Śreṇyābhigamano nāma daśamaḥ sargaḥ
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sa rājavatsaḥ pṛthupīnavakṣā-
stau havyamantrādhikṛtau vihāya|
uttīrya gaṅgāṃ pracalattaraṅgāṃ
śrīmadgṛhaṃ rājagṛhaṃ jagāma||1||
śailaiḥ suguptaṃ ca vibhūṣitaṃ ca
dhṛtaṃ ca pūtaṃ ca śivaistapodaiḥ|
pañcācalāṅkaṃ nagaraṃ prapede
śāntaḥ svayaṃbhūriva nākapṛṣṭham||2||
gāmbhīryamojaśca niśāmya tasya
vapuśca dīptaṃ puruṣānatītya|
visismiye tatra janastadānīṃ
sthāṇūvratasyeva vṛṣādhvajāsya||3||
taṃ prekṣya yo'nyena yayau sa tasthau
yastatra tasthau pathi so'nvagacchat|
drutaṃ yayau yaḥ sa jagāma dhīraṃ
yaḥ kaścidāste sma sa cotpapāta||4||
kaścittamānarca janaḥ karābhyāṃ
satkṛtya kaścicchirasā vavande|
snigdhena kaścidvacasābhyananda-
nainaṃ jagāmāpratipūjya kaścit||5||
taṃ jihriyuḥ prekṣya vicitraveṣāḥ
prakīrṇavācaḥ pathi maunamīyuḥ|
dharmasya sākṣādiva saṃnikarṣe
na kaścidanyāyamatirbabhūva||6||
anyakriyāṇāmapi rājamārge
strīṇāṃ nṛṇāṃ vā bahumānapūrvam|
taṃ devakalpaṃ naradevasūnuṃ
nirīkṣamāṇā na tatarpa dṛṣṭiḥ||7||
bhruvau lalāṭaṃ mukhamīkṣaṇe vā
vapuḥ karau vā caraṇau gatiṃ vā|
yadeva yastasya dadarśa tatra
tadeva tasyātha babandha cakṣuḥ||8||
dṛṣṭvā ca sorṇabhruvamāyatākṣaṃ
jvalaccharīraṃ śubhajālahastam|
ta bhikṣuveṣaṃ kṣitipālanārha
saṃcukṣubhe rājagṛhasya lakṣmīḥ||9||
śreṇyo'tha bhartā magadhājirasya
bāhyādvimānādvipulaṃ janaugham|
dadarśa papraccha ca tasya hetuṃ
tatastamasmai puruṣaḥ śaśaṃsa||10||
jñānaṃ paraṃ vā pṛthivīśriyaṃ vā
viprairya ukto'dhigamiṣyatīti|
sa eṣa śākyādhipatestanūjo
nirīkṣyate pravrajito janena||11||
tataḥ śrutārtho manasāgatāstho
rājā babhāṣe puruṣaṃ tameva|
vijñāyatāṃ kva pratigacchatīti
tathetyathainaṃ puruṣo'nvagacchat||12||
alolacakṣuryugamātradarśī
nivṛttavāgyantritamandagāmī|
cacāra bhikṣāṃ sa tu bhikṣuvaryo
nidhāya gātrāṇi calaṃ ca cetaḥ||13||
ādāya bhaikṣaṃ ca yathopapannaṃ
yayau gireḥ prasravaṇaṃ viviktam|
nyāyena tatrābhyavahṛtya caina-
nmahīdharaṃ pāṇḍavamāruroha||14||
tasminnavau lodhravanopagūḍhe
mayūranādapratipurṇakuñje|
kāṣāyavāsāḥ sa babhau nṛsūryo
yathodayasyopari bālasūryaḥ||15||
tatrainamālokya sa rājabhṛtyaḥ
śreṇyāya rājñe kathayāṃcakāra|
saṃśrutya rājā sa ca bāhumānyā-
ttatra pratasthe nibhṛtānuyātraḥ||16||
sa pāṇḍavaṃ pāṇḍavatulyavīryaḥ
śailottamaṃ śailasamānavarṣmā|
maulīdharaḥ siṃhagatirnṛsiṃha-
ścalatsaṭaḥ siṃha ivāruroha||17||
tataḥ sma tasyopari śṛṅgabhūtaṃ
śāntendriyaṃ paśyati bodhisattvam|
paryaṅkamāsthāya virocamānaṃ
śaśāṅkamudyantamivābhrakuñjāt||18||
taṃ rupalakṣmyā ca śamena caiva
dharmasya nirmāṇamivopaviṣṭam|
savismayaḥ praśrayavānnarendraḥ
svayaṃbhūvaṃ śakra ivopatasthe||19||
taṃ nyāyato nyāyavidāṃ variṣṭhaṃ
sametya papraccha ca dhātusāmyam|
sa cāpyavocatsadṛśena sāmnā
nṛpaṃ manaḥsvāsthyamanāmayaṃ ca||20||
tataḥ śucau vāraṇakarṇanīle
śilātale saṃniṣasāda rājā|
upopaviśyānumataśca tasya
bhāvaṃ vijijñāsuridaṃ babhāṣe||21||
prītiḥ parā me bhavataḥ kulena
kramāgatā caiva parīkṣitā ca|
jātā vivakṣā svavayo yato me
tasmādidaṃ snehavaco nibodha||22||
ādityapūrva vipulaṃ kulaṃ te
navaṃ vayo dīptamidaṃ vapuśca|
kasmādiyaṃ te matirakrameṇa
bhaikṣāka evābhiratā na rājye||23||
gātraṃ hi te lohitacandanārhaṃ
kāṣāyasaṃśleṣamanarhametat|
hastaḥ prajāpālanayogya eṣa
bhoktuṃ na cārhaḥ paradattamannam||24||
tatsaumya rājyaṃ yadi paitṛkaṃ tvaṃ
snehātpiturnecchasi vikrameṇa|
na ca kramaṃ marṣayituṃ matiste
bhuṅkṣvārdhamasmādviṣayasya śīghram||25||
evaṃ hi na syātsvajanāvamardaḥ
kālakrameṇāpi śamaśrayā śrīḥ|
tasmātkuruṣva praṇayaṃ mayi tvaṃ
sadbhiḥ sahīyā hi satāṃ samṛddhiḥ||26||
atha tvidānī kulagarvitatvā-
dasmāsu viśrambhaguṇo na te'sti|
vyūḍhānyanīkāni vigāhya bāṇai-
rmayā sahāyena parān jigīṣa||27||
tadbuddhimatrānyatarāṃ vṛṇīṣva
dharmārthakāmānvidhivadbhajasva|
vyatyasya rāgādiha hi trivarga
pretyeha ca bhraṃśamavāpnuvanti||28||
yo hyarthadharmau paripīḍya kāmaḥ
syāddharmakāmau paribhūya cārthaḥ|
kāmārthayoścoparameṇa dharma-
styājyaḥ sa kṛtsno yadi kāṅkṣito'rthaḥ||29||
tasmāttrivargasya niṣevaṇena
tvaṃ rūpametatsaphalaṃ kuruṣva|
dharmārthakāmādhigamaṃ hyanūnaṃ
nṛṇāmanūnaṃ puruṣārthamāhuḥ||30||
tanniṣphalau nārhasi kartumetau
pīnau bhujau cāpavikarṣaṇārhau|
māndhātṛvajjetumimau hi yogyau
lokānapi trīniha kiṃ punargām||31||
snehena khalvetadahaṃ bravīmi
naiśvaryarāgeṇa na vismayena|
imaṃ hi dṛṣṭvā tava bhikṣuveṣaṃ
jātānukampo'smyapi cāgatāśruḥ||32||
yāvatsvavaṃśapratirūpa rūpaṃ
na te jarābhyetyabhibhūya bhūyaḥ|
tadbhuṅkṣva bhikṣāśramakāma kāmān
kāle'si kartā priyadharma dharmam||33||
śaknoti jīrṇaḥ khalu dharmamāptuṃ
kāmopabhogeṣvagatirjarāyāḥ|
ataśca yūnaḥ kathayanti kāmā-
nmadhyasya vittaṃ sthavirasya dharmam||34||
dharmasya cārthasya ca jīvaloke
pratyarthibhutāni hi yauvanāni|
saṃrakṣyamāṇānyapi durgrahāṇi
kāmā yatastena pathā haranti||35||
vayāṃsi jīrṇāni vimarśavanti
dhīrāṇyavasthānaparāyaṇāni|
alpena yatnena śamātmakāni
bhavantyagatyaiva ca lajjayā ca||36||
ataśca lolaṃ viṣayapradhānaṃ
pramattamakṣāntamadīrghadarśi|
bahucchalaṃ yauvanamabhyatītya
nistīrya kāntāramivāśvasanti||37||
tasmādadhīraṃ capalapramādi
navaṃ vayastāvadidaṃ vyapaitu|
kāmasya pūrva hi vayaḥ śaravyaṃ
na śakyate rakṣitumindriyebhyaḥ||38||
atho cikīrṣā tava dharma eva
yajasva yajñaṃ kuladharma eṣaḥ|
yajñairadhiṣṭhāya hi nāgapṛṣṭhaṃ
yayau marutvānapi nākapṛṣṭham||39||
suvarṇakeyūravidaṣṭabāhavo
maṇipradīpojjvalacitramaulayaḥ|
nṛparṣayastāṃ hi gatiṃ gatā makhaiḥ
śrameṇa yāmeva maharṣayo yayuḥ||40||
ityevaṃ magadhapatirvaco babhāṣe
yaḥ samyagvalābhidiva bruvan babhāse|
tacchrutvā na sa vicacāla rājasūnuḥ
kailāso giririva naikacitrasānuḥ||41||
iti buddhacarite mahākāvye'śvaghoṣakṛte
śreṇyābhigamano nāma daśamaḥ sargaḥ||10||