravadhe yathā divam||13||
punaḥ kumāro vinivṛtta ityatho
gavākṣamālāḥ pratipedire'ṅganāḥ|
viviktapṛṣṭhaṃ ca niśāmya vājinaṃ
punargavākṣāṇi pidhāya cukruśuḥ||14||
praviṣṭadīkṣastu sutopalabdhaye
vratena śokena ca khinnamānasaḥ|
jajāpa devāyatane narādhipa-
ścakāra tāstāśca yathāśayāḥ kriyāḥ||15||
tataḥ sa bāṣpapratipūrṇalocana-
sturaṅgamādāya turaṅgamānugaḥ|
viveśa śokābhihato nṛpakṣayaṃ
yudhāpinīte ripuṇeva bhartari||16||
vigāhamānaśca narendramandiraṃ
vilokayannaśruvahena cakṣuṣā|
svareṇa puṣṭena rurāva kanthako
janāya duḥkhaṃ prativedayanniva||17||
tataḥ khagāśca kṣayamadhyagocarāḥ
samīpabaddhāsturagāśca satkṛtāḥ|
hayasya tasya pratisasvanuḥ svanaṃ
narendrasūnorupayānaśaṅkinaḥ||18||
janāśca harṣatiśayena vañcitā
janādhipāntaḥpurasaṃnikarṣagāḥ|
yathā hayaḥ kanthaka eṣa heṣate
dhruvaṃ kumāro viśatīti menire||19||
atipraharṣādatha śokamūrchitāḥ
kumārasaṃdarśanalolalocanāḥ|
gṛhādviniścakramurāśayā striyaḥ
śaratpayodādiva vidyutaścalāḥ||20||
vilambakeśyo malināṃśukāmbarā
nirañjanairbāṣpahatekṣaṇairmukhaiḥ|
striyo na rejurmṛjayā vinākṛtā
divīva tārā rajanīkṣayāruṇāḥ||21||
araktatāmraiścaraṇairanūpurai-
rakuṇḍalairārjavakandharairmukhaiḥ|
svabhāvapīnairjaghanairamekhalai-
rahārayoktrairmuṣitairiva stanaiḥ||22||
nirīkṣya tā bāṣpaparītalocanā
nirāśrayaṃ chandakamaśvameva ca|
viṣaṇṇavaktrā rurudurvarāṅganā
vanāntare gāva ivarṣabhojjhitāḥ||23||
tataḥ sabāṣpā mahīṣī mahīpateḥ
pranaṣṭavatsā mahiṣīva vatsalā|
pragṛhya bāhū nipapāta gautamī
vilolaparṇā kadalīva kāñcanī||24||
hatatviṣo'nyāḥ śithilāṃsabāhavaḥ
striyo viṣādena vicetanā iva|
na cukruśurnāśru jahurna śaśvasu-
rna celurāsurlikhitā iva sthitāḥ||25||
adhīramanyāḥ patiśokamūrcchitā
vilocanaprasravaṇairmukhaiḥ striyaḥ|
siṣiñcire proṣitacandanān stanā-
ndharādharaḥ prasravaṇairivopalān||26||
mukhaiśca tāsāṃ nāyanāmbutāḍitaiṃ
rarāja tadrājaniveśanaṃ tadā|
navāmbukāle'mbudavṛṣṭitāḍitaiḥ
sravajjalaistāmarasairyathā saraḥ||27||
suvṛttapiṇāḍagulibhirnirantarai-
rabhūṣaṇairgūḍhasirairvarāṅganāḥ|
urāṃsi jaghnuḥ kamalopamaiḥ karaiḥ
svapallavairvātacalā latā iva||28||
karaprahārapracalaiśca tā babhu-
stathāpi nāryaḥ sahitonnataiḥ stanaiḥ|
vanānilāghūrṇitapadmakampitai
rathāṅganāmnāṃ mithunairivāpagāḥ||29||
yathā ca vakṣāṃsi karairapīḍayaṃ-
stathaiva vakṣobhirapīḍayan karān|
akārayaṃstatra parasparaṃ vyathāḥ
karāgravakṣāṃsyabalā dayālasāḥ||30||
tatastu roṣapraviraktalocanā
viṣādasaṃbandhikaṣāyagadgadam|
uvāca niśvāsacalatpayodharā
vigāḍhaśokāśrudharā yaśodharā||31||
niśi prasuptāmavaśāṃ vihāya māṃ
gataḥ kva sa chandaka manmanorathaḥ|
upāgate ca tvayi kanthake ca me
samaṃ gateṣu triṣu kampate manaḥ||32||
anāryamasnigdhamamitrakarma me
nṛśaṃsa kṛtvā kimihādya rodiṣi|
niyaccha bāṣpaṃ bhava tuṣṭamānaso
na saṃvadatyaśru ca tacca karma te||33||
priyeṇa vaśyena hitena sādhunā
tvayā sahāyena yathārthakāriṇā|
gato'ryaputro hyapunarnivṛttaye
ramasva diṣṭyā saphalaḥ śramastava||34||
varaṃ manuṣyasya vicakṣaṇo ripu-
rna mitramaprājñamayogapeśalam|
suhṛdbruveṇa hyavipaścitā tvayā
kṛtaḥ kulasyāsya mahānupaplavaḥ||35||
imā hi śocyā vyavamuktabhūṣaṇāḥ
prasaktabāṣpāvilaraktalocanāḥ|
sthite'pi patyau himavanmahīsame
pranaṣṭaśobhā vidhavā iva striyaḥ||36||
imāśca vikṣiptaviṭaṅkabāhavaḥ
prasaktapārāvatadīrghanisvanāḥ|
vinākṛtāstena sahāvarodhanai-
rbhṛśaṃ rudantīva vimānapaṅktayaḥ||37||
anarthakāmo'sya janasya sarvathā
turaṅgamo'pi dhruvameṣa kanthakaḥ|
jahāra sarvasvamitastathā hi me
jane prasupte niśi ratnacauravat||38||
yadā samarthaḥ khalu soḍhumāgatā-
niṣuprahārānapi kiṃ punaḥ kaśāḥ|
gataḥ kaśāpātabhayātkathaṃ nvayaṃ
śriyaṃ gṛhītvā hṛdayaṃ ca me samam||39||
anāryakarmā bhṛśamadya heṣate
narendradhiṣṇyaṃ pratipūrayanniva|
yadā tu nirvāhayati sma me priyaṃ
tadā hi mūkasturagādhamo'bhavat||40||
yadi hyaheṣiṣyata bodhayan janaṃ
khuraiḥ kṣitau vāpyakariṣyata dhvanim|
hanusvanaṃ vājanayiṣyaduttamaṃ
na cābhaviṣyanmama duḥkhamīdṛśam||41||
itīha devyāḥ paridevitāśrayaṃ
niśamya bāṣpagrathitākṣaraṃ vacaḥ|
adhomukhaḥ sāśrukalaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ
śanairidaṃ chandaka uttaraṃ jagau||42||
vigarhituṃ nārhasi devi kanthakaṃ
na cāpi roṣaṃ mayi kartumarhasi|
anāgasau svaḥ samavehi sarvaśo
gato nṛdevaḥ sa hi devi devavat||43||
ahaṃ hi jānannapi rājaśāsanaṃ
balātkṛtaḥ kairapi daivatairiva|
upānayaṃ tūrṇamimaṃ turaṅgamaṃ
tathānvagacchaṃ vigataśramo'dhvani||44||
vrajannayaṃ vajivaro'pi nāspṛśa-
nmahī khurāgrairvidhṛtairivāntarā|
tathaiva daivādiva saṃyatānano
hanusvanaṃ nākṛta nāpyaheṣata||45||
yato bahirgacchati pārthivātmaje
tadābhavaddvāramapāvṛtaṃ svayam|
tamaśca naiśaṃ raviṇeva pāṭitaṃ
tapo'pi daivo vidhireṣa gṛhyatām||46||
yadapramatto'pi narendraśāsanād
gṛhe pure civa sahasraśo janaḥ|
tadā sa nābudhyata nidrayā hṛta-
stato'pi daivo vidhireṣa gṛhyatām||47||
yataśca vāso vanavāsasaṃmataṃ
nisṛṣṭamasmai samaye divaukasā|
divi praviddhaṃ mukuṭaṃ ca taddhṛtaṃ
tato'pi daivo vidhireṣa gṛhyatām||48||
tadevamāvāṃ naradevi doṣato
na tatprayātaṃ prati gantumarhasi|
na kāmakāro mama nāsya vājinaḥ
kṛtānuyātraḥ sa hi daivatairgataḥ||49||
iti prayāṇaṃ bahudevamadbhūtaṃ
niśamya tāstasya mahātmanaḥ striyaḥ|
pranaṣṭaśokā iva vismayaṃ yayu-
rmanojvaraṃ pravrajanāttu lebhire||50||
viṣādapāriplavalocanā tataḥ
pranaṣṭapotā kurarīva duḥkhitā|
vihāya dhairya virurāva gautamī
tatāma caivāśrumukhī jagāda ca||51||
mahormimanto mṛdavo'sitāḥ śubhāḥ
pṛthakpṛthaṅmūlaruhāḥ samudgatāḥ|
praveritāste bhuvi tasya murdhajā
narendramaulīpariveṣṭanakṣamāḥ||52||
pralambabāhurmṛgarājavikramo
maharṣabhākṣaḥ kanakojjvaladyutiḥ|
viśālavakṣā ghanadundubhisvana-
stathāvidho'pyāśramavāsamarhati||53||
abhāginī nūnamiyaṃ vasuṃdharā
tamāryakarmāṇamanuttamaṃ patim|
gatastato'sau guṇavān hi tādṛśo
nṛpaḥ prajābhāgyaguṇaiḥ prasūyate||54||
sujātajālāvatatāṅgulī mṛdū
nigūḍhagulphau bisapuṣpakomalau|
vanāntabhūmiṃ kaṭhināṃ kathaṃ nu tau
sacakramadhyau caraṇau gamiṣyataḥ||55||
vimānapṛṣṭhe śayanāsanocitaṃ
mahārhavastrāgurucandanārcitam|
kathaṃ nu śītoṣṇajalāgameṣu ta-
ccharīramojasvi vane bhaviṣyati||56||
kulena sattvena balena varcasā
śrutena lakṣmyā vayasā ca garvitaḥ|
pradātumevābhyucito na yācituṃ
kathaṃ sa bhikṣāṃ parataścariṣyati||57||
śucau śayitvā śayane hiraṇmaye
prabodhyamāno niśi tūryanisvanaiḥ|
kathaṃ bata svapsyati so'dya me vratī
paṭaikadeśāntarite mahītale||58||
imaṃ pralāpaṃ karuṇaṃ niśamya tā
bhujaiḥ pariṣvajya parasparaṃ striyaḥ|
vilocanebhyaḥ salilāni tatyaju-
rmadhūni puṣpebhya iveritā latāḥ||59||
tato dharāyāmapatadyaśodharā
vicakravākeva rathāṅgasāvhayā|
śanaiśca tattadvilalāpa viklavā
muhurmuhurgadgadaruddhayā girā||60||
sa māmanāthāṃ sahadharmacāriṇī-
mapāsya dharma yadi kartumicchati|
kuto'sya dharmaḥ sahadharmacāriṇī
vinā tapo yaḥ paribhoktumicchati||61||
śṛṇoti nūnaṃ sa na pūrvapārthivā-
nmahāsudarśaprabhṛtīn pitāmahān|
vanāni patnīsahitānupeyuṣa-
stathā hi dharma madṛte cikīrṣīte||62||
makheṣu vā vedavidhānasaṃskṛtau
na daṃpatī paśyati dīkṣitābubhau|
samaṃ bubhukṣū parato'pi tatphalaṃ
tato'sya jāto mayi dharmamatsaraḥ||63||
dhruvaṃ sa jānanmama dharmavallabho
manaḥ priyerṣyākalahaṃ muhurmithaḥ|
sukhaṃ vibhīrmāmapahāya roṣaṇāṃ
mahendraloke'psaraso jighṛkṣati||64||
iyaṃ tu cintā mama kīdṛśaṃ nu tā
vapurguṇaṃ bibhrati tatra yoṣitaḥ|
vane yadartha sa tapāṃsi tapyate
śriyaṃ ca hitvā mama bhaktimeva ca||65||
na khalviyaṃ svargasukhāya me spṛhā
na tajjanasyātmavato'pi durlabham|
sa tu priyo māmiha vā paratra vā
kathaṃ na jahyāditi me manorathaḥ||66||
abhāginī yadyahamāyatekṣaṇaṃ
śucismitaṃ bharturudīkṣituṃ mukham|
na mandabhāgyo'rhati rāhulo'pyayaṃ
kadācidaṅke parivartituṃ pituḥ||67||
aho nṛśaṃsaṃ sukumāravarcasaḥ
sudāruṇaṃ tasya manasvino manaḥ|
kalapralāpaṃ dviṣato'pi harṣaṇaṃ
śiśuṃ sutaṃ yastyajatīdṛśaṃ bata||68||
mamāpi kāmaṃ hṛdayaṃ sudāruṇaṃ
śilāmayaṃ vāpyayaso'pi vā kṛtam|
anāthavacchrīrahite sukhocite
vanaṃ gate bhartari yanna dīryate||69||
itīha devī patiśokamūrchitā
ruroda dadhyau vilalāpa cāsakṛt|
svabhāvadhīrāpi hi sā satī śucā
dhṛtiṃ na sasmāra cakāra no hriyam||70||
tatastathā śokavilāpaviklavāṃ
yaśodharāṃ prekṣya vasuṃdharāgatām|
mahāravindairiva vṛṣṭitāḍitai-
rmukhaiḥ sabāṣpairvanitā vicukruśuḥ||71||
samāptajāpyaḥ kṛtahomamaṅgalo
nṛpastu devāyatanādviniryayau|
janasya tejārtaraveṇa cāhata-
ścacāla vajradhvanineva vāraṇaḥ||72||
niśāmya ca cchandakakanthakāvubhau
sutasya saṃśrutya ca niścayaṃ sthiram|
papāta śokābhihato mahīpatiḥ
śacīpatervṛtta ivotsave dhvajaḥ||73||
tato muhūrta sutaśokamohito
janena tulyābhijanena dhāritaḥ|
nirīkṣya dṛṣṭyā jalapūrṇayā hayaṃ
mahītalastho vilalāpa pārthivaḥ||74||
bahūni kṛtvā samare priyāṇi me
mahattvayā kanthaka vipriyaṃ kṛtam|
guṇapriyo yena vane sa me priyaḥ
priyo'pi sannapriyavatpraveritaḥ||75||
tadadya māṃ vā naya tatra yatra sa
vraja drutaṃ vā punarenamānaya|
ṛte hi tasmānmama nāsti jīvitaṃ
vigāḍharogasya sadauṣadhādiva||76||
suvarṇaniṣṭhīvini mṛtyunā hṛte
suduṣkaraṃ yanna mamāra saṃjayaḥ|
ahaṃ punardharmaratau sute gate
mumukṣurātmānamanātmavāniva||77||
vibhordaśakṣatrakṛtaḥ prajāpateḥ
parāparajñasya vivasvadātmanaḥ|
priyeṇa putreṇa satā vinākṛtaṃ
kathaṃ na muhyeddhi mano manorapi||78||
ajasya rājñastanayāya dhīmate
narādhipāyendrasakhāya me spṛhā|
gate vanaṃ yastanaye divaṃ gato
na moghabāṣpaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ jijīva ha||79||
pracakṣva me bhadra tadāśramājiraṃ
hṛtastvayā yatra sa me jalāñjaliḥ|
ime parīpsanti hi taṃ pipāsavo
mamāsavaḥ pretagatiṃ yiyāsavaḥ||80||
iti tanayaviyogajātaduḥkha
kṣitisadṛśaṃ sahajaṃ vihāya dhairyam|
daśaratha iva rāmaśokavaśyo
bahu vilalāpa nṛpo visaṃjñakalpaḥ||81||
śrutavinayaguṇānvitastatastaṃ
matisacivaḥ pravayā purohitaśca|
samadhṛtamidamūcaturyathāva-
nna ca pariptamukhau na cāpyaśokau||82||
tyaja naravara śokamehi dhairya
kudhṛtirivārhasi dhīra nāśru moktum|
srajamiva mṛditāmapāsya lakṣmīṃ
bhuvi bahavo hi nṛpā vanānyabhīyuḥ||83||
api ca niyata eṣa tasya bhāvaḥ
smara vacanaṃ tadṛṣeḥ purāsitasya|
na hi sa divi na cakravartirājye
kṣaṇamapi vāsayituṃ sukhena śakyaḥ||84||
yadi tu nṛvara kārya eva yatna-
stvaritamudāhara yāvadatra yāvaḥ|
bahuvidhimiha yuddhamastu tāva-
ttava tanayasya vidheśca tasya tasya||85||
narapatiratha tau śaśāsa tasmād
drutamita eva yuvāmabhiprayātam|
na hi mama hṛdayaṃ prayāti śāntiṃ
vanaśakuneriva putralālasasya||86||
paramamiti narendraśāsanāttau
yayaturamātyapurohitau vanaṃ tat|
kṛtamiti savadhūjanaḥ sadāro
nṛpatirapi pracakāra śeṣakāryam||87||
iti buddhacarite mahākāvye'ntaḥpuravilāpo
nāmāṣṭamaḥ sargaḥ||8||