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navamaḥ sargaḥ
abhimāna-nindā
athaivamukto'pi sa tena bhikṣuṇā jagāma naivopaśamaṃ priyāṃ prati|
tathā hi tāmeva tadā sa cintayan na tasya śuśrāva visaṃjñavad vacaḥ||1||
yathā hi vaidyasya cikīrṣataḥ śivaṃ vaco na gṛṇhāti mumūrṣurāturaḥ|
tathaiva matto balarūpayauvanairhitaṃ na jagrāha sa tasya tadvacaḥ||2||
na cātra citraṃ yadi rāgapāpmanā mano'bhibhūyeta tamovṛtātmanaḥ|
narasya pāpmā hi tadā nivartate yadā bhavatyantagataṃ tamastanu||3||
tatastathākṣiptamavekṣya taṃ tadā balena rūpeṇa ca yauvanena ca|
gṛhaprayāṇaṃ prati ca vyavasthitaṃ śaśāsa nandaṃ śramaṇaḥ sa śāntaye||4||
balaṃ ca rūpaṃ ca navaṃ ca yauvanaṃ tathāvagacchāmi yathāvagacchasi|
ahaṃ tvidaṃ te trayamavyavasthitaṃ yathāvabuddhye na tathāvabudhyase||5||
idaṃ hi rogāyatanaṃ jarāvaśaṃ nadītaṭānokahavaccalācalam|
na vetsi dehaṃ jalaphenadurbalaṃ balasthatāmātmani yena manyase||6||
yadānnapānāsanayānakarmaṇāmasevanādapyatisevanādapi|
śarīramāsannavipatti dṛśyate bale'bhimānastava kena hetunā||7||
himātapavyādhijarākṣudādibhiryadāpyanarthairupamīyate jagat|
jalaṃ śucau māsa ivārkaraśmibhiḥ kṣayaṃ vrajan kiṃ baladṛpta manyase||8||
tvagasthimāṃsakṣatajātmakaṃ yadā śarīramāhāravaśena tiṣṭhati|
ajasramārtaṃ satatapratikriyaṃ balānvito'smīti kathaṃ vihanyase||9||
yathā ghaṭaṃ mṛnmayamāmamāśrito narastitīrṣet kṣubhitaṃ mahārṇavam|
samucchrayaṃ tadvadasāramudvarahan balaṃ vyavasyed viṣayārthamudyataḥ||10||
śarīramāmādapi mṛnmayād ghaṭādidaṃ tu niḥsāratamaṃ mataṃ mama|
ciraṃ hi tiṣṭhed vidhivad dhṛto ghaṭaḥ samucchrayo'yaṃ sudhṛto'pi bhidyate||11||
yadāmbubhūvāyvanalāśca dhātavaḥ sadā viruddhā viṣamā ivoragāḥ|
bhavantyanarthāya śarīramāśritāḥ kathaṃ balaṃ rogavidho vyavasyasi||12||
prayānti mantraiḥ praśamaṃ bhujaṅgamā na mantrasādhyastu bhavanti dhātavaḥ|
kvacicca kaṃcicca daśanti pannagāḥ sadā ca sarvaṃ ca tudanti dhātavaḥ||13||
idaṃ hi śayyāsanapānabhojanairguṇaiḥ śarīraṃ ciramapyavekṣitam|
na marṣayatyekamapi vyatikramaṃ yato mahāśīviṣavat prakupyati||14||
yadā himārto jvalanaṃ niṣevate himaṃ nidādhābhihato'bhikāṅkṣati|
kṣudhānvito'nnaṃ salilaṃ tṛṣānvito balaṃ kutaḥ kiṃ ca kathaṃ ca kasya ca||15||
tadevamājñāya śarīramāturaṃ balānvito'smīti na mantumarhasi|
asāramasvantamaniścitaṃ jagajjagatyanitye balamavyavasthitam||16||
kva kārtavīryasya balābhimāninaḥ sahasrabāhobalamarjunasya tat|
cakarta bāhūn yudhi yasya bhārgavaḥ mahānti śrṛṅgāṇyaśanirgiretiva||17||
kva tad valaṃ kaṃsavikarṣiṇo haresturaṅgarājasya puṭāvabhedinaḥ|
yamekabāṇena nijaghnivān jarāḥ kramāgatā rūpamivottamaṃ jarā||18||
diteḥ sutasyāmararoṣakāriṇaścamūrucervā namuceḥ kva tad balam|
yamāhave kruddhamivāntakaṃ sthitaṃ jaghāna phenāvayavena vāsavaḥ||19||
balaṃ kurūṇāṃ kva ca tattadābhavad yudhi jvalitvā tarasaujasā ca ye|
samitsamiddhā jvalanā ivādhvare hatāsavo bhasmani paryavasthitāḥ||20||
ato viditvā balavīryamānināṃ balānvitānāmavamarditaṃ balam|
jagajjarāmṛtyuvaśaṃ vicārayan bale'bhimānaṃ na vidhātumarhasi||21||
balaṃ mahad yadi vā na manyase kuruṣva yuddhaṃ saha tāvadindriyaiḥ|
jayaśca te'trāsti mahacca te balaṃ parājayaśced vitathaṃ ca te balam||22||
tathā hi vīrāḥ puruṣā na te matā jayanti ye sāśvarathadvipānarīn
yathā matā vīratarā manīṣiṇo jayanti lolāni ṣaḍindriyāṇi ye||23||
ahaṃ vapuṣmāniti yacca manyase vicakṣaṇaṃ naitadidaṃ ca gṛhyatām|
kva tadvapuḥ sā ca vapuṣmatī tanurgadasya śāmbasya ca sāraṇasya ca||24||
yathā mayūraścalacitracandrako bibharti rūpaṃ guṇavat svabhāvataḥ|
śarīrasaṃskāraguṇādṛte tathā bibharti rūpaṃ yadi rūpavānasi||25||
yadi pratīpaṃ vṛṇuyānna vāsasā na śaucakāle yadi saṃspṛśedapaḥ|
mṛjāviśeṣaṃ yadi nādadīta vā vapurvapuṣman vada kīdṛśaṃ bhavet||26||
navaṃ vayaścātmagataṃ niśāmya yadgṛ honmukhaṃ te viṣayāptaye manaḥ|
niyaccha tacchailanadīrayopamaṃ drutaṃ hi gacchatyanivarti yauvanam||27||
ṛturvyatītaḥ parivartate punaḥ kṣayaṃ prayātaḥ punareti candramāḥ|
gataṃ gataṃ naiva tu saṃnivartate jalaṃ nadīnāṃ ca nṛṇāṃ ca yauvanam||28||
vivarṇitaśmaśru valīvikuñcitaṃ viśīrṇadantaṃ śithilabhru niṣprabham|
yadā mukhaṃ drakṣyasi jarjaraṃ tadā jarābhibhūto vimado bhaviṣyasi||29||
niṣevya pānaṃ madanīyamuttamaṃ niśāvivāseṣu cirād vimādyati|
narastu matto balarūpayouvanairna kaścidaprāpya jarāṃ vimādyati||30||
yathekṣuratyantarasaprapīḍito bhuvi praviddho dahanāya śuṣyate|
tathā jarāyantranipīḍitā tanurnipītasārā maraṇāya tiṣṭhati||31||
yathā hi nṛbhyāṃ karapatramīritaṃ samucchritaṃ dāru bhinattyanekadhā|
tathocchritāṃ pātayati prajāmimāmaharniśābhyāmupasaṃhitā jarā||32||
smṛteḥ pramoṣo vapuṣaḥ parābhavo rateḥ kṣayo vācchruticakṣuṣāṃ grahaḥ|
śramasya yonirbalavīryayorvadho jarāsamo nāsti śarīriṇāṃ ripuḥ||33||
idaṃ viditvā nidhanasya daiśikaṃ jarābhidhānaṃ jagato mahabhdayam|
ahaṃ vapuṣmān balavān yuveti vā na mānamāroḍhumanāryamarhasi||34||
ahaṃ mametyeva ca raktacetasāṃ śarīrasaṃjñā tava yaḥ kalau grahaḥ|
tamutsṛjaivaṃ yadi śāmyatā bhaved bhayaṃ hyahaṃ ceti mameti cārchati||35||
yadā śarīre na vaśo'sti kasyacinnirasyamāne vividhairupaplavaiḥ|
kathaṃ kṣamaṃ vettumahaṃ mameti vā śarīrasaṃjñaṃ gṛhamāpadāmidam||36||
sapannage yaḥ kugṛhe sadāśucau rameta nityaṃ pratisaṃskṛte'bale|
sa duṣṭadhātāvaśucau calācale rameta kāye viparītadarśanaḥ||37||
yathā prajābhyaḥ kunṛpo balād balīn haratyaśeṣaṃ ca na cābhirakṣati|
tathaiva kāyo vasanādisādhanaṃ haratyaśeṣaṃ ca na cānuvartate||38||
yathā prarohanti tṛṇānyayatnataḥ kṣitau prayatnāt tu bhavanti śālayaḥ|
tathaiva duḥkhāni bhavantyayatnataḥ sukhāni yatnena bhavanti vā na vā||39||
śarīramārtaṃ parikarṣataścalaṃ na cāsti kiñcit paramārthataḥ sukham|
sukhaṃ hi duḥkhapratikārasevayā sthite ca duḥkhe tanuni vyavasyati||40||
yathānapekṣyāgryamapīpsitaṃ sukhaṃ pravādhate duḥkhamupetamaṇvapi|
tathānapekṣyātmani duḥkhamāgataṃ na vidyate kiñcana kasyacit sukhaṃ||41||
śarīramīdṛg bahuduḥkhādhruvaṃ phalānurodhādatha nāvagacchasi|
dravatphalebhyo dhṛtiraśmibhirmano nigṛhyatāṃ gauriva śasyalālasā||42||
na kāmabhogā hi bhavanti tṛptaye havīṃṣi dīptasya vibhāvasoriva|
yathā yathā kāmasukheṣu vartate tathā tathecchā viṣayeṣu varddhate||43||
yathā ca kuṣṭhavyasanena duḥkhitaḥ pratāpanānnaiva śamaṃ nigacchati|
tathendriyārtheṣvajitendriyaścaranna kāmabhogairupaśāntimṛcchati||44||
yathā hi bhaiṣajyasukhābhikāṅkṣayā bhajeta rogānna bhajeta tatkṣamam|
tathā śarīre bahuduḥkhabhājane rameta mohād viṣayābhikāṅkṣayā||45||
anarthakāmaḥ puruṣasya yo janaḥ sa tasya śatruḥ kila tena karmaṇā|
anarthamūlā viṣayāśca kevalā nanu praheyā viṣamā yathārayaḥ||46||
ihaiva bhūtvā ripavo vadhātmakāḥ prayānti kāle puruṣasya mitratāṃ|
paratra caiveha ca duḥkhahetavo bhavanti kāmā na tu kasyacicchivāḥ||47||
yathopayuktaṃ rasavarṇagandhavad vadhāya kimpākaphalaṃ na puṣṭaye|
niṣevyamāṇā viṣayāścalātmano bhavantyanarthāya tathā na bhūtaye||48||
tadetadājñāya vipāpmanātmanā vimokṣadharmādyupasahitaṃ hitam|
juṣasva me sajjanasaṃmataṃ mataṃ pracakṣva vā niścayamud giran giram||49||
iti hitamapi bahvapīdamuktaḥ śrutamahatā śramaṇena tena nandaḥ|
na dhṛtimupayayau na śarma lebhe dvirada ivātimado madāndhacetāḥ||50||
nandasya bhāvamavagamya tataḥ sa bhikṣuḥ
pāriplavaṃ gṛhasukhābhimukhaṃ na dharme|
sattvāśayānuśayabhāvaparīkṣakāya
buddhāya tattvaviduṣe kathayāṃcakāra||51||
saundarananda mahākāvye "abhimāna-nindā" nāma navama sarga samāpta|