Kumārānveṣaṇoṃ nāma navamaḥ sargaḥ
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CANTO IX
tatastadā mantripurohitau tau
bāṣpapratodābhihatau nṛpeṇa|
viddhau sadaśvāviva sarvayatnā-
tsauhārdaśīghraṃ yayaturvanaṃ tat||1||
tamāśramaṃ jātapariśramau tā-
vupetya kāle sadṛśānuyātrau|
rājarddhimutsṛjya vinītaceṣṭā-
vupeyaturbhārgavadhiṣṇyameva||2||
tau nyāyatastaṃ pratipūjya vipraṃ
tenārcitau tāvapi cānurūpam|
kṛtāsanau bhārgavamāsanasthaṃ
chittvā kathāmūcaturātmakṛtyam||3||
śuddhaujasaḥ śuddhaviśālakīrte-
rikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavasya rājñaḥ|
imaṃ janaṃ vettu bhavānadhītaṃ
śrutagrahe mantraparigrahe ca||4||
tasyendrakalpasya jayantakalpaḥ
putro jarāmṛtyubhayaṃ titīrṣuḥ|
ihābhyutepaḥ kila tasya heto-
rāvāmupetau bhagavānavaitu||5||
tau so'bravīdasti sa dīrghabāhuḥ
prāptaḥ kumāro na tu nāvabuddhaḥ|
dharmo'yamāvartaka ityavetya
yātastvarāḍābhimukho mumukṣuḥ||6||
tasmāttatastāvupalabhya tattvaṃ
taṃ vipramāmantrya tadaiva sadyaḥ|
khinnāvakhinnāviva rājabhaktyā
prasasratustena yataḥ sa yātaḥ||7||
yāntau tatastau mṛjayā vihīna-
mapaśyatāṃ taṃ vapuṣojjvalantam|
upopaviṣṭaṃ pathi vṛkṣamūle
sūrya ghanābhogamiva praviṣṭam||8||
yānaṃ vihāyopayayau tatastaṃ
purohito mantradhareṇa sārdham|
yathā vanasthaṃ sahavāmadevo
rāmaṃ didṛkṣurmunirāvairvaśeyaḥ||9||
tāvarcayāmāsaturarhatastaṃ
divīva śukrāṅgirasau mahendram|
pratyarcayāmāsa sa cārhatastau
divīva śukrāṅgirasau mahendraḥ||10||
kṛtābhyanujñāvabhitastatastau
niṣedatuḥ śākyakuladhvajasya|
virejatustasya ca saṃnikarṣe
punarvasū yogagatāvivendoḥ||11||
taṃ vṛkṣamūlasthamabhijvalantaṃ
purohito rājasutaṃ babhāṣe|
yathopaviṣṭaṃ divi pārijāte
bṛhaspatiḥ śakrasutaṃ jayantam||12||
tvacchokaśalye hṛdayāvagāḍhe
mohaṃ gato bhūmitale muhūrtam|
kumāra rājā nayanāmbuvarṣo
yattvāmavocattadidaṃ nibodha||13||
jānāmi dharma prati niścayaṃ te
paraimi te bhāvinametamartham|
ahaṃ tvakāle vanasaṃśrayātte
śokāgnināgnipratimena dahye||14||
tadehi dharmapriya matpriyārtha
dharmārthameva tyaja buddhimetām|
ayaṃ hi mā śokarayaḥ pravṛddhau
nadīrayaḥ kūlamivābhihanti||15||
meghāmbukakṣādriṣu yā hi vṛttiḥ
samīraṇārkāgnimahāśanīnām|
tāṃ vṛttimasmāsu karoti śoko
vikarṣaṇocchoṣaṇadāhabhedaiḥ||16||
tadbhuṅkṣva tāvadvasudhādhipatyaṃ
kāle vanaṃ yāsyāsi śāstradṛṣṭe|
aniṣṭabandhau kuru mayyapekṣāṃ
sarveṣu bhūteṣu dayā hi dharmaḥ||17||
na caiṣa dharmo vana eva siddhaḥ
pure'pi siddhirniyatā yatīnām|
buddhiśca yatnaśca nimittamatra
vana ca liṅgaṃ ca hi bhīrucinham||18||
maulīdharairasaviṣaktahāraiḥ
keyūraviṣṭabdhabhujairnarendraiḥ|
lakṣbhyaṅkamadhye parivartamānaiḥ
prāpto gṛhasthairapi mokṣadharmaḥ||19||
dhruvānujau yau balivajrabāhū
vaibhrājamāṣāḍhamathāntidevam|
videharājaṃ janakaṃ tathaiva
śālvadrumaṃ senajitaśca rājñaḥ||20||
etān gṛhasthānnṛpatīnavehi
naiḥśreyase dharmavidhau vinītān|
ubhe'pi tasmādyugapadbhajasva
cittādhipatyaṃ ca nṛpaśriyaṃ ca||21||
icchāmi hi tvāmupaguhya gāḍhaṃ
kṛtābhiṣekaṃ salilārdrameva|
dhṛtātapattraṃ samudīkṣamāṇa-
stenaiva harṣeṇa vanaṃ praveṣṭum||22||
ityabravīdbhūmipatirbhavantaṃ
vākyena bāṣpagrathitākṣareṇa|
śrutvā bhavānarhati tatpriyārtha
snehena tasnehamanuprayātum||23||
śokāmbhasi tvatprabhave hyagādhe
duḥkhārṇave majjati śākyarājaḥ|
tasmāttamuttāraya nāthahīnaṃ
nirāśrayaṃ magnamivārṇave nauḥ||24||
bhīṣmeṇa gaṅgodarasaṃbhavena
rāmeṇa rāmeṇa ca bhārgaveṇa|
śrutvā kṛtaṃ karma pituḥ priyārtha
pitustvamaopyarhasi kartumiṣṭam||25||
saṃvardhayitrī samavehi devī-
magastyajuṣṭāṃ diśamaprayātām|
pranaṣṭavatsāmiva vatsalāṃ gā-
majasramārtā karuṇaṃ rudantīm||26||
haṃsena haṃsīmiva viprayuktāṃ
tyaktāṃ gajeneva vane kareṇum|
artā sanāthāmapi nāthahīnāṃ
trātuṃ vadhūmarhasi darśanena||27||
ekaṃ sutaṃ bālamanarhaduḥkhaṃ
saṃtāpamantargatamudvahantam|
taṃ rāhulaṃ mokṣaya bandhuśokā-
drāhūpasargādeva pūrṇacandram||28||
śokāgninā tvadvirahendhanena|
niḥsvāsadhūmena tamaḥśikhena|
tvaddarśanāmbvicchati dahyamāna-
mantaḥpuraṃ caiva puraṃ ca kṛtsnam||29||
sa bodhisattvaḥ paripūrṇasattvaḥ
śrutvā vacastasya purohitasya|
dhyātvā muhūrtaṃ guṇavadguṇajñaḥ
pratyuttaraṃ praśritamityuvāca||30||
avaimi bhāvaṃ tanaye pitṝṇāṃ
viśeṣato yo mayi bhūmipasya|
jānannapi vyādhijarāvipadbhyo
bhītastvagatyā svajanaṃ tyajāmi||31||
draṣṭuṃ priyaṃ kaḥ svajanaṃ hi necche-
nnānte yadi syātpriyaviprayogaḥ|
yadā tu bhūtvāpi ciraṃ viyoga-
stato guruaṃ snindhamapi tyajāmi||32||
maddhetukaṃ yattu narādhipasya
śokaṃ bhavānāha na tatpriyaṃ me|
yatsvapnabhūteṣu samāgameṣu
saṃtapyate bhāvini viprayoge||33||
evaṃ ca te niścayametu buddhi-
rdṛṣṭvā vicitraṃ jagataḥ pracāram|
saṃtāpaheturna suto na bandhu-
rajñānanaimittika eṣa tāpaḥ||34||
yathādhvagānamiha saṃgatānāṃ
kāle viyogo niyataḥ prajānām|
prājño janaḥ ko tu bhajeta śokaṃ
bandhupratijñātajanairvihīnaḥ||35||
ihaiti hitvā svajanaṃ paratra
pralabhya cehāpi punaḥ prayāti|
gatvāpi tatrāpyaparatra gaccha-
tyevaṃ jane tyāgini ko'nurodhaḥ||36||
yadā ca garbhātprabhṛti pravṛttaḥ
sarvāsvavasthāsu vadhāya mṛtyuḥ|
kasmādakāle vanasaṃśrayaṃ me
putrapriyastatrabhavānavocat||37||
bhavatyakālo viṣayābhipattau
kālastathaivārthavidhau pradiṣṭaḥ|
kālo jagatkarṣati sarvakālā-
nnirvāhake śreyasi nāsti kālaḥ||38||
rājyaṃ mumukṣurmayi yacca rājā
tadapyudāraṃ sadṛśaṃ pituśca|
pratigrahītuṃ mama na kṣamaṃ tu
lobhādapathyānnamivāturasya||39||
kathaṃ nu mohāyatanaṃ nṛpatvaṃ
kṣamaṃ prapattuṃ viduṣā nareṇa|
sodvegatā yatra madaḥ śramaśca
parāpacāreṇa ca dharmapīḍā||40||
jāmbūnadaṃ harmyamiva pradīptaṃ
viṣeṇa saṃyuktamivottamānnam|
grāhākulaṃ cāmbviva sāravindaṃ
rājyaṃ hi ramyaṃ vyasanāśrayaṃ ca||41||
itthaṃ ca rājyaṃ na sukhaṃ na dharmaḥ
pūrve yathā jātaghṛṇā narendrāḥ|
vayaḥprakarṣe'parihāryaduḥkhe
rājyāni muktvā vanameva jagmuḥ||42||
varaṃ hi bhuktāni tṛṇānyaraṇye
toṣaṃ paraṃ ratnamivopagṛhya|
sahoṣitaṃ śrīsulabhairna caiva
doṣairadṛśyairiva kṛṣṇasarpaiḥ||43||
ślādhyaṃ hi rājyāni vihāya rājñāṃ
dharmābhilāṣeṇa vanaṃ praveṣṭum|
bhagnapratijñasya na tūpapannaṃ
vanaṃ parityajya gṛhaṃ praveṣṭum||44||
jātaḥ kule ko hi naraḥ sasattvo
dharmābhilāṣeṇa vanaṃ praviṣṭaḥ|
kāṣāyamutsṛjya vimuktalajjaḥ
puraṃdarasyāpi puraṃ śrayeta||45||
lobhāddhi mohādathavā bhayena
yo vāntamannaṃ punarādadīta|
lobhātsa mohādathavā bhayena
saṃtyajya kāmān punarādadīta||46||
yaśca pradīptāccharaṇātkathaṃci-
nniṣkramya bhūyaḥ praviśettadeva|
gārhasthyamutsṛjya sa dṛṣṭadoṣo
mohena bhūyo'bhilaṣedgrahītum||47||
yā ca śrutirmokṣamavāptavanto
nṛpā gṛhasthā iti naitadasti|
śamapradhānaḥ kva ca mokṣadharmo
daṇḍapradhānaḥ kva ca rājadharmaḥ||48||
śame ratiścecchithilaṃ ca rājyaṃ
rājye matiścecchamaviplavaśca|
śamaśca taikṣṇyaṃ ca hi nopapannaṃ
śītoṣṇayoraikyamivodakāgnyoḥ||49||
tanniścayādvā vasudhādhipāste
rājyāni muktvā śamamāptavantaḥ|
rājyāṅgitā vā nibhṛtendriyatvā-
danaiṣṭhike mokṣakṛtābhimānāḥ||50||
teṣāṃ ca rājye'stu śamo yathāva-
tprāpto vanaṃ nāhamaniścayena|
chittvā hi pāśaṃ gṛhabandhusaṃjñaṃ
muktaḥ punarna pravivikṣurasmi||51||
ityātmavijñānaguṇānurūpaṃ
muktaspṛhaṃ hetumadūrjitaṃ ca|
śrutvā narendrātmajamuktavantaṃ
pratyuttaraṃ mantradharo'pyuvāca||52||
yo niścayo dharmavidhau tavāyaṃ
nāyaṃ na yukto na tu kālayuktaḥ|
śokāya dattvā pitaraṃ vayaḥsthaṃ
syāddharmakāmasya hi te na dharmaḥ||53||
nūnaṃ ca buddhistava nātisūkṣmā
dharmārthakāmeṣvavicakṣaṇā vā|
hetoradṛṣṭasya phalasya yastvaṃ
pratyakṣamartha paribhūya yāsi||54||
punarbhavo'stīti ca kecidāhu-
rnāstīti kecinniyatapratijñāḥ|
evaṃ yadā saṃśayito'yamartha-
stasmātkṣamaṃ bhoktumupasthitā śrīḥ||55||
bhūyaḥ pravṛttiryadi kācidasti
raṃsyāmahe tatra yathopapattau|
atha pravṛttiḥ parato na kāci-
tsiddhau'prayatnājjagato'sya mokṣaḥ||56||
astīti kecitparalokamāhu-
rmokṣasya yogaṃ na tu varṇayanti|
agneryathā hyauṣṇyamapāṃ dravatvaṃ
tadvatpravṛttau prakṛtiṃ vadanti||57||
kecitsvabhāvāditi varṇayanti
śubhāśubhaṃ caiva bhavābhavau ca|
svābhāvikaṃ sarvamidaṃ ca yasmā-
dato'pi mogho bhavati prayatnaḥ||58||
yadindriyāṇāṃ niyataḥ pracāraḥ
priyāpriyatvaṃ viṣayeṣu caiva|
saṃyujyate yajjarayārtibhiśca
kastatra yatno nanu sa svabhāvaḥ||59||
adbhirhutāśaḥ śamamabhyupaiti
tejāṃsi cāpo gamayanti śoṣam|
bhinnāni bhūtāni śarīrasaṃsthā-
nyaikyaṃ ca gatvā jagadudvahanti||60||
yatpāṇipādodarapṛṣṭhamūrdhnā
nirvartate garbhagatasya bhāvaḥ|
yadātmanastasya ca tena yogaḥ
svābhāvikaṃ tatkathayanti tajjñāḥ||61||
kaḥ kaṇṭakasya prakaroti taikṣṇyaṃ
vicitrabhāvaṃ mṛgapakṣiṇāṃ vā|
svabhāvataḥ sarvamidaṃ pravṛttaṃ
na kāmakāro'sti kutaḥ prayatnaḥ||62||
sarga vadantīśvaratastathānye
tatra paryatne puruṣasya ko'rthaḥ|
ya eva heturjagataḥ pravṛttau
heturnivṛttau niyataḥ sa eva||63||
kecidvadantyātmanimittameva
prādurbhavaṃ caiva bhavakṣayaṃ ca|
prādurbhavaṃ tu pravadantyayatnā-
dyatnena mokṣādhigamaṃ bruvanti||64||
naraḥ pitṛṇāmanṛṇaḥ prajābhi-
rvedaiṛṣīṇāṃ kratubhiḥ surāṇām|
utpadyate sārdhamṛṇaistribhistai-
ryasyāsti mokṣaḥ kila tasya mokṣaḥ||65||
ityevametena vidhikrameṇa
mokṣaṃ sayatnasya vadanti tajjñāḥ|
prayatnavanto'pi hi vikrameṇa
mumukṣavaḥ khedamavāpnuvanti||66||
tatsaumya mokṣe yadi bhaktirasti
nyāyena sevasva vidhiṃ yathoktam|
evaṃ bhaviṣyatyupapattirasya
saṃtāpanāśaśca narādhipasya||67||
yā ca pravṛttā tava doṣabuddhi-
stapovanebhyo bhavanaṃ praveṣṭum|
tatrāpi cintā tava tāta mā bhūta
pūrve'pi jagmuḥ svagṛhānvanebhyaḥ||68||
tapovanastho'pi vṛtaḥ prajābhi-
rjagāma rājā puramambarīṣaḥ|
tathā mahīṃ viprakṛtāmanāryai-
stapovanādetya rarakṣa rāmaḥ||69||
tathaiva śālvādhipatirdrumākhyo
vanātsasūranurnagaraṃ viveśa|
brahmārṣibhūtaśca munervasiṣṭhā-
ddadhre śriyaṃ sāṃkṛtirantidevaḥ||70||
evaṃvidhā dharmayaśaḥpradīptā
vanāni hitvā bhavanānyatīyuḥ|
tasmānna doṣo'sti gṛhaṃ prayātuṃ
tapovanāddharmanimittameva ||71||
tato vacastasya niśamya mantriṇaḥ
priyaṃ hitaṃ caiva nṛpasya cakṣuṣaḥ|
anūnamavyastamasaktamadrutaṃ
dhṛtau sthito rājasuto'bravīdvacaḥ||72||
ihāsti nāstīti ya eṣa saṃśayaḥ
parasya vākyairna mamātra niścayaḥ|
avetya tattvaṃ tapasā śamena ca
svayaṃ grahīṣyāmi yadatra niścitam||73||
na me kṣamaṃ saṃśayajaṃ hi darśanaṃ
grahītumavyaktaparasparāhatam|
budhaḥ parapratyayato hi ko vraje-
jjano'ndhakāre'ndha ivāndhadeśikaḥ||74||
adṛṣṭatattvasya sato'pi kiṃ tu me
śubhāśubhe saṃśayitu śubhe matiḥ|
vṛthāpi khedo hi varaṃ śubhātmanaḥ
sukhaṃ na tattve'pi vigarhitātmanaḥ||75||
imaṃ tu dṛṣṭvāgamamavyavasthitaṃ
yaduktamāpttaistadavehi sādhviti|
prahīṇadoṣatvamavehi cāptatāṃ
prahīṇadoṣo hyanṛtaṃ na vakṣyati||76||
gṛhapraveśaṃ prati yacca me bhavā-
nuvāca rāmaprabhṛtīnnidarśanam|
na te pramāṇaṃ na hi dharmaniścayai-
ṣvalaṃ pramāṇāya parikṣatavratāḥ||77||
tadevamapyeva ravirmahī pate-
dapi sthiratvaṃ himavān giristyajet|
adṛṣṭatattvo viṣayonmukhendriyaḥ
śrayeya na tveva gṛhān pṛthagjanaḥ||78||
ahaṃ viśeyaṃ jvalitaṃ hutāśanaṃ
na cākṛtārthaḥ praviśeyamālayam|
iti pratijñāṃ sa cakāra garvito
yatheṣṭamutthāya ca nirmamo yayau||79||
tataḥ sabāṣpau sacivadvijābubhau
niśamya tasya sthirameva niścayam|
viṣaṇṇavaktrāvanugamya duḥkhitau
śanairagatyā purameva jagmatuḥ||80||
tatsnehādatha nṛpateśca bhaktitastau
sāpekṣaṃ pratiyayatuśca tasthatuśca|
durdharṣa ravimiva dīptamātmabhāsā
taṃ draṣṭuṃ na hi pathi śekaturna moktum||81||
tau jñātuṃ paramagatergatiṃ tu tasya
pracchannāṃścarapuruṣāñchucīnvidhāya|
rājānaṃ priyasutalālasaṃ nu gatvā
drakṣyāvaḥ kathamiti jagmatuḥ kathaṃcitu||82||
iti buddhacarite mahākāvye
kumārānveṣaṇoṃ nāma navamaḥ sargaḥ||9||