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||om namo buddhāya||
saundaranandaṃ mahākāvyam
prathamaḥ sargaḥ
kapilavastu varṇana
gautamaḥ kapilo nāma munirdharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ|
babhūva tapasi śrāntaḥ kākṣīvāniva gautamaḥ||1||
aśiśriyadyaḥ satataṃ dīptaṃ kāśyapavattapaḥ|
āśiśrāya ca tadvṛddhau siddhiṃ kāśyapavat parām||2||
haviḥṣu yaśca svātmārthaṃ gāmadhukṣad vasiṣṭhavat|
tapaḥśiṣṭeṣu ca śiṣyeṣu gāmadhukṣad vasiṣṭhavat||3||
māhātmyāddīrghatapaso yo dvitīya ivābhavat|
tṛtīya iva yaścābhūt kāvyāṅgirasayordhiyā||4||
tasya vistīrṇatapasaḥ pārśve himavataḥ śubhe|
kṣetraṃ cāyatanaṃ caiva tapasāmāśramo'bhavat||5||
cāruvīruttaruvanaḥ prasnigdhamṛduśādvalaḥ|
havirdhūmavitānena yaḥ sadābhra ivābabhau||6||
mṛdubhiḥ saikataiḥ snigdhaiḥ kesarāstarapāṇḍubhiḥ|
bhūmibhāgairasaṃkīrṇaiḥ sāṅgarāga ivābhavat||7||
śucibhistīrthasaṃkhyātaiḥ pāvanairbhāvanairapi|
bandhumāniva yastasthau sarobhiḥ sasaroruhaiḥ||8||
paryāptaphalapuṣpābhiḥ sarvato vanarājibhiḥ|
śuśubhe vavṛdhe caiva naraḥ sādhanavāniva||9||
nīvāraphalasantuṣṭaiḥ svasthaiḥ śāntairanutsukaiḥ|
ākīrṇo'pi tapobhṛddhiḥ śūnyaśūnya ivābhavat||10||
agnīnāṃ hūyamānānāṃ śikhināṃ kūjatāmapi|
tīrthānāṃ cābhiṣekeṣu śuśruve yatra niḥsvanaḥ||11||
virejurhariṇā yatra suptā medhyāsu vediṣu|
salājairmādhavīpuṣpairupahārāḥ kṛtā iva||12||
api kṣudramṛgā yatra śāntāśceruḥ samaṃ mṛgaiḥ|
śaraṇyebhyastapasvibhyo vinayaṃ śikṣitā iva||13||
saṃdigdhe'pyapunarbhāve viruddheṣvāgameṣvapi|
pratyakṣiṇa ivākurvaṃstapo yatra tapodhanāḥ||14||
yatra sma mīyate brahma kaiścit kaiścinna mīyate|
kāle nimīyate somo na cākāle pramīyate||15||
nirapekṣāḥ śarīreṣu dharme yatra svabuddhayaḥ|
saṃhṛṣṭā iva yatnena tāpasāstepire tapaḥ||16||
śrāmyanto munayo yatra svargāyodyuktacetasaḥ|
taporāgeṇa dharmasya vilopamiva cakrire||17||
atha tejasvisadanaṃ tapaḥkṣetraṃ tamāśramam|
kecidikṣvākavo jagmū rājaputrā vivatsavaḥ||18||
suvarṇastambhavarṣmāṇaḥ siṃhoreskā mahābhujāḥ|
pātraṃ śabdasya mahataḥ śriyāṃ ca vinayasya ca||19||
arharūpā hyanarhasya mahātmānaścalātmanaḥ|
prājñāḥ prajñāvimuktasya bhrātṛvyasya yavīyasaḥ||20||
mātṛśulkādupagatāṃ te śriyaṃ [ca] viṣehire|
rarakṣuśca pituḥ satyaṃ yasmācchiśiyire -vanam||21||
teṣāṃ munirupādhyāyo gautamaḥ kapilo'bhavat|
gurugotrādataḥ kautsāste bhavanti sma gautamāḥ||22||
ekapitroryathā bhrātroḥ pṛthagguruparigrahāt|
rāma evābhavad gārgyo vāsubhadro'pi gautamaḥ||23||
śākavṛkṣapraticchannaṃ vāsaṃ yasmācca cakrire|
tasmādikṣvākuvaṃśyāste bhuvi śākyā iti smṛtāḥ||24||
sa teṣāṃ gautamaścakre svavaṃśasadṛśīḥ kriyāḥ|
munirūrdhvaṃ kumārasya sagarasyeva bhārgavaḥ||25||
kaṇvaḥ śākuntalasyeva bharatasya tarasvinaḥ|
vālmikiriva dhīmāṃśca dhīmatormaithileyayoḥ||26||
tadvanaṃ muninā tena taiśca kṣatriyapuṅgavaiḥ|
śāntāṃ guptāṃ ca yugapad brahmakṣatraśriyaṃ dadhe||27||
athodakalaśaṃ gṛhya teṣāṃ vṛddhicikīrṣayā|
muniḥ sa viyadutpatya tānuvāca nṛpātmajān||28||
yā patet kalaśādasmādakṣayyasalilānmahīm|
dhārā tāmanatikramya māmanveta yathākramam||29||
tataḥ paramamityuktvā śirobhiḥ praṇipatya ca|
rathānāruruhuḥ sarve śīghravāhānalaṃkṛtān||30||
tataḥ sa tairanugataḥ syandanasthairnabhogataḥ|
tadāśramamahīprāntaṃ paricikṣepa vāriṇā||31||
aṣṭāpadamivālikhya nimittaiḥ surabhīkṛtam|
tānuvāca muniḥ sthitvā bhūmipālasutānidam||32||
asmin dhārāparikṣipte nemicinhitalakṣaṇe|
nirmimīdhvaṃ puraṃ yūyaṃ mayi yāte triviṣṭapam||33||
tataḥ kadācitte vīrāstasmin pratigate munau|
babhramuyauṃvanoddāmā gajā iva niraṅkuśā||34||
baddhagodhāṅgulītrāṇā hastaviṣṭhitakārmukāḥ|
śarādhmātamahātūṇā vyāyatābaddhavāsasaḥ||35||
jijñāsamānā nāgeṣu kauśalaṃ śvāpadeṣu ca|
anucakrurvanasthasya dauṣyanterdevakarmaṇaḥ||36||
tān dṛṣṭvā prakṛtiṃ yātān vṛddhānvyāghraśiśūniva|
tāpasāstadvanaṃ hitvā himavantaṃ siṣevire||37||
tatastadāśramasthānaṃ śūnyaṃ taiḥ śūnyacetasaḥ|
paśyanto manyunā taptā vyālā iva niśaśvasuḥ||38||
atha te puṇyakarmāṇaḥ pratyupasthitavṛddhayaḥ|
tatra tajjñairupākhyātānavāpurmahato nidhīn||39||
alaṃ dharmārthakāmānāṃ nikhilānāmavāptaye|
nidhayo naikavidhayo bhūrayaste gatārayaḥ||40||
tatastatpratilambhācca pariṇāmācca karmaṇaḥ|
tasmin vāstuni vāstujñāḥ puraṃ śrīmannyaveśayan||41||
saridvistīrṇaparikhaṃ spaṣṭāñcitamahāpatham|
śailakalpamahāvapraṃ girivrajamivāparam||42||
pāṇḍurāṭṭālasumukhaṃ suvibhaktāntarāpaṇam|
harmyamālāparikṣiptaṃ kukṣiṃ himagireriva||43||
vedavedāṅgaviduṣastasthuṣaḥ ṣaṭsu karmasu|
śāntaye vṛddhaye caiva yatra viprānajījapan||44||
tadbhūmerabhiyoktṛṇāṃ prayuktān vinivṛttaye|
yatra svena prabhāvena bhṛtyadaṇḍānajījapan||45||
caritradhanasampannān salajjān dīrghadarśinaḥ|
arhato'tiṣṭhipan yatra śūrān dakṣān kuṭumbinaḥ||46||
vyastaistaistairguṇaiyuktān mativāgvikramādibhiḥ|
karmasu pratirupeṣu sacivāṃstānnyayūyujan||47||
vasumabhdiravibhrāntairalaṃvidyairavismitaiḥ|
yad babhāse naraiḥ kīrṇaṃ mandaraḥ kinnarairiva||48||
yatra te hṛṣṭamanasaḥ pauraprīticikīrṣayā|
śrīmantyudyānasaṃjñāni yaśodhāmānyacikaran||49||
śivāḥ puṣkariṇīścaiva paramāgryaguṇāmbhasaḥ|
nājñayā cetanotkarṣāddikṣu sarvāsvacīkhanan||50||
manojñāḥ śrīmatīḥ praṣṭhīḥ pathiṣūpavaneṣu ca|
sabhāḥ kūpavatīścaiva samantāt pratyatiṣṭhipan||51||
hastyaśvarathasaṃkīrṇamasaṃkīrṇamanākulam|
anigūḍhārthivibhavaṃ nigūḍhajñānapauruṣam||52||
sanidhānamivārthānāmādhānamiva tejasām|
niketamiva vidyānāṃ saṃketamiva saṃpadām||53||
vāsavṛkṣaṃ guṇavatāmāśrayaṃ śaraṇaiṣiṇām|
ānartaṃ kṛtaśāstrāṇāmālānaṃ bāhuśālinām||54||
samājairutsavairdāyaiḥ kriyāvidhibhireva ca|
alaṃcakruralaṃvīryāste jagaddhāma tatpuram||55||
yasmādanyāyataste ca kaṃcinnācīkaran karam|
tasmādalpena kālena tattadāpūpuran puram||56||
kapilasya ca tasyarṣestasminnāśramavāstuni|
yasmātte tatpuraṃ cakrustasmāt kapilavāstu tat||57||
kakandasya makandasya kuśāmbasyeva cāśrame|
puryo yathā hi śrūyante tathaiva kapilasya tat||58||
āpuḥ puraṃ tatpuruhūtakalpāste tejasāryeṇa na vismayena|
āpuryaśogandhamataśca śaśvat sutā yayāteriva kīrtimantaḥ||59||
tannāthavṛttairapi rājaputrairarājakaṃ naiva rarāja rāṣṭram|
tārāsahastrairapi dīpyamānairanutthite candra ivāntarīkṣam||60||
yo jyāyānatha vayasā guṇaiśca teṣāṃ
bhātṝṇāṃ vṛṣabha ivaujasā vṛṣāṇām|
te tatra priyaguravastamabhyaṣicannādityā
daśaśatalocanaṃ divīva||61||
ācāravānvinayavānnayavānkriyāvān
dharmāya nendriyasukhāya dhṛtātapatraḥ|
tadbhrātṛbhiḥ parivṛtaḥ sa jugopa rāṣṭram
saṃkrandano divamivānusṛto marudbhiḥ||62||
saundarananda mahākāvya meṃ 'kapilavastu varṇana' nāmaka prathama sarga samāpta|