Āryaśūra: Jātakamālā 1-15, revised text 1. Vyāghrījātakam 2. Śibijātakam 3. Kulmāṣapiṇḍījātakam 4. Śreṣṭhijātakam 5. Aviṣahyaśreṣṭhijātakam 6. Śaśajātakam 7. Agastyajātakam 8. Maitrībalajātakam 9. Viśvaṃtarajātakam 10. Yajñajātakam 11. Śakrajātakam 12. Brāhmaṇajātakam 13. Unmādayantījātakam 14. Supāragajātakam 15. Matsyajātakam

namo buddhāya //

1. Vyāghrījātakam

sarvasattveṣv akāraṇaparamavatsalasvabhāvaḥ sarvabhūtātmabhūtaḥ pūrvajanmasv api sa bhagavān iti buddhe bhagavati paraḥ prasādaḥ kāryaḥ //

tadyathānuśrūyate ratnatrayagurubhiḥ pratipattiguṇābhirādhitagurubhir guṇapracayagurubhir asmadgurubhiḥ parikīrtyamānam idaṃ bhagavataḥ pūrvajanmāvadānam / bodhisattvaḥ kila pratijñātiśayasadṛśair dānapriyavacanārthacaryāprabhṛtibhiḥ prajñāparigrahaniravadyaiḥ kāruṇyanisyandair lokam anugṛhṇan svadharmābhiratyupanataśucivṛttiny uditodite mahati brāhmaṇakule janmaparigrahaṃ cakāra // sa kṛtasaṃskārakramo jātakarmādibhir abhivardhamānaḥ prakṛtimedhāvitvāt sānāthyaviśeṣāj jñānakautūhalād akausīdyāc ca nacireṇaivāṣṭādaśasu vidyāsthāneṣu svakulakramāviruddhāsu ca sakalāsu kalāsv ācāryakaṃ param avāpa /

tasya bhāgyaguṇātiśayasamāvarjito mahālābhasatkārayaśoviśeṣaḥ prādurabhūt/ dharmābhyāsabhāvitamatiḥ kṛtapravrajyāparicayas tu bodhisattvo na tenābhireme /

atha kadā cit sa mahātmā pariniṣpannabhūyiṣṭhe pṛthūbhūte śiṣyagaṇe pratiṣṭhāpite 'smin kalyāṇe vartmany avatārite naiṣkramyasatpathaṃ loke saṃvṛteṣv ivāpāyadvāreṣu rājamārgīkṛteṣv iva sugatimārgeṣu dṛṣṭadharmasukhavihārārthaṃ tatkālaśiṣyeṇājitenānugamyamāno yogānukūlān parvatadarīnikuñjān anuvicacāra //

atha bodhisattvaḥ sasaṃbhramāmreḍitapadaṃ svabhāvātiśayavyañjakaṃ karuṇābalasamāhitākṣaraṃ śiṣyam uvāca / vatsa vatsa /

tac chīghram anviṣyatāṃ tāvat kutaś cid asyāḥ kṣudduḥkhapratīkārahetur yāvan na tanayān ātmānaṃ copahanti / aham api caināṃ prayatiṣye sāhasād asmād vārayitum / sa tathety asmai pratiśrutya tadāhārānveṣaṇaparo babhūva // atha bodhisattvas taṃ śiṣyaṃ savyapadeśam ativāhya cintām āpede /

api ca /

kiṃ ca bhūyaḥ /

atha sā vyāghrī tena bodhisattvasya śarīranipātaśabdena samutthāpitakautūhalāmarṣā viramya svatanayavaiśasodyamāt tato nayane vicikṣepa / dṛṣṭvaiva ca tad bodhisattvaśarīram udgataprāṇaṃ sahasābhisṛtya bhakṣayitum upacakrame / atha sa tasya śiṣyo māṃsam anāsādyaiva pratinivṛttaḥ kutropādhyāya iti vilokayaṃs tad bodhisattvaśarīram udgataprāṇaṃ tayā vyāghrayuvatyā bhakṣyamāṇaṃ dadarśa / sa tatkarmātiśayavismayāt prativyūḍhaśokaduḥkhāvegas tadguṇāśrayabahumānam ivodgirann idam ātmagataṃ bruvāṇaḥ śobheta /

sarvathā namo 'stv asmai mahābhāgāya sarvabhūtaśaraṇyāyātivipulakāruṇyāyāprameyasattvāya bhūtārthabodhisattvāyeti // atha sa tam arthaṃ sabrahmacāribhyo nivedayām āsa /

tad evaṃ sarvasattveṣv akāraṇaparamavatsalasvabhāvaḥ sarvabhūtātmabhūtaḥ pūrvajanmasv api sa bhagavān iti buddhe bhagavati paraḥ prasādaḥ kāryaḥ /

jātaprasādaiś ca buddhe bhagavati prītir utpādayitavyā / evam āyatanagato naḥ prasāda ity evam apy upaneyam / tathā satkṛtya dharmaḥ śrotavyaḥ / evaṃ duṣkaraśatasamudānītatvāt karuṇāvarṇe 'pi vācyam evaṃ svabhāvātiśayaniṣpādikā parānugrahapravṛttihetuḥ karuṇeti //

bodhisattvāvadānamālāyāṃ vyāghrījātakaṃ prathamam //

2. Śibijātakam

duṣkaraśatasamudānīto 'yam asmadarthaṃ tena bhagavatā saddharma iti satkṛtya śrotavyaḥ //

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvabhūtaḥ kilāyaṃ bhagavān aparimitakālābhyāsāt sātmībhūtopacitapuṇyakarmā kadā cic chibīnāṃ rājā babhūva / sa bālyāt prabhṛty eva vṛddhopāsanaratir vinayānurakto 'nuraktaprakṛtiḥ prakṛtimedhāvitvād anekavidyādhigamavimalataramatir utsāhamantraprabhāvaśaktidaivasaṃpannaḥ svā iva prajāḥ prajāḥ pālayati sma /

atha sa rājā dānapriyatvāt samantato nagarasya sarvopakaraṇadhanadhānyasamṛddhā dānaśālāḥ kārayitvā svamāhātmyānurūpaṃ yathābhiprāyasaṃpāditaṃ sopacāramanoharam anatikrāntakālasubhagaṃ dānavarṣaṃ kṛtayugamegha iva vavarṣa / annam annārthibhyaḥ pānaṃ pānārthibhyaḥ śayanāsanavasanabhojanagandhamālyasuvarṇarajatādi tattadarthibhyaḥ // atha tasya rājñaḥ pradānaudāryaśravaṇād vismitapramuditahṛdayā nānādigabhilakṣitadeśanivāsinaḥ puruṣās taṃ deśam abhijagmuḥ /

atha sa rājā samantataḥ samāpatato lābhāśāpramuditamanasaḥ pathikanepathyapracchāditaśobhasya vanīpakajanasya

atha kadā cit sa rājā dānaśālāḥ samanuvicaraṃs tṛptatvād arthijanasya praviralaṃ yācanakajanasaṃpātam abhisamīkṣya dānadharmasyānutsarpaṇān na tuṣṭim upajagāma /

tasya buddhir abhavat / atisabhāgyās te satpuruṣaviśeṣā ye viśrambhaniryantraṇapraṇayam arthibhiḥ svagātrāṇy api yācyante / mama punaḥ pratyākhyānarūkṣākṣaravacanasaṃtarjita ivārthijano dhanamātrake 'py apragalbhapraṇayaḥ saṃvṛtta iti //

atha śakro devānām indraḥ kṣititalacalanād ākampite vividharatnaprabhodbhāsini sumerau parvatarāje kim idam iti samutpatitavitarkas tasya rājña imaṃ vitarkātiśayaṃ dharaṇicalananimittam avetya vismayāvarjitahṛdayaś cintām āpede /

tan mīmāṃsiṣye tāvad enam iti // atha tasya rājñaḥ pariṣadi niṣannasyāmātyagaṇaparivṛtasya samucitāyāṃ kṛtāyām arthijanasya kaḥ kim icchatīty āhvānaghoṣaṇāyāṃ samudghāṭyamāneṣu kośādhyakṣādhiṣṭhiteṣu maṇikanakarajatadhananicayeṣu viśliṣyamāṇapuṭāsu vividhavasanaparipūrṇagarbhāsu vastrapeḍāsu samupavartyamāneṣu vinītavividhavāhanaskandhapratiṣṭhitayugeṣu vicitreṣu yānaviśeṣeṣu pravṛtte 'rthijanasaṃpāte śakro devānām indro vṛddham andhaṃ brāhmaṇarūpam abhinirmāya rājñaś cakṣuḥpathe prādurabhavat / atha sa rājñā kāruṇyamaitrīparibhāvitayā dhīraprasannasaumyayā pratyudgata iva pariṣvakta iva ca dṛṣṭyā kenārtha ity upanimantryamāṇaḥ kṣitipānucarair nṛpatisamīpam upetya jayāśīrvacanapuraḥsaraṃ rājānam ity uvāca /

atha bodhisattvaḥ samabhilaṣitamanorathaprasiddhyā paraṃ prītyutsavam anubhavan kiṃ svid idaṃ satyam evoktaṃ brāhmaṇena syād uta vikalpābhyāsān mayaivam upadhāritam iti jātapratyavamarśaś cakṣuryācñāpriyavacanaśravaṇatṛṣitamatis taṃ cakṣuryācanakam uvāca /

atha sa brāhmaṇaveṣadhārī śakras tasya rājña āśayaṃ viditvovāca /

atha sa rājā śakrasaṃkīrtanān nūnam asya brāhmaṇasya bhavitrī devatānubhāvād anena vidhinā cakṣuḥsaṃpad iti matvā pramodaviśadākṣaram enam uvāca /

atha tasya rājño 'mātyāś cakṣuḥpradānavyavasāyam avetya sasaṃbhramāvegaviṣādavyathitamanaso rājānam ūcuḥ /

vimṛśyatām api ca tāvan mahārāja /

api ca deva /

atha sa rājā tān amātyān sānunayamadhurākṣaram ity uvāca /

yad api coktaṃ devatānubhāvād eva cakṣur asya kiṃ na saṃbhavatīty atrāpi śrūyatām /

tan me dānātiśayavighnāya vyāyantuṃ nārhanti bhavanta iti // amātyā ūcuḥ / dhanadhānyaratnādi devo dātum arhati na svacakṣur iti vijñāpitam asmābhiḥ / tan na devaṃ vayam atīrthe pratārayāmaḥ // rājovāca /

atha tasya rājño rūḍhataraviśrambhapraṇayaḥ snehāvegād anapekṣitopacāro 'mātyamukhyas taṃ rājānam ity uvāca / mā tāvad bhoḥ /

atha sa rājā tam amātyaṃ sānunayam ity uvāca /

atha sa rājā nīlotpaladalarucirakānti nayanam ekaṃ vaidyaparidṛṣṭena vidhinā śanakair akṣatam utpāṭya parayā prītyā cakṣuryācanakāya prāyacchat / atha śakro devendras tādṛśam ṛddhyabhisaṃskāraṃ cakre yathā dadarśa sa rājā saparijanas tat tasya cakṣuś cakṣuḥsthāne pratiṣṭhitam / athonmiṣitaikacakṣuṣaṃ cakṣuryācanakam abhisamīkṣya sa rājā parameṇa harṣeṇāpūryamāṇahṛdayo dvitīyam apy asmai nayanaṃ prāyacchat //

atha śakrasya vismayāvarjitahṛdayasyaitad ity abhavat /

tan nāyam āścaryasattvaś ciram imaṃ parikleśam anubhavitum arhati yataḥ prayatiṣye cakṣur asyopāyapradarśanād upapādayitum // atha tasya rājñaḥ kramāt saṃrūḍhanayanavraṇasyāvagītapratanūbhūtāntaḥpurapaurajānapadaśokasya pravivekakāmatvād udyānapuṣkariṇyās tīre kusumabhārānatataruvaranicite mṛdusurabhiśiśirasukhapavane madhukaragaṇopakūjite paryaṅkeṇa niṣaṇṇasya śakro devendraḥ purastāt prādurabhavat / ka eṣa iti ca rājñā paryanuyukto 'bravīt /

śakro 'ham asmi devendras tvatsamīpam upāgataḥ /

svāgatam / ājñāpyatāṃ kenārtha iti / sa upacārapuraḥsaram ukto rājānaṃ punar uvāca /

atha sa rājā pradānasamucitatvād anabhyastayācñākārpaṇyamārgo dhṛtyāvismayaśauṭīryam uvāca /

śakra uvāca / alam anena te vyavasāyena / satpuruṣā evedṛśāny anuprāpnuvanti/ api ca pṛcchāmi tāvad bhavantam /

rājovāca / ko 'yam asmān vikatthayitum atrabhavato nirbandhaḥ / api ca devendra śrūyatām /

atha tasya rājñaḥ satyādhiṣṭhānabalāt puṇyopacayaviśeṣāc ca vacanasamanantaram evendranīlaśakalākrāntamadhyam iva nīlotpaladalasadṛśam ekaṃ cakṣuḥ prādurabhūt / prādurbhūte ca tasmin nayanāścarye pramuditamanāḥ sa rājā punar api śakram uvāca /

athābhivyāhārasamanantaram eva tasya rājño vispardhamānam iva tena nayanena dvitīyaṃ cakṣuḥ prādurabhūt /

atha śakraḥ sādhu sādhv ity enam abhisaṃrādhya punar uvāca /

ity uktvā śakras tatraivāntardadhe // atha bodhisattvo vismayapraharṣāpūrṇamanobhir mandamandanimeṣapravikasitanayanair amātyair anuyātaiḥ pauraiś cābhivīkṣyamāṇo jayāśīrvacanapuraḥsaraiś ca brāhmaṇair abhinandyamānaḥ puravaram ucchritadhvajavicitrapatākaṃ pravitanyamānābhyudayaśobham abhigamya parṣadi niṣaṇṇaḥ sabhājanārtham abhigatasyāmātyapramukhyasya brāhmaṇavṛddhapaurajanasyaivam ātmopanāyikaṃ dharmaṃ deśayām āsa /

tad evaṃ duṣkaraśatasamudānīto 'yam asmadarthaṃ tena bhagavatā saddharma iti satkṛtya śrotavyaḥ /

tathāgatamāhātmye pūrvavac ca karuṇāvarṇe 'pi vācyam ihaiva puṇyaphalapradarśane caivaṃ satkṛtyopacitāni puṇyānīhaiva puṣpamātram ātmaprabhāvasya kīrtisaṃtatimanoharaṃ pradarśayantīti //

śibijātakaṃ dvitīyam //

3. Kulmāṣapiṇḍījātakam

cittaprasādodgataṃ pātrātiśayapratipāditaṃ ca nālpakaṃ nāma dānam asti vipākamahattvāt //

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvabhūtaḥ kilāyaṃ bhagavān kośalādhipatir babhūva / tasyotsāhamantraprabhāvaśaktisaṃpatprabhṛtīnāṃ prakarṣiṇām api rājaguṇānāṃ vibhūtim atiśiśye daivasaṃpadguṇaśobhā /

so 'nantarātītāṃ svāṃ jātim anusasmāra / tadanusmaraṇāc ca samupajātasaṃvego viśeṣavattaraṃ śramaṇabrāhmaṇakṛpaṇavanīpakebhyaḥ sukhahetunidānaṃ dānam adāt / śīlasaṃvaraṃ cānavaraṃ poṣadhaniyamaṃ ca parvadivaseṣu samādade / abhīkṣṇaṃ ca rājaparṣadi svasmiṃś cāntaḥpure puṇyaprabhāvodbhāvanāl lokaṃ śreyasi niyoktukāmaḥ pratītahṛdayo gāthādvayam iti niyatārthaṃ babhāṣe /

tam amātyā brāhmaṇavṛddhāḥ pauramukhyāś ca kautūhalāpūrṇamanaso 'pi na prasahante sma paryanuyoktuṃ kim abhisamīkṣya mahārājo gāthādvayam idam abhīkṣṇaṃ bhāṣata iti // atha tasya rājño vāllabhyād avyāhatataraviśrambhapraṇayaprasādā devī samutpannakautūhalā saṃkathāprastāvāgataṃ parṣadi paryapṛcchad enam /

atha sa rājā prītyatisnigdhayā dṛṣṭyā samavekṣya devīṃ smitapravikasitavadana uvāca //

atha devī praharṣavismayaviśālatarākṣī sabahumānam udīkṣamāṇā rājānam uvāca / upapannarūpaḥ puṇyānām ayam evaṃvidho vipākābhyudayaviśeṣaḥ / puṇyaphalapratyakṣiṇaś ca mahārājasya yad ayaṃ puṇyeṣv ādaraḥ / tad evam eva pāpapravṛttivimukhaḥ piteva prajānāṃ samyakparipālanasumukhaḥ puṇyaguṇārjanābhimukhaḥ /

rājovāca / kiṃ hy etad devi na syāt /

atha sa rājā devīṃ devīm iva śriyā jvalantīm atisnigdham avekṣya śrīsaṃpattihetukutūhalahṛdayaḥ punar uvāca /

devy uvāca / asti deva kiṃ cid aham api pūrvajanmavṛttam anusmarāmīti/ kathaya kathayedānīm iti ca sādaraṃ rājñā paryanuyuktovāca /

atha sa rājā puṇyaphalapradarśanāt puṇyeṣu samutpāditabahumānām abhiprasannamanasaṃ pariṣadaṃ vismayaikāgrām avetya niyatam īdṛśaṃ kiṃ cit samanuśaśāsa /

atha sā parṣat tasya rājñas tadgrāhakaṃ vacanaṃ sabahumānam abhinandya pradānādiguṇapratipattyabhimukhī babhūva //

tad evaṃ cittaprasādodgataṃ pātrātiśayapratipāditaṃ ca nālpakaṃ nāma dānam asti vipākamahattvād iti prasannacittenānuttare puṇyakṣetra āryasaṃghe dānaṃ dadatā parā prītir utpādyā / adūre mamāpy evaṃvidhā ato viśiṣṭataraś ca saṃpattaya iti //

kulmāṣapiṇḍījātakaṃ tṛtīyam //

4. Śreṣṭhijātakam

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvabhūtaḥ kilāyaṃ bhagavān bhāgyātiśayaguṇād utthānasaṃpadā cādhigatavipuladhanasamṛddhir aviṣamavyavahāraśīlatvāl lokabahumānaniketabhūta udārābhijanavān anekavidyākalāvikalpādhigamavimalataramatir guṇamāhātmyād rājñā samupahṛtasaṃmānaḥ pradānaśīlatvāl lokasādhāraṇavibhavaḥ śreṣṭhī babhūva /

atha kadā cit tasya mahāsattvasya bhojanakāle snātānuliptasya kuśalasūdopakalpite samupasthite varṇagandharasasparśādiguṇasamudite vicitre bhakṣyabhojyādividhau tatpuṇyasaṃbhāravivṛddhikāmo jñānāgninirdagdhasarvakleśendhanaḥ pratyekabuddhas tadgṛham abhijagāma bhikṣārthī / samupetya ca dvārakoṣṭhake vyatiṣṭhata /

atha māraḥ pāpīyān bodhisattvasya tāṃ dānasaṃpadam amṛṣyamāṇas tadvighnārtham antarā ca taṃ bhadantam antarā ca dvāradehalīṃ jvālākarālodaram anekapauruṣam atigambhīraṃ bhayānakadarśanaṃ pratibhayanirghoṣaṃ narakam abhinirmame visphuradbhir anekair janaśatair ācitam // atha bodhisattvaḥ pratyekabuddhaṃ bhikṣārthinam abhigatam ālokya patnīm uvāca / bhadre svayam āryāya piṇḍapātaṃ dehīti / sā tathety asmai pratiśrutya praṇītaṃ bhakṣyabhojyam ādāya prasthitā / narakam ālokya dvārasamīpād bhayaviṣādacañcalākṣī sahasā nyavartata / kim etad iti ca bhartrā paryanuyuktā samāpatitasādhvasāpihitakaṇṭhī tat kathaṃ cid asya kathayām āsa // atha bodhisattvaḥ katham ayam āryo madgṛhād anavāptabhikṣa eva pratiyāsyatīti sasaṃbhramas tat tasyāḥ kathitam anādṛtya svayam eva praṇītaṃ bhakṣyabhojyam ādāya tasya mahātmanaḥ piṇḍapātaṃ pratipādayitukāmo dvārakoṣṭhakasamīpam abhigatas tam atibhīṣaṇam antarā narakaṃ dadarśa / tasya kiṃ svid idam iti samutpatitavitarkasya māraḥ pāpīyān bhavanabhitter niṣpatya saṃdṛśyamānadivyādbhutavapur antarikṣe sthitvā hitakāma iva nāmābravīt / gṛhapate mahārauravo nāmāyaṃ mahānarakaḥ /

atha bodhisattvo nūnam asyaitad durātmano maddānavighnāya viceṣṭitam ity avagamya svasattvāvaṣṭambhadhīravinayamadhurākṣarāvicchedaṃ niyatam ity avocad enam /

atha māraḥ punar api bodhisattvaṃ hitaiṣīva dhīrahastenovāca /

bodhisattva uvāca / mārṣa marṣayatu bhavān /

ity uktvā bodhisattvaḥ svabhāgyabalāvaṣṭabdho jānānaś ca niratyayatāṃ dānasya nivāraṇaikarasam avadhūya svajanaparijanaṃ sādhvasānabhibhūtamatir abhivṛddhadānābhilāṣo narakamadhyena prāyāt /

atha bodhisattvaḥ padmasaṃkrameṇa svapuṇyātiśayanirjātenābhigamya pratyekabuddhaṃ prasādasaṃharṣāpūrṇahṛdayaḥ piṇḍapātam asmai prāyacchat //

tat kim idam upanītam / evam

śreṣṭhijātakaṃ caturtham //

5. Aviṣahyaśreṣṭhijātakam

na vibhavakṣayāśaṅkayā samṛddhyāśayā vā pradānavaidhuryam upayānti satpuruṣāḥ //

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvaḥ kila tyāgaśīlakulavinayaśrutajñānāvismayādiguṇasamudito dhanadāyamāno vibhavasaṃpadā sarvātithitvād anuparatadānasattro lokahitārthapravṛtto dāyakaśreṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhī babhūva / mātsaryādidoṣāviṣahyo 'viṣahya iti prakāśanāmā /

atha tasya mahāsattvasya yathābhilaṣitair akliṣṭaiḥ śiṣṭopacāravibhūṣaṇair vipulair arthavisargair yācanakajanaṃ samantataḥ saṃtarpayataḥ pradānaudāryaśravaṇād vismayāvarjitamanāḥ śakro devendraḥ pradānasthiraniścayatām asya jijñāsamānaḥ pratyahaṃ dhanadhānyaratnaparicchadajātaṃ tat tad antardhāpayām āsa / api nāmāyaṃ vibhavaparikṣayāśaṅkayā mātsaryāya pratāryeteti / pradānādhimuktasya tu punar mahāsattvasya

atha śakro devendras tyāgaparāyaṇam eva taṃ mahāsattvam avetya prakṣīyamāṇavibhavasāram api vismitataramatis tasyaikarātreṇa sarvaṃ vibhavasāram antardhāpayām āsānyatra rajjukuṇḍalakād dātrāc caikasmāt // atha bodhisattvaḥ prabhātāyāṃ rajanyāṃ yathocitaṃ prativibuddhaḥ paśyati sma dhanadhānyaparicchadaparijanarddhiśūnyaṃ niṣkūjadīnaṃ svabhavanaṃ rākṣasair ivodvāsitam anabhirāmadarśanaṃ kim idam iti ca samutthitavitarkaḥ samanuvicaraṃs tad rajjukuṇḍalakaṃ dātraṃ ca kevalam atra dadarśa / tasya cintā prādurabhavat / yadi tāvat kena cid yācitum anucitavacasā svavikramopajīvinā madgṛhe praṇaya evaṃ darśitaḥ sūpayuktā eva me 'rthāḥ / atha tv idānīṃ madbhāgyadoṣād ucchrayam asahamānāḥ kena cid anupayuktā eva vidrutās tat kaṣṭam /

atha bodhisattvaḥ svadhairyāvaṣṭambhād anāsvāditaviṣādadainyas tasyām apy avasthāyām anabhyastayācñākramatvāt parān yācituṃ paricitān api na prasehe / evaṃ duṣkaraṃ yācitum iti tasya bhūyasī yācanakajaneṣv anukampā babhūva// atha sa mahātmā yācanakajanasvāgatādikriyāvekṣayā svayam eva tad rajjukuṇḍalakaṃ dātraṃ ca parigṛhya pratyahaṃ tṛṇavikrayopalabdhayā vibhavamātrayārthijanapraṇayasaṃmānanaṃ cakāra // atha śakro devendras tasyemām aviṣāditāṃ parame 'pi dāridrye pradānābhimukhatāṃ cāvekṣya savismayabahumānaḥ saṃdṛśyamānadivyādbhutavapur antarikṣe sthitvā dānād vicchandayaṃs taṃ mahāsattvam uvāca / gṛhapate /

atha bodhisattvaḥ pradānābhyāsamāhātmyaṃ vidarśayañ chakram uvāca /

śakra uvāca / gṛhapate / paryāptavibhavasya paripūrṇakośakoṣṭhāgārasya samyakpravṛttavividhavipulakarmāntasya virūḍhāyater loke vaśīkṛtaiśvaryasyāyaṃ kramo nemāṃ daśām abhiprapannasya / paśya /

bodhisattva uvāca / alam atinirbandhenātrabhavataḥ /

api ca devendra /

ity ukte śakro devendraḥ samabhiprasāditamanāḥ sādhu sādhv ity enam abhisaṃrādhya sabahumānasnigdham avekṣamāṇa uvāca /

ity enam abhisaṃrādhya śakras tac cāsya vibhavasāram upasaṃhṛtya kṣamayitvā ca tatraivāntardadhe //

tad evaṃ na vibhavakṣayāpekṣayā samṛddhyāśayā vā pradānavaidhuryam upayānti satpuruṣā iti //

aviṣahyaśreṣṭhijātakaṃ pañcamam //

6. Śaśajātakam

tadyathānuśrūyate / kasmiṃś cid araṇyapradeśe manojñavīruttṛṇatarunicite puṣpaphalavati vaiḍūryanīlaśucisalilavāhinyā saritā vibhūṣitaparyante mṛduśādvalāstaraṇasukhasaṃsparśadarśanīyadharaṇitale tapasvijanavicarite bodhisattvaḥ śaśo babhūva /

tasya guṇātiśayasaṃbhṛtena snehagauraveṇa viśeṣavattaram avabaddhahṛdayās trayaḥ sahāyā babhūvur udraḥ śṛgālo vānaraś ca / te parasparasaṃbandhanibaddhasnehā iva bāndhavā anyonyapraṇayasaṃmānavirūḍhasauhṛdā iva ca suhṛdaḥ saṃmodamānās tatra viharanti sma / tiryaksvabhāvavimukhāś ca prāṇiṣu dayānuvṛttyā laulyapraśamād vismṛtasteyapravṛttyā ca dharmānurodhinyā ca vṛttyā paṭuvijñānatvād vinayaniyamadhīrayā ca ceṣṭayā devatānām api vismayanīyā babhūvuḥ /

atha kadā cit sa mahātmā sāyāhnasamaye dharmaśravaṇārtham abhigataiḥ sabahumānam upāsyamānas taiḥ sahāyaiḥ paripūrṇaprāyamaṇḍalam ādityaviprakarṣād vyavadāyamānaśobhaṃ rūpyadarpaṇam iva tsaruvirahitam īṣatpārśvāpavṛttabimbaṃ śuklapakṣacaturdaśīcandramasamuditam abhivīkṣya sahāyān uvāca /

tad vyaktaṃ śvaḥ pañcadaśī yato bhavadbhiḥ poṣadhaniyamam abhisaṃpādayadbhir nyāyopalabdhenāhāraviśeṣena kālopanatam atithijanaṃ pratipūjya prāṇasaṃdhāraṇam anuṣṭheyam / paśyantu bhavantaḥ /

te tathety asyānuśāsanīṃ pratigṛhyābhivādya pradakṣiṇīkṛtya cainaṃ svaṃ svam ālayam abhijagmuḥ / aciragateṣu ca teṣu sahāyeṣu sa mahātmā cintām āpede /

tat kutredānīm idam atithiparicaryāvaiguṇyān niḥsāraṃ śarīrakam utsṛjyamānaṃ kasya cid upakārāya syād iti vimṛśan sa mahātmā smṛtiṃ pratilebhe / aye /

tat kim ahaṃ viṣīdāmi /

iti viniścitya sa mahāsattvaḥ param iva lābham adhigamya paramaprītamanās tatrāvatasthe /

tad upalabhya pramuditavismitamanobhir devatābhiḥ samantataḥ parikīrtyamānaṃ tasya vitarkādbhutaṃ samāpūryamāṇavismayakautūhalena manasā tasya mahāsattvasya bhāvajijñāsayā dvitīye 'hani gaganatalamadhyam abhilaṅghamāne paṭutarakiraṇaprabhāve savitari prasphuritamarīcijālavasanāsu bhāsvarātapavisarāvaguṇṭhitāsv anālokanakṣamāsu dikṣu saṃkṣipyamāṇacchāyeṣv abhivṛddhacīrīvirāvonnāditeṣu vanāntareṣu vicchidyamānapakṣisaṃpāteṣu gharmaklamāpītotsāheṣv adhvageṣu śakro devānām adhipatir brāhmaṇarūpī bhūtvā mārgapranaṣṭa ivādhvagaḥ kṣuttarṣaśramaviṣādadīnakaṇṭhaḥ sasvaraṃ prarudann avidūre teṣāṃ vicukrośa /

atha te mahāsattvās tena tasyātikaruṇenākranditaśabdena samākampitahṛdayāḥ sasaṃbhramadrutataragatayas taṃ deśam abhijagmuḥ / mārgapranaṣṭādhvagadīnadarśanaṃ cainam abhisamīkṣya samabhigamyopacārapuraḥsaraṃ samāśvāsayanta ūcuḥ /

athodras tasya tūṣṇīṃbhāvād anumatam upanimantraṇam avetya harṣasaṃbhramatvaritagatiḥ sapta rohitamatsyān samupanīyāvocad enam /

atha śṛgālo 'py enaṃ yathopalabdham annajātam upahṛtya praṇāmapuraḥsaraṃ sādaram uvāca /

ity uktvā prītamanās tad asmai samupajahāra // atha vānaraḥ paripākaguṇāt samupajātamārdavāni manaḥśilācūrṇarañjitānīvātipiñjarāṇy atiraktabandhanamūlāni piṇḍīkṛtāny āmraphalāny ādāya sāñjalipragraham enam uvāca /

atha śaśo 'bhisṛtyainam upacārakriyānantaraṃ sabahumānam udīkṣamāṇaḥ svena śarīreṇopanimantrayām āsa /

śakra uvāca /

śaśa uvāca / upapannarūpam idam āsannānukrośe brāhmaṇye / tad ihaiva tāvad bhavān āstām asmadanugrahāpekṣayā yāvat kutaś cid ātmānugrahopāyam āsādayāmīti // atha śakro devānām indras tasya bhāvam avetya taptatapanīyavarṇaṃ sphuratpratanujvālaṃ vikīryamāṇavisphuliṅgaprakaraṃ nirdhūmam aṅgārarāśim abhinirmame // atha śaśaḥ samantato vilokayaṃs tam agniskandhaṃ dadarśa / dṛṣṭvā ca prītamanāḥ śakram uvāca / samadhigato 'yaṃ mayātmānugrahopāyaḥ / tad asmaccharīropabhogāt saphalām anugrahāśāṃ me kartum arhasi / paśya mahābrāhmaṇa /

ity anunīya saṃmānanādarātithipriyatayā cainam abhivādya /

tad dṛṣṭvā paramavismayāvarjitamatir devānām adhipatiḥ svam eva vapur āsthāya divyakusumavarṣapuraḥsarībhir manaḥśrutisukhābhir vāgbhir abhipūjya taṃ mahāsattvaṃ kamalapalāśalakṣmīsamṛddhābhyāṃ bhāsurāṅgulivibhūṣaṇālaṃkṛtābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ svayam eva cainaṃ parigṛhya tridaśebhyaḥ saṃdarśayām āsa / paśyantv atrabhavantas tridaśālayanivāsino devāḥ samanumodantāṃ cedam ativismayanīyaṃ karmāvadānam asya mahāsattvasya /

atha śakras tatkarmātiśayavikhyāpanārthaṃ lokahitāvekṣī śaśabimbalakṣaṇena vaijayantasya prāsādavarasya sudharmāyāś ca devasabhāyāḥ kūṭāgārakarṇike candramaṇḍalaṃ cābhyalaṃcakāra /

tad evaṃ tiryaggatānām api mahāsattvānāṃ śaktyanurūpā dānapravṛttir dṛṣṭā / kena nāma manuṣyabhūtena na dātavyaṃ syāt //

tathā tiryaggatā api guṇavātsalyāt saṃpūjyante sadbhir iti guṇeṣv ādaraḥ kārya ity evam apy upaneyam //

śaśajātakaṃ ṣaṣṭham //

7. Agastyajātakam

tapovanasthānām apy alaṃkāras tyāgaśauryaṃ prāg eva gṛhasthānām //

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvabhūtaḥ kilāyaṃ bhagavāṃl lokahitārthaṃ saṃsārādhvani vartamānaś cāritraguṇaviśuddhyabhilakṣitaṃ kṣititalatilakabhūtam anyatamaṃ mahad brāhmaṇakulaṃ gaganatalam iva śaradamalaparipūrṇamaṇḍalaś candramāḥ samudyann evābhyalaṃcakāra / sa yathākramaṃ śrutismṛtivihitān avāpya jātakarmādīn saṃskārān adhītya sāṅgān vedān kṛtsnaṃ vyāpya vidvadyaśasā manuṣyalokaṃ guṇapriyair dātṛbhir abhyarthya pratigrāhyamāṇavibhavatvāt parāṃ dhanasamṛddhim adhijagāma /

atha sa mahātmā kukāryavyāsaṅgadoṣasaṃbādhaṃ pramādāspadabhūtaṃ dhanārjanarakṣaṇaprasaṅgavyākulam upaśamavirodhi vyasanaśaraśatalakṣyabhūtam aparyantakarmāntānuṣṭhānapariśramam atṛptijanakaṃ kṛśāsvādaṃ gārhasthyam avetya taddoṣaviviktasukhāṃ ca dharmapratipattyanukūlāṃ mokṣadharmārambhādhiṣṭhānabhūtāṃ pravrajyām anupaśyan mahatīm api tāṃ dhanasamṛddhim aparikleśādhigatāṃ lokasaṃnatimanoharāṃ tṛṇavad apāsya tāpasapravrajyāvinayaniyamaparo babhūva / pravrajitam api taṃ mahāsattvaṃ yaśaḥprakāśatvāt pūrvasaṃstavānusmaraṇāt saṃbhāvitaguṇatvāt praśamābhilakṣitatvāc ca śreyo'rthī janas tadguṇagaṇāvarjitamatis tathaivābhijagāma / sa taṃ gṛhijanasaṃsargaṃ pravivekasukhapramāthinaṃ vyāsaṅgavikṣepāntarāyakaram abahumanyamānaḥ pravivekābhirāmatayā dakṣiṇasamudramadhyāvagāḍham indranīlabhedābhinīlavarṇair anilabalākalitair ūrmimālāvilāsair ācchuritaparyantaṃ sitasikatāstīrṇabhūmibhāgaṃ puṣpaphalapallavālaṃkṛtaviṭapair nānātarubhir upaśobhitaṃ vimalasalilāśayapratīraṃ kārādvīpam adhyāsanād āśramapadaśriyā saṃyojayām āsa /

atha sa mahātmā pradānocitatvāt tapovane 'pi nivasan kālopanatam atithijanaṃ yathāsaṃnihitena mūlaphalena śucinā salilena hṛdyābhiś ca svāgatāśīrvādapeśalābhis tapasvijanayogyābhir vāgbhiḥ saṃpūjayati sma / atithijanopayuktaśeṣeṇa ca yātrāmātrārtham abhyavahṛtena vanyenāhāreṇa vartayām āsa // tasya tapaḥprakarṣāt pravisṛtena yaśasā samāvarjitahṛdayaḥ śakro devānām indraḥ sthairyajijñāsayā tasya mahāsattvasya tasminn araṇyāyatane tāpasajanopabhogayogyaṃ mūlaphalam anupūrveṇa sarvam antardhāpayām āsa / bodhisattvo 'pi dhyānaprasṛtamānasatayā saṃtoṣaparicayād anadhimūrchitatvād āhāre śarīre cānabhiṣvaṅgān na tadantardhānahetuṃ manasi cakāra / sa taruṇāni tarupallavāny adhiśrāya tair āhāraprayojanam abhiniṣpādyāparitṛṣyamāṇa āhāraviśeṣānutsukaḥ svasthamatis tathaiva vijahāra /

vismitataramanās tu śakro devendras tasya tenāvasthānena sthirataraguṇasaṃbhāvanas tatparīkṣānimittaṃ tasminn araṇyavanapradeśe nidāghakālānila iva samagraṃ vīruttṛṇatarugaṇaṃ parṇasamṛddhyā viyojayām āsa // atha bodhisattvaḥ pratyārdratarāṇi śīrṇaparṇāni samāhṛtya tair udakasvinnair anutkaṇṭhitamatir vartayamāno dhyānasukhaprīṇitamanās tatrāmṛtatṛpta iva vijahāra /

atha śakras tena tasyādbhutarūpeṇa saṃtoṣasthairyeṇa samabhivṛddhavismayaḥ sāmarṣa iva tasya mahāsattvasya vratakāle hutāgnihotrasya parisamāptajapasyātithijanadidṛkṣayā diśo vyavalokayato brāhmaṇarūpam āsthāyātithir iva nāma purastāt prādurabhūt / prītamanāḥ samabhigamya cainaṃ bodhisattvaḥ svāgatādipriyavacanapuraḥsareṇāhārakālanivedanenopanimantrayām āsa / tūṣṇīṃbhāvāt tu tasyānumatam upanimantraṇam avetya sa mahātmā

sa tathaiva praviśya dhyānāgāraṃ tenaiva prītiprāmodyena tad ahorātram atināmayām āsa // atha śakras tasya dvitīye tṛtīye cāhani tathaiva vratakāle purataḥ prādurabhūt / so 'pi cainaṃ pramuditataramanās tathaiva pratipūjayām āsa/

atha śakraḥ paramavismayāviṣṭahṛdayas tapaḥprakarṣād asya prārthanāmātrāpekṣaṃ tridaśapatilakṣmīsaṃparkam avagamya samutpatitabhayāśaṅkaḥ svam eva vapur divyādbhutaśobham abhiprapadya tapaḥprayojanam enaṃ paryapṛcchat /

bodhisattva uvāca / śrūyatāṃ mārṣa yannimitto 'yaṃ mama prayatnaḥ /

atha śakro nāyam asmadgatāṃ śriyaṃ kāmayata iti samāśvāsitahṛdayaḥ subhāṣitena tena cābhiprasāditamatir yuktam ity abhipūjya tad asya vacanaṃ varapradānena bodhisattvam upanimantrayām āsa /

atha bodhisattvo bhavasukheṣv anāsthaḥ prārthanām eva duḥkham avagacchan sātmībhūtasaṃtoṣaḥ śakram uvāca /

atha śakras tasya tayā saṃtoṣapravaṇamānasatayā subhāṣitābhivyañjitayā bhūyasyā mātrayā saṃprasāditamatiḥ punar bodhisattvaṃ sādhu sādhv iti praśasya vareṇopacchandayām āsa /

atha bodhisattvaḥ kleśaviyogasyaiva durlabhatām asya pradarśayan varayācñāpadeśena punar apy asmai dharmaṃ deśayām āsa /

tac chrutvā śakro devānām adhipatir vismayavaśāt sādhv ity enaṃ sabahumānam abhipraśasya punar uvāca /

atha bodhisattvaḥ kleśaprātikūlyāt kliṣṭasattvasaṃparkavigarhāṃ varasaṃpratigrahāpadeśena kurvann ity uvāca /

śakra uvāca /

bodhisattva uvāca / agatyā mārṣa / paśyatv atrabhavān /

itthaṃ caiṣa cikitsāprayogasyāpātram iti gṛhyatām /

tac chrutvā śakraḥ sādhu sādhv ity enam abhinandya subhāṣitaparitoṣitamatiḥ punar uvāca /

atha bodhisattvaḥ sarvāvasthasukhatāṃ sajjanasya pradarśayañ chakram uvāca/

śakra uvāca / atipakṣapāta iva khalu te dhīraṃ prati / tad ucyatām /

atha bodhisattvaḥ sajjanamāhātmyam asya pradarśayann uvāca / śrūyatāṃ mārṣa yena me dhīradarśanam evābhilaṣati matiḥ /

athainaṃ śakraḥ sādhūpapannarūpam idam iti cābhinandya samabhivṛddhaprasādaḥ punar vareṇopanimantrayām āsa /

atha tasya parām upakartukāmatām avetya bodhisattvas tatpriyahitakāmyayā pradānānutarṣaprābalyam asmai prakāśayann uvāca /

śakra uvāca / subhāṣitaratnākaraḥ khalv atrabhavān / api ca /

bodhisattva uvāca /

atha śakraḥ sāmarṣavad enam ativismayamāna uvāca / mā tāvad bhoḥ /

bodhisattva uvāca / alaṃ te manyupraṇayena / samanuneṣyāmy aham atrabhavantaṃ devarājam / na hy asāv adākṣiṇyānuvṛttir nāpy abahumānaviceṣṭitam asamavadhānakāmyatā vā bhavataḥ / kiṃ tu

atha śakraḥ praṇamya pradakṣiṇīkṛtya cainaṃ tatraivāntardadhe / prabhātāyāṃ ca rajanyāṃ bodhisattvaḥ śakraprabhāvopahṛtaṃ prabhūtaṃ divyam annapānaṃ dadarśa / śakropanimantraṇāhūtāni cānekāni pratyekabuddhaśatāni vyāyatābaddhaparikarāṃś ca pariveṣaṇasajjān anekān devakumārān /

tad evaṃ tapovanasthānām apy alaṃkāras tyāgaśauryaṃ prāg eva gṛhasthānām iti

tyāgaśauryeṇālaṃkartavya evātmā satpuruṣeṇeti dānapatisaṃvarṇanāyām upaneyaṃ lobhadveṣabālavigarhāyāṃ kalyāṇamitrasaṃparkaguṇe saṃtoṣakathāyāṃ tathāgatamāhātmye caivaṃ pūrvajanmasv api subhāṣitaratnātiśayākaraḥ sa bhagavān prāg evābhisaṃbuddha iti //

agastyajātakaṃ saptamam //

8. Maitrībalajātakam

na paraduḥkhāturāḥ svasukham avekṣante mahākāruṇikāḥ //

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvaḥ kila svamāhātmyakāruṇyābhiprapannajagatparitrāṇādhyāśayaḥ pradānadamasaṃyamasauratyādibhir lokānugrahānukūlair guṇātiśayair abhivardhamānaḥ sarvasattvamaitramanā maitrībalo nāma rājā babhūva /

tasyaivaṃ dharmeṇa prajāḥ pālayataḥ satyatyāgopaśamaprajñādibhiś ca parahitapariṇāmanāt saviśeṣodāttakramair bodhisaṃbhāravidhibhir abhivardhamānasya kadā cit kasmiṃś cid aparādhe yakṣāṇām adhipatinā svaviṣayāt pravrājitā ojohārāḥ pañca yakṣāḥ paravadhadakṣās tadviṣayam abhijagmuḥ / vyapagatasarvopadravatvāc ca nityapravṛttavividhotsavaṃ parayā saṃpadā samupetarūpaṃ pramuditatuṣṭapuṣṭajanam abhisamīkṣya taṃ viṣayaṃ tadviṣayanivāsināṃ puruṣāṇām ojāṃsy apahartum eṣām abhilāṣo babhūva /

yadā ca param api prayatnaṃ kurvanto naiva śaknuvanti sma kasya cit tadviṣayanivāsina ojo 'pahartum athaiṣāṃ parasparam avekṣyaitad abhūt / kiṃ nu khalv idaṃ mārṣāḥ /

atha te yakṣā brāhmaṇavarṇam ātmānam abhinirmāya samanucaranto dadṛśuḥ pratyaraṇyacaram anyatamaṃ gopālakaṃ saśādvale chāyādrumamūle sopānatkaṃ saṃniṣaṇṇaṃ sapallavair vanatarukusumair viracitāṃ mālām udvahantaṃ dakṣiṇato vinyastadaṇḍaparaśum ekākinaṃ rajjuvartanavyāpṛtaṃ prakṣveḍitavilāsena gāyantam āsīnaṃ samupetya cainam ūcuḥ / bho gavāṃ saṃrakṣaṇādhikṛta / evaṃ vivikte nirjanasaṃpāte 'sminn araṇye vicarann ekākī kathaṃ na bibheṣīti // sa tān ullokyābravīt / kuto vā bhetavyam iti // yakṣā ūcuḥ / kiṃ tvayā na śrutapūrvā rakṣasāṃ piśācānāṃ vā nisargaraudrā prakṛtiḥ /

ity ukte sa gopālakaḥ prahasyainān uvāca /

athainaṃ te yakṣāḥ kautūhalaprābalyāt sādaram upavatsayanta ivocuḥ / tat kathaya kathaya tāvad bhadra kīdṛśo 'yaṃ yuṣmākaṃ svastyayanaviśeṣa iti // sa tān prahasann uvāca / śrūyatāṃ yādṛśo 'smākam atyadbhutaḥ svastyayanaviśeṣaḥ /

īdṛśo 'smākaṃ svastyayanaviśeṣa ity uktvā sāmarṣavismayas tān yakṣān avekṣamāṇaḥ punar uvāca / āścaryaṃ batedam /

tad asti vo bhāgyaśeṣaṃ yat tādṛśād deśakāntārād ihāgatāḥ stha // yakṣā ūcuḥ / bhadra kiṃkṛto 'yam asya rājñaḥ prabhāvo yad asyāmānuṣā na prasahante viṣayanivāsinaṃ janaṃ hiṃsitum iti / gopālaka uvāca / svamāhātmyādhigataḥ prabhāvo 'yam asmākaṃ mahārājasya / paśyata brāhmaṇāḥ /

evamādiguṇaśatasamudito 'yam asmākaṃ svāmī / tenāsya na prasahante viṣayanivāsinaṃ janam upadravāḥ / api ca kiyad ahaṃ vaḥ śakṣyāmi vaktum / nṛpatiguṇaśravaṇakutūhalais tu bhavadbhir nagaram eva yuktaṃ praveṣṭuṃ syāt / tatra hi bhavantaḥ svadharmānurāgād vyavasthitāryamaryādaṃ nityakṣemasubhikṣatvāt pramuditasamṛddham anuddhatodāttaveṣam abhyāgatātithijanaviśeṣavatsalaṃ nṛpatiguṇākṣiptahṛdayaṃ tatkīrtyāśrayāḥ stutīr maṅgalam iva svastyayanam iva ca praharṣād abhyasyantaṃ janaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājño guṇavistaram anumāsyante / satyāṃ ca guṇabahumānodbhāvanāyāṃ taddidṛkṣāyām avaśyaṃ tadguṇapratyakṣiṇo bhaviṣyatheti // atha te yakṣāḥ svaprabhāvapratīghātāt tasmin rājani sā marṣahṛdayā bhāvaprayuktayāpi yuktayā tayā tathyayā guṇakathayā naiva mārdavam upajagmuḥ /

pradānapriyatāṃ tu samabhivīkṣya rājñas te yakṣās tadapakāracikīrṣavaḥ samabhigamya rājānaṃ saṃdarśanakāle bhojanam ayācanta // atha sa rājā pramuditamanās tadadhikṛtān puruṣān samādideśa / kṣipram abhirucitaṃ bhojanaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dīyatām iti // atha te yakṣāḥ samupahṛtaṃ rājārham api bhojanaṃ haritatṛṇam iva vyāghrā naiva pratyagṛhṇan naivaṃvidhaṃ bhojanaṃ vayam aśnīma iti / tac chrutvā sa rājā samabhigamyainān abravīt / atha kīdṛśaṃ bhojanaṃ yuṣmākam upaśete / yāvat tādṛśam anviṣyatām iti // yakṣā ūcuḥ /

ity uktvā daṃṣṭrākarālavadanāni dīptapiṅgalakekararaudranayanāni cipiṭavirūpaghoṇāni jvaladanalakapilakeśaśmaśrūṇi sajalajaladharāndhakārākārāṇi vikṛtabhīṣaṇāni svāny eva vapūṃṣi pratyapadyanta / samavekṣya cainān sa rājā piśācāḥ khalv ime na mānuṣās tenāsmadīyam annapānaṃ nābhilaṣantīti niścayam upajagāma //

karuṇaikatānahṛdayaś ca tān yakṣān anuśocan niyatam īdṛśam arthaṃ cintayām āsa /

tat katham idānīm aham eṣām āhārasaṃpādanād ekāham api tāvat parahiṃsāpraṇayavighātaṃ kuryām /

bhavatu / dṛṣṭam /

jīvato 'pi ca kuto 'ham anyasmān māṃsam ādāsye mām abhigamya caite tathaiva kṣuttarṣaparikṣāmanayanavadanā niṣphalāśāpraṇayatvād adhikataravighātāturamanasaḥ kathaṃ nāma pratiyāsyanti / tad idam atra prāptakālam /

iti viniścitya sa rājā praharṣodgamāt sphītīkṛtanayanavadanaśobhaḥ svaśarīram upadarśayaṃs tān yakṣān uvāca /

atha te yakṣā jānanto 'pi rājñas tasyādhyāśayam atyadbhutatvād aśraddadhānā rājānam ūcuḥ /

atha sa rājā 'numatam idam eṣām iti pramuditamanāḥ sirāmokṣaṇārthaṃ vaidyā ājñāpyantām iti samādideśa // atha tasya rājño 'mātyāḥ svamāṃsaśoṇitapradānavyavasāyam avetya sasaṃbhramāmarṣavyākulahṛdayā vyaktam īdṛśaṃ kaṃ cid arthaṃ snehavaśād ūcuḥ / nārhati devaḥ pradānaharṣātirabhasād anuraktānāṃ prajānāṃ hitāhitakramam anavekṣitum / na caitad aviditaṃ devasya yathā

kāmaṃ nāsmadvidhajanādheyabuddhayo devapādāḥ svakāryānurāgas tv ayam asmān evam upacārapathād bhraṃśayati / pañcānām amīṣām arthe sakalaṃ jagad anāthīkartavyam iti ko 'yaṃ dharmamārgo devasya / api ca / kiṃkṛteyam asmāsv evaṃ niṣpraṇayatā kena vāsmākaṃ svāmyarthe viniyojyamānāni vinigūḍhapūrvāṇi māṃsaśoṇitāni yad aparikṣīṇeṣv evāmīṣu svāni devo dātum icchatīti // atha sa rājā tān amātyān uvāca /

yad api cāsmatpremabahumānāvarjitaṃ praṇayaviśrambhagarbham abhidhīyate bhavadbhiḥ kiṃkṛteyam asmāsv evaṃ niṣpraṇayatā yad aparikṣīṇeṣv eva no māṃsaśoṇiteṣu svāni devo dātum icchatīty atra vo 'nuneṣyāmi / na khalu me yuṣmāsu pratihataviṣayaḥ praṇayamārgo viśrambhavirahāt pariśaṅkāgahanaduravagāho vā / kiṃ tu

tad alam asmadatisnehād dharmavighnaniḥsādhvasatayā / anucitaḥ khalv ayam atrabhavatām asmadartheṣu samudācāraḥ / mīmāṃsitavyam api ca tāvad etat syāt /

tad alam anenātra vo nirbandhena / nyāyopaparīkṣayā kriyatām asmatsācivyasadṛśam unmārgāvaraṇaṃ manasaḥ / anumodanānuguṇavacasaḥ khalv atrabhavantaḥ śobheran naivam adhīranayanāḥ / kutaḥ /

tan na māṃ vārayitum arhanty atrabhavanta ity anunīya sa rājā svāṃ parṣadam āhūya vaidyān pañca sirāḥ svaśarīre mokṣayitvā tān yakṣān uvāca /

te tathety uktvāñjalipuṭair eva rājño raktacandanarasābhitāmraṃ rudhiraṃ pātum upacakramire /

vinītatarṣaklamās tu te yakṣāḥ paryāptam aneneti rājānam ūcuḥ //

atha sa rājā praharṣaprabodhād adhikataranayanavadanaprasādo nīlotpaladalanīlavimalapattraṃ ratnaprabhodbhāsuraruciratsaruṃ niśitaṃ nistriṃśam ādāya svamāṃsāni cchittvā cchittvā tebhyaḥ prāyacchat /

atha te yakṣās taṃ rājānaṃ svamāṃsotkartanaparaṃ tathaivāskhalitavadanaprasādam avikampyamānaṃ māṃsacchedavedanābhir abhivīkṣya paraṃ prasādaṃ vismayaṃ copajagmuḥ /

alam alaṃ deva / viramyatāṃ svaśarīrapīḍāprasaṅgāt / saṃtarpitāḥ smas tavānayātyadbhutayā yācanakajanamanoharayā pratipattyeti sasaṃbhramāḥ sapraṇāmaṃ vinivārya rājānaṃ prasādāśrupariṣiktavadanāḥ sabahumānam udīkṣamāṇāḥ punar ūcuḥ /

kiṃ bahunā / evaṃvidhajanābhyupapannaḥ sabhāgyaḥ khalu manuṣyalokaḥ / yuṣmadāyāsābhyanumodanāt tu vayam atra dagdhāḥ / bhavadvidhajanāpāśrayāc chakya itthaṃgatair apy ātmā samuddhartum iti svaduṣkṛtapratīkārāśayā pṛcchāmaḥ /

rājovāca / śrūyatāṃ yadartho 'yaṃ mamābhyudyamaḥ /

atha te yakṣāḥ prasādasaṃhṛṣitatanūruhāḥ praṇamya rājānam ūcuḥ / upapannarūpam evaṃvidhasya vyavasāyātiśayasyedaṃ karma / tan na dūre bhavadvidhānām abhiprāyasaṃpad iti niścitamanaso vijñāpayām āsuḥ /

atha sa rājā prasādamṛdūkṛtahṛdayān matvainān uvāca / upakāraḥ khalv ayaṃ nāyāso mamety alam atrākṣamāśaṅkayā / api ca /

atha te yakṣās tathety asmai pratiśrutya praṇamya pradakṣiṇīkṛtya cainaṃ tatraivāntardadhire / svamāṃsaśoṇitapradānaniścayasamakālam eva tu tasya mahāsattvasya

ity abhipraśasyainaṃ śakro devendraḥ sadyaḥkṣatarohaṇasamarthair divyamānuṣyakair auṣadhaviśeṣair nirvedanaṃ yathāpaurāṇaṃ śarīraṃ kṛtvā dākṣiṇyavinayopacāramadhuraṃ pratipūjitas tena rājñā svam āvāsaṃ pratijagāma //

tad evaṃ paraduḥkhāturā nātmasukham avekṣante mahākāruṇikā iti ko nāma dhanamātrake 'py avekṣāṃ notsraṣṭum arhatīti dāyakajanasamuttejanāyāṃ vācyaṃ karuṇāvarṇe 'pi tathāgatamāhātmye satkṛtya dharmaśravaṇe ca / yac coktaṃ bhagavatā bahukarāḥ khalv ete pañcakā bhikṣava iti syād etad abhisaṃdhāya / tena hi samayena te pañca yakṣā babhūvuḥ / teṣāṃ bhagavatā yathāpratijñātam eva prathamaṃ dharmāmṛtasaṃvibhāgaḥ kṛta iti //

maitrībalajātakam aṣṭamam //

9. Viśvaṃtarajātakam

na bodhisattvacaritaṃ sukham anumoditum apy alpasattvaiḥ prāg evācaritum //

tadyathānuśrūyate / sātmībhūtendriyajayaḥ parākramanayavinayasaṃpadā samadhigatavijayaśrīr vṛddhopāsananiyamāt trayyānvīkṣikyor upalabdhārthatattvaḥ svadharmakarmānuraktābhir anudvignasukhocitābhir anuraktābhiḥ prakṛtibhiḥ prakāśyamānadaṇḍanītiśobhaḥ samyakpravṛttavārttāvidhiḥ saṃjayo nāma śibīnāṃ rājā babhūva /

tasya rājño rājyapratipattyanantaraḥ prathitaguṇagaṇanirantaro viśvaṃtaro nāma putro yuvarājo babhūva / ayam eva sa bhagavāṃs chākyamunis tena samayena /

sa pratyaham abhigatam arthijanam abhilaṣitādhikair akliṣṭair arthavisargaiḥ priyavacanopacāramanoharair atīva prahlādayām āsa / parvadivaseṣu ca poṣadhaniyamapraśamavibhūṣaṇaḥ śiraḥsnātaḥ śuklakṣaumavāsā himagiriśikharasaṃnikāśaṃ madalekhābhyalaṃkṛtamukhaṃ lakṣaṇavinayajavasattvasaṃpannaṃ gandhahastinaṃ samājñātam aupavāhyaṃ dviradavaram abhiruhya samantato nagarasyābhiniviṣṭāny arthijananipānabhūtāni svāni sattrāgārāṇi pratyavekṣate sma / tathā ca prītiviśeṣam adhijagāma /

atha kadā cit tasyaivaṃvidhaṃ dānaprasaṅgaṃ pramuditahṛdayair arthibhiḥ samantato vikīryamāṇam upalabhyānyatamo bhūmyanantaras tasya rājā śakyo 'yam atisaṃdhātuṃ dānānurāgavaśagatvād iti pratarkya dviradavarāpaharaṇārthaṃ brāhmaṇāṃs tatra praṇidadhe // atha te brāhmaṇā viśvaṃtarasya svāni sattrāgārāṇi pratyavekṣamāṇasya pramodād adhikataranayanavadanaśobhasya jayāśīrvādamukharāḥ samucchritābhiprasāritadakṣiṇāgrapāṇayaḥ purastāt samatiṣṭhanta / sa taṃ vinigṛhya dviradavaram upacārapuraḥsaram abhigamanaprayojanam enān paryapṛcchad ājñāpyatāṃ kenārtha iti // brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ /

ity ukte bodhisattvaḥ prītyā samāpūryamāṇahṛdayaś cintām āpede / cirasya khalūdārapraṇayasumukham arthijanaṃ paśyāmi / kaḥ punar artha evaṃvidhena dviradapatinaiṣāṃ brāhmaṇānām / vyaktam ayaṃ lobherṣyādoṣaparyākulamanasaḥ kasyāpi rājñaḥ kārpaṇyaprayogaḥ /

iti viniścitya sa mahātmā tvaritam avatīrya dviradavarāt pratigṛhyatām iti samudyatakāñcanabhṛṅgāras teṣāṃ purato 'vatasthe //

atha dviradapatipradānaśravaṇāt samudīrṇakrodhasaṃrambhāḥ śibayo brāhmaṇavṛddhā mantriṇo yodhāḥ pauramukhyāś ca kolāhalaṃ samupajanayantaḥ saṃjayaṃ rājānam abhigamya sasaṃbhramāmarṣasaṃrambhāt pariśithilopacārayantraṇam ūcuḥ / kim iyaṃ deva rājyaśrīr vilupyamānaivam apy upekṣyate / nārhati devaḥ svarājyopaplavam evam abhivardhamānaṃ marṣayitum / kim etad iti ca sāvegam uktā rājñā punar enam ūcuḥ / kasmād devo na jānīte /

tac chrutvā sa rājā putrapriyatvāt kiṃ cit tān eva praty aprītamanāḥ kāryānurodhāt sāvegavad evam ity uktvā samanuneṣyañ chibīn uvāca / jāne dānaprasaṅgavyasanitāṃ nītikramānapekṣāṃ viśvaṃtarasya na caiṣa kramo rājyadhuri saṃniyuktasya / dattaṃ tv anena svaṃ hastinaṃ vāntakalpaṃ kaḥ pratyāhariṣyati / api tu tathāham enaṃ kariṣye yathā dāne mātrāṃ jñāsyati / tad alam atra vaḥ saṃrambheṇeti // śibaya ūcuḥ / na khalu mahārāja paribhāṣaṇāmātrasādhyo 'sminn arthe viśvaṃtara iti // saṃjaya uvāca / atha kim anyad atra mayā śakyaṃ kartum /

tad alam atra vaḥ saṃrambheṇa / nivārayiṣyāmy aham ato viśvaṃtaram iti // atha śibayaḥ samudīrṇamanyavo rājānam ūcuḥ /

atha sa rājā snehapraṇayaviśrambhavaśād anayāpāyadarśinā hitodyatena tena janena pariniṣṭhuram ity abhidhīyamānaḥ prakṛtikopād vrīḍāvanatavadanaḥ putraviyogacintāparigatahṛdayaḥ sāyāsam abhiniśvasya śibīn uvāca / yady eṣa bhavatāṃ nirbandhas tad ekam api tāvad ahorātram asya mṛṣyatām / prabhātāyāṃ rajanyām abhipretaṃ vo 'nuṣṭhātā viśvaṃtara iti / evam astv iti ca pratigṛhītānunayaḥ śibibhiḥ sa rājā kṣattāram uvāca / gacchemaṃ vṛttāntaṃ viśvaṃtarāya nivedayeti / sa tatheti pratiśrutya śokāśrupariṣiktavadano viśvaṃtaraṃ svabhavanagatam upetya śokaduḥkhāvegāt sasvaraṃ rudan pādayor asya nyapatat / api kuśalaṃ rājakulāyeti ca sasaṃbhramaṃ viśvaṃtareṇānuyuktaḥ samavasīdann aviśadapadākṣaram enam uvāca / kuśalaṃ rājakulāyeti / atha kasmād evam adhīro 'sīti ca punar anuyukto viśvaṃtareṇa kṣattā bāṣpavegoparudhyamānagadgadakaṇṭhaḥ śvāsaviskhalitalulitākṣaraṃ śanair ity uvāca /

viśvaṃtara uvāca / māṃ śibayaḥ pravrājayanti kupitā iti kaḥ saṃbandhaḥ /

kṣattovāca / atyudāratāyām /

atha bodhisattvaḥ kṛpābhyāsarūḍhāṃ yācanakajanavatsalatāṃ dhairyātiśayasaṃpadaṃ ca svām udbhāvayann uvāca / capalasvabhāvāḥ khalu śibayo 'nabhijñā iva cāsmatsvabhāvasya /

api ca / śibayas tvayaivaṃ vācyā madvacanena /

naivāham etad yaśase dadāmi na bhūtim icchañ chibayo na lobhāt / nīcair anāsevita eṣa panthā dātavyam ity eva tato dadāmi // 26' //

atha bodhisattvo vipriyaśravaṇaviklavamukhīṃ patnīm uvāca / śruto 'trabhavatyā śibīnāṃ niścayaḥ // madry uvāca / śruto deva // viśvaṃtara uvāca /

madry uvāca / kutraitad deva nidadhāmīti // viśvaṃtara uvāca /

tac chrutvā madrī saṃtaptahṛdayāpi bhartur adhṛtiparihārārtham anādṛtya śokadainyam ity uvāca /

naiva ca khalu me deva vanavāso duḥkha iti pratibhāti / tathā hi /

api ca deva /

ity anunīyamānaḥ sa dayitayā vanaprayāṇaparyutsukamatir arthijanāvekṣayā mahāpradānaṃ dātum upacakrame // athemāṃ viśvaṃtarapravrājanapravṛttim upalabhya rājakule tumula ākrandaśabdaḥ prādurabhūt / śokaduḥkhāvegān mūrchāparigata iva cārthijano mattonmatta iva ca tat tad bahuvidhaṃ vilalāpa/

atha bodhisattvo naikaśatasahasrasaṃkhyaṃ maṇikanakarajataparipūrṇakośaṃ vividhadhanadhānyanicayavanti kośakoṣṭhāgārāṇi dāsīdāsayānavāhanavasanaparicchadādi ca sarvam arthibhyo yathārham atisṛjya śokaduḥkhābhibhūtadhairyayor mātāpitroś caraṇān abhipraṇamya saputradāraḥ syandanavaram abhiruhya puṇyāhaghoṣaṇayeva mahato janakāyasyākranditaśabdena puravarān niragacchat / anurāgavaśagam anuyāyinaṃ ca janaṃ śokāśrupariklinnavadanaṃ prayatnād vinivartya svayam eva pragrahān parigṛhya yena vaṅkaḥ parvatas tena prāyāt / vyatītya cāviklavamatir udyānavanaruciramālinaṃ puravaropacāram anupūrveṇa praviralacchāyādrumaṃ vicchidyamānajanasaṃpātaṃ pravicaritamṛgagaṇasaṃbādham asaṃbādhadigālokaṃ cīrīvirāvonnāditam araṇyaṃ pratyapadyata // athainaṃ yadṛcchayābhigatā brāhmaṇā rathavāhāṃs turagān ayācanta //

atha bodhisattvasya svayam eva rathadhuryatām upagantukāmasya gāḍhataraṃ parikaram abhisaṃyacchamānasya rohitamṛgarūpiṇaś catvāro yakṣakumārāḥ suvinītā iva sadaśvāḥ svayam eva rathayugaṃ skandhapradeśaiḥ pratyapadyanta / tāṃs tu dṛṣṭvā harṣavismayaviśālatarākṣīṃ madrīṃ bodhisattva uvāca /

madry uvāca /

iti teṣām anyonyānukūlyāt parasparaṃ priyaṃ vadatām adhvānaṃ gacchatām athāparo brāhmaṇaḥ samabhigamya bodhisattvaṃ rathavaram ayācata /

atha bodhisattvaḥ prītamanā rathād avatārya svajanaṃ niryātya rathavaraṃ brāhmaṇāya jālinaṃ kumāram aṅkenādāya padbhyām evādhvānaṃ pratyapadyata / avimanaskaiva ca madrī kṛṣṇājināṃ kumārīm aṅkena parigṛhya pṛṣṭhato 'nvagacchad enam //

iti bodhisattva udyānavanagata iva pādacāravinodanasukham anubhavan mārgaparikhedarasam anāsvādya saputradāraḥ prāpta eva tu vaṅkaparvatam apaśyat / tatra ca puṣpaphalapallavālaṃkṛtasnigdhavividharucirataruvaranicitaṃ madamuditavihagavividharutaninadaṃ pravṛttanṛttabarhigaṇopaśobhitaṃ pravicaritanaikamṛgakulaṃ kṛtaparikaram iva vimalanīlasalilayā saritā kusumarajo'ruṇasukhapavanaṃ tapovanaṃ vanacarakādeśitamārgaḥ praviśya viśvakarmaṇā śakrasaṃdeśāt svayam abhinirmitāṃ manojñadarśanāṃ sarvartusukhāṃ praviviktāṃ parṇaśālām adhyāvasat /

atha kadā cin mūlaphalārthaṃ gatāyāṃ rājaputryāṃ putrayoḥ paripālananimittam āśramapadam aśūnyaṃ kurvāṇe rājaputre mārgareṇuparuṣīkṛtacaraṇaprajaṅghaḥ pariśramakṣāmanayanavadano daṇḍakāṣṭhāvabaddhaskandhāvasaktakamaṇḍalur brāhmaṇaḥ patnyā paricārakānayanārthaṃ samarpitadṛḍhasaṃdeśas taṃ deśam abhijagāma / atha bodhisattvaś cirasyārthijanaṃ dṛṣṭvābhigataṃ manaḥpraharṣāt saṃjāyamānanayanavadanaprasādaḥ pratyudgamya svāgatādipriyavacanapuraḥsaraṃ praveśya cainam āśramapadaṃ kṛtātithisatkāram āgamanaprayojanam apṛcchat / atha sa brāhmaṇo bhāryānurāgād utsāritadhairyalajjaḥ pratigrahamātrasajja īdṛśam artham uvāca /

ity ukte bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ

svasty astu / tat kim idānīm āsyata iti ca brāhmaṇenābhihitaḥ sa mahāsattvaḥ pradānakathāśravaṇotpatitaviṣādaviplutākṣayoḥ sutayoḥ snehavegenāvalambyamānahṛdayo bodhisattva uvāca /

brāhmaṇa uvāca / alam anenātrabhavato nirbandhena /

bodhisattva uvāca / alaṃ dānavighnāśaṅkayā / sahadharmacāriṇī mama sā / yathā vātrabhavate rocate / api ca mahābrāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa uvāca / na śakṣyāmy aham āśīviṣadurāsadaṃ vipriyopāyanena rājānam abhigantum /

atha bodhisattvo yatheṣṭam idānīm ity aparisamāptārtham uktvā sānunayam anuśiṣya tanayau paricaryānukūlye pratigrahārtham abhiprasārite brāhmaṇasya pāṇau kamaṇḍalum āvarjayām āsa /

atha sa brāhmaṇo lābhātiharṣāt sasaṃbhramākulitamatir bodhisattvatanayāpaharaṇatvarayā saṃkṣiptapadam āśīrvacanam uktvā nirgamyatām ity ājñākarkaśena vacasā kumārāv āśramapadān niṣkrāmayitum ārebhe // atha kumārau viyogaduḥkhātibhāravyathitahṛdayau pitaram abhipraṇamya bāṣpoparudhyamānanayanāv ūcatuḥ /

atha sa brāhmaṇaḥ purā mātānayor āgacchaty asya vā putrasnehāt paścāttāpaḥ saṃbhavatīti vicintya padmakalāpam ivānayor hastān ābadhya latayā saṃtarjayan viceṣṭamānau pitaraṃ prati vyāvartitavadanau prakṛtisukumārau kumārau pracakarṣa // atha kṛṣṇājinā kumārī tatpūrvaduḥkhopanipātāt sasvaraṃ rudatī pitaram uvāca /

atha jālī kumāro mātaram anuśocann uvāca /

ity uktvā jagmatuḥ // atha bodhisattvas tenātikaruṇena tanayapralāpenākampitamatir api ka idānīṃ dattvānutāpaṃ kariṣyatīti niṣpratīkāreṇa śokāgninā nirdahyamānahṛdayo viṣavegamūrchāparigata iva samuparudhyamānacetās tatraiva niṣasāda / śītānilavyajanapratilabdhasaṃjñaś ca niṣkūjam ivāśramapadaṃ tanayaśūnyam abhivīkṣya bāṣpagadgadasaṃnirudhyamānakaṇṭha ity ātmagatam uvāca /

atha madrī vipriyopanipātāśaṃsibhir aniṣṭair nimittair upajanitavaimanasyā mūlaphalāny ādāya kṣiprataram āgantukāmāpi vyāḍamṛgoparudhyamānamārgā ciratareṇāśramapadam upajagāma / ucitāyāṃ ca pratyudgamanabhūmāv ākrīḍasthāneṣu ca tanayāv apaśyantī bhṛśataram arativaśam agāt //

kiṃ nu khalu tau kumārau

apīdānīṃ me vitathā mithyāvikalpā bhaveyuḥ / api rājaputrāya saputrāya svasti syāt / apy aniṣṭanivedināṃ nimittānāṃ maccharīra eva vipāko bhavet / kiṃ nu khalv idaṃ animittāpavṛttapraharṣam aratitamisrayāvacchādyamānaṃ vidravatīva me hṛdayam / visrasyanta iva me gātrāṇi / vyākulā iva digvibhāgāḥ / bhramatīva cedaṃ paridhvastalakṣmīkaṃ vanam iti // athānupraviśyāśramapadam ekānte nikṣipya mūlaphalam upacārapuraḥsaraṃ bhartāram abhigamya kva dārakāv iti papraccha / atha bodhisattvo jānānaḥ snehadurbalatāṃ mātṛhṛdayasya durnivedyatvāc ca vipriyasya naināṃ kiṃ cid vaktuṃ śaśāka /

janasya hi priyārhasya vipriyākhyānavahninā upetya hi manastāpaḥ saghṛṇena suduṣkaraḥ // AJm_9.82 //

atha madrī vyaktam akuśalaṃ me putrayor yad ayam evaṃ tūṣṇīṃbhūtaḥ śokadainyānuvṛttyety avadhārya samantataḥ kṣiptacitteva vicintyāśramapadaṃ tanayāv apaśyantī sabāṣpagadgadaṃ punar uvāca /

ity uktvā śokāgninā parigatahṛdayā chinnamūleva latā nipapāta / patantīm eva caināṃ parigṛhya bodhisattvas tṛṇaśayanam ānīya śītābhir adbhiḥ pariṣicya pratyāgataprāṇāṃ samāśvāsayann uvāca /

tac chrutvā madrī putravināśaśaṅkāvyathitahṛdayā putrayor jīvitapravṛttiśravaṇāt pratanūbhūtaśokā patyur adhṛtiparihārārthaṃ pramṛjya nayane savismayam udīkṣamāṇā bhartāram uvāca / āścaryam / kiṃ bahunā /

atha śakro devendraḥ kṣititalacalanād ākampite sumerau parvatarāje kim idam iti samutpannavimarśo vismayotphullanayanebhyo lokapālebhyaḥ pṛthivīkampakāraṇaṃ viśvaṃtaraputradānam upalabhya praharṣavismayāghūrṇitamanāḥ prabhātāyāṃ tasyāṃ rajanyāṃ brāhmaṇarūpī viśvaṃtaram arthivad abhyagacchat / kṛtātithisatkāraś ca bodhisattvena kenārtha ity upanimantrito bhāryām enam ayācata /

avimanā eva tu bodhisattvas tathety asmai pratiśuśrāva /

tad dṛṣṭvā paramavismayākrāntahṛdayaḥ śakro devānām indras taṃ mahāsattvam abhiṣṭuvann uvāca /

ity uktvā śakraḥ svam eva vapur abhijvalad āsthāya śakro 'ham asmīti ca nivedyātmānaṃ bodhisattvam uvāca /

ity uktvā śakras tatraivāntardadhe / śakrānubhāvāc ca sa brāhmaṇo bodhisattvatanayau śibiviṣayam eva saṃprāpayām āsa / atha śibayaḥ saṃjayaś ca śibirājas tad atikaruṇam atiduṣkaraṃ bodhisattvasya karma śrutvā samākleditahṛdayā brāhmaṇahastān niṣkrīya bodhisattvatanayau prasādyānīya ca viśvaṃtaraṃ rājya eva pratiṣṭhāpayām āsuḥ //

tad evam atyadbhutā bodhisattvacaryeti tadunmukheṣu sattvaviśeṣeṣu nāvajñā pratīghāto vā karaṇīyaḥ / tathāgatavarṇe satkṛtya dharmaśravaṇe copaneyam //

viśvaṃtarajātakaṃ navamam //

10. Yajñajātakam

na kalyāṇāśayāḥ pāpapratāraṇām anuvidhīyanta ity āśayaśuddhau yatitavyam //

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvaḥ kila svapuṇyaprabhāvopanatām ānatasarvasāmantāṃ praśāntasvaparacakrādyupadravatvād akaṇṭakām asapatnām ekātapatrāṃ dāyādyakramāgatāṃ pṛthivīṃ pālayām āsa /

atha kadā cit tadbhujābhiguptam api taṃ viṣayaṃ sattvānāṃ karmavaiguṇyāt pramādavaśagatvāc ca varṣakarmādhikṛtānāṃ devaputrāṇāṃ durvṛṣṭiparyākulatā kva cit kva cid abhidudrāva // atha sa rājā vyaktam ayaṃ mama prajānāṃ vā dharmāpacārāt samupanato 'nartha iti niścitamatiḥ saṃrūḍhahitādhyāśayatvāt prajāsu tadduḥkham amṛṣyamāṇo dharmatattvajñasaṃmatān purohitapramukhān brāhmaṇavṛddhān matisacivāṃś ca taduddharaṇopāyaṃ papraccha / atha te vedavihitam anekaprāṇiśatavadhārambhabhīṣaṇaṃ yajñavidhiṃ suvṛṣṭihetuṃ manyamānās tam asmai saṃvarṇayām āsuḥ / viditavṛttāntas tu sa rājā yajñavihitānāṃ prāṇivaiśasānāṃ karuṇātmakatvān na teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ bhāvenābhyanandat / vinayānuvṛttyā cainān pratyākhyānarūkṣākṣaram anuktvā prastāvāntareṇaiṣāṃ tāṃ kathāṃ tiraścakāra / te punar api taṃ rājānaṃ dharmasaṃkathāprastāvalabdhāvasarā gāmbhīryagūḍhaṃ tasya bhāvam ajānānā yajñapravṛttaye samanuśaśāsuḥ /

tasya cintā prādurabhavat / atidurnyasto batāyaṃ parapratyayahāryapelavamatir amīmāṃsako dharmapriyaśraddadhāno jano yatra hi nāma

tad idam atra prāptakālam iti viniścitya sa rājā yajñārambhasamutsuka iva nāma tat teṣāṃ vacanaṃ pratigṛhyāvocad enān / sanāthaḥ khalv aham anugrahavāṃś ca yad evaṃ me hitāvahitamanaso 'trabhavantaḥ / tad icchāmi puruṣamedhasahasreṇa yaṣṭum / anuśiṣyantāṃ tadupayogyasaṃbhārasamudānayanārthaṃ yathādhikāram amātyāḥ / parīkṣyatāṃ sattrāgāraniveśayogyo bhūmipradeśas tadanuguṇaś ca tithikaraṇamuhūrtanakṣatrayoga iti // athainaṃ purohita uvāca / īpsitārthasaṃpattaye snātu tāvan mahārāja ekasya yajñasyāvabhṛthe / athottareṣām ārambhaḥ kariṣyate krameṇa / yugapat puruṣapaśavaḥ sahasraśo hi parigṛhyamāṇā vyaktam udvegadoṣāya prajānāṃ te syur iti // asty etad iti ca brāhmaṇair uktaḥ sa rājā tān uvāca / alam atrabhavatāṃ prakṛtikopāśaṅkayā / tathāhaṃ saṃvidhāsye yathodvegaṃ me prajā na prayāsyantīti // atha sa rājā paurajānapadān saṃnipātyābravīt / icchāmi puruṣamedhasahasreṇa yaṣṭum / na ca mayā śakyaḥ kaś cid akāmaḥ paśutve niyoktum aduṣṭaḥ / tad yaṃ yam aham itaḥ prabhṛti vo drakṣyāmi vyavadhūtapramādanidreṇa vimalena cāracakṣuṣā śīlamaryādātivartinam asmadājñāṃ paribhavantaṃ taṃ taṃ svakulapaṃsakaṃ deśakaṇṭakam ahaṃ paśunimittam ādāsyāmīty etad vo viditam astv iti // atha teṣāṃ mukhyatamāḥ prāñjalaya enam ūcuḥ /

iti pratigṛhītavacanaḥ paurajānapadaiḥ sa rājā mahatā janaprakāśenāḍambareṇa pratyayitān amātyān pāpajanopagrahaṇārthaṃ janapadaṃ nagarāṇi ca preṣayām āsa / samantataś ca pratyaham iti ghoṣaṇāṃ kārayām āsa /

atha tadviṣayanivāsinaḥ puruṣā yajñapaśunimittaṃ duḥśīlapuruṣānveṣaṇādaram avekṣya rājñas tāṃ ca ghoṣaṇām atibhīṣaṇāṃ pratyaham upaśṛṇvantaḥ pāpajanopagrahāvahitāṃś ca rājapuruṣān samantataḥ samāpatato 'bhivīkṣya tyaktadauḥśīlyānurāgāḥ śīlasaṃvarasamādānaparā vairaprasaṅgaparāṅmukhāḥ parasparapremagauravasumukhāḥ praśāntavigrahavivādā gurujanavacanānuvartinaḥ saṃvibhāgaviśāradāḥ priyātithayo vinayanaibhṛtyaślāghinaḥ kṛtayuga iva babhūvuḥ /

atha te tasya rājñaḥ sacivāḥ param iti pratigṛhya tadvacanaṃ sarveṣu grāmanagaranigameṣu mārgaviśrāmapradeśeṣu ca dānaśālāḥ kārayitvā yathāsaṃdiṣṭaṃ rājñā pratyaham arthijanam abhilaṣitair arthaiḥ saṃtarpayām āsuḥ /

athaivaṃ pravṛttena dharmayajñena rājñā praśamiteṣv arthijanaduḥkheṣu sārdham upadravaiḥ pramuditajanasaṃbādhāyām abhyudayaramyadarśanāyāṃ ca vasuṃdharāyāṃ nṛpater āśīrvacanādhyayanasavyāpāre loke vitanyamāne samantato rājayaśasi prasādāvarjitamatiḥ kaś cid amātyamukhyo rājānam ity uvāca / suṣṭhu khalv idam ucyate /

iti devena hi paśuvaiśasavācyadoṣavirahitena dharmayajñena prajānām ubhayalokahitaṃ saṃpāditam upadravāś ca praśamitā dāridryaduḥkhāni ca / kiṃ bahunā / sabhāgyās tāḥ prajāḥ /

apara uvāca /

tad evaṃ na kalyāṇāśayāḥ pāpapratāraṇām anuvidhīyanta ity āśayaśuddhau yatitavyam //

evaṃ rājāvavāde 'pi vācyam / dharmābhyāsaḥ prajānāṃ bhūtim āvahatīti dharmānuvartinā bhūtikāmena bhavitavyam ity evam apy upaneyam // na paśuhiṃsā kadā cid abhyudayāya dānadamasaṃyamādayas tv abhyudayāyeti tadarthinā dānādipareṇa bhavitavyam ity evam api vācyam // lokārthacaryāpravaṇamatir evaṃ pūrvajanmasv api sa bhagavān iti tathāgatavarṇe 'pi vācyam //

yajñajātakaṃ daśamam //

uddānam //

prathamo vargaḥ //

11. Śakrajātakam

āpad api mahātmanām aiśvaryasaṃpad vā sattveṣv anukampāṃ na śithilīkaroti //

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvaḥ kilānalpakālasvabhyastapuṇyakarmā sātmībhūtapradānadamasaṃyamakaruṇaḥ parahitaniratakriyātiśayaḥ kadā cic chakro devānām indro babhūva //

tasya divaspṛthivyoḥ samyakparipālanopārjitāṃ sarvalokāntavyāpinīṃ kīrtisaṃpadaṃ tāṃ ca lakṣmīm atyadbhutām amṛṣyamāṇā daityagaṇāḥ kalpanāṭopabhīṣaṇataradviradarathaturagapadātinā kṣubhitasāgaraghoranirghoṣeṇa jājvalyamānavimalapraharaṇāvaraṇadurnirīkṣyeṇa mahatā balakāyena yuddhāyainam abhijagmuḥ /

atha sa mahāsattvas turagavarasahasrayuktam abhyucchritārhadvasanacihnaruciradhvajaṃ vividhamaṇiratnadīptivyavabhāsitam abhijvaladvapuṣaṃ kalpanāvibhāgopaniyataniśitajvalitavividhāyudhavirājitobhayapārśvaṃ pāṇḍukambalinaṃ haimaṃ rathavaram abhiruhya mahatā hastyaśvarathapadāticitreṇa devānīkena parivṛtas tad asurasainyaṃ samudratīrānta eva pratyujjagāma //

atyudīrṇaṃ tv āsuraṃ balam atiharṣāt paṭutarotkruṣṭakṣveḍitasiṃhanādam abhipatad abhivīkṣya mātalir devendrasārathiḥ svaṃ ca balaṃ palāyanaparāyaṇam avetyāpayānam atra prāptakālam iti devādhipateḥ syandanam āvartayām āsa // atha śakro devendraḥ samutpatato rathasyeṣāgrābhimukhāny abhighātapathagatāni śālmalivṛkṣe garuḍanīḍāny apaśyat / dṛṣṭvaiva ca karuṇayā samālambyamānahṛdayo mātaliṃ saṃgrāhakam ity uvāca /

mātalir uvāca / amī tāvan mārṣa samabhiyānti no daityā iti // śakra uvāca/ tataḥ kim / parihara pariharaitāni samyag garuḍanīḍānīti // athainaṃ mātaliḥ punar uvāca /

atha śakro devendraḥ svam adhyāśayātiśayaṃ sattvaviśeṣaṃ ca kāruṇyavaśāt prakāśayann uvāca /

atha mātalis tatheti pratiśrutya turagasahasrayuktaṃ syandanam asya nivartayām āsa /

evaṃ sa eva tasya saṃgrāmavijayo babhūva / tasmād ucyate /

tad evaṃ devarājyaṃ prāṇān api ca parityajya dīrgharātraṃ paripālitāni bhagavatā sattvāni / teṣv iha prājñasyāghāto 'pi na pratirūpaḥ prāg eva vipratipattir iti prāṇiṣu dayāpannenāryeṇa bhavitavyam // tathā hi dharmo ha vai rakṣati dharmacāriṇam ity atrāpy upaneyam // tathāgatavarṇe satkṛtya dharmaśravaṇe ceti //

śakrajātakam ekādaśam //

12. Brāhmaṇajātakam

ātmalajjayaiva satpuruṣā nācāravelāṃ laṅghayanti //

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvaḥ kila kasmiṃś cid anupākruṣṭagotracāritre svadharmānuvṛttiprakāśayaśasi vinayācāraślāghini mahati brāhmaṇakule janmaparigrahaṃ cakāra / sa yathākramaṃ garbhādhānapuṃsavanasīmantonnayanajātakarmādibhiḥ kṛtasaṃskāro vedādhyayananimittaṃ śrutābhijanācārasaṃpanne gurau prativasati sma /

atha tasyādhyāpakaḥ sarveṣām eva śiṣyāṇāṃ śīlaparīkṣānimittaṃ svādhyāyaviśrāmakāleṣv ātmano dāridryaduḥkhāny abhīkṣṇam upavarṇayām āsa /

atha te śiṣyāḥ pratodasaṃcoditā iva sadaśvā gurusnehāt samupajātasaṃvegāḥ saṃpannataraṃ prabhūtataraṃ ca bhaikṣam upāharanti sma / sa tān uvāca / alam anenātrabhavatāṃ pariśrameṇa / na bhaikṣopahārāḥ kasya cid dāridryakṣāmatāṃ kṣapayanti / asmatparikleśāmarṣibhis tu bhavadbhir ayam eva yatno dhanāharaṇaṃ prati yuktaḥ kartuṃ syāt / kutaḥ /

śiṣyā ūcuḥ / kiṃ kariṣyāmo mandabhāgyā yad etāvān naḥ śaktiprayāmaḥ / api ca /

adhyāpaka uvāca / santy anye 'pi brāhmaṇānāṃ śāstraparidṛṣṭā dhanārjanopāyāḥ / jarāpītasāmarthyās tu vayam ayogyarūpās tatpratipattau // śiṣyā ūcuḥ / vayam upādhyāya jarayānupahataparākramāḥ / tad yadi nas teṣāṃ śāstravihitānām upāyānāṃ pratipattisahatāṃ manyase tad ucyatām / yāvad adhyāpanapariśramasyānṛṇyaṃ te gacchāma iti // adhyāpaka uvāca / taruṇair api vyavasāyaśithilahṛdayair durabhisaṃbhavāḥ khalv evaṃvidhā dhanārjanopāyāḥ / yadi tv ayam atrabhavatāṃ nirbandhas tac chrūyatāṃ sādhu katama eko dhanārjanakramaḥ /

iti muktapragrahās tena te cchāttrāḥ param iti tat tasya vacanam ayuktam api yuktam iva pratyaśrauṣur anyatra bodhisattvāt /

vrīḍāvanatavadanas tu bodhisattvo mṛdu viniśvasya tūṣṇīmabhūt // atha sa teṣām adhyāpako bodhisattvam avekṣya taṃ vidhim anabhinandantam apratikrośantaṃ niviṣṭaguṇasaṃbhāvanas tasmin mahāsattve kiṃ nu khalv ayam avyavasitatvān niḥsnehatayā vā mayi steyaṃ na pratipadyate / uta dharmasaṃjñayeti samutpannavimarśas tatsvabhāvavyaktīkaraṇārthaṃ bodhisattvam uvāca / bho mahābrāhmaṇa /

atha bodhisattvaḥ sasaṃbhramo 'bhivādyopādhyāyam uvāca / śāntaṃ pāpam / na khalv ahaṃ niḥsnehakaṭhinahṛdayatvād aparitapyamāno guruduḥkhair evam avasthitaḥ kiṃ tv asaṃbhavād upādhyāyapradarśitasya kramasya / na hi śakyam adṛśyamānena kva cit pāpam ācaritum / kutaḥ / raho'nupapatteḥ /

tad anena kāraṇenāham evam avasthita iti / atha bodhisattvaḥ samabhiprasāditamanasam upādhyāyam avetya punar uvāca /

atha sa tasyopādhyāyaḥ praharṣavismayākṣiptahṛdaya utthāyāsanāt saṃpariṣvajyainam uvāca / sādhu sādhu putra / sādhu mahābrāhmaṇa / pratirūpam etat te praśamālaṃkṛtasyāsya maidhāvakasya /

tad evamātmalajjayaiva satpuruṣā nācāravelāṃ laṅghayantīti hrībalasamanvitenāryeṇa bhavitavyam /

evaṃ hrīparikhāsaṃpanna āryaśrāvako 'kuśalam prajahātītyevamādiṣu sūtrapadeṣūpaneyam / hrīvarṇapratisaṃyukteṣu sūtrānteṣu lokādhipateye ceti //

brāhmaṇajātakaṃ dvādaśamam //

13. Unmādayantījātakam

tīvraduḥkhāturāṇām api satāṃ nīcamārganiṣpraṇayatā bhavati svadhairyāvaṣṭambhāt //

tadyathānuśrūyate / satyatyāgopaśamaprajñādibhir guṇātiśayair lokahitārtham udyacchamānaḥ kila bodhisattvaḥ kadā cic chibīnāṃ rājā babhūva sākṣād dharma iva vinaya iva piteva ca prajānām upakārapravṛttaḥ /

tasya ca rājñaḥ pauramukhyasya duhitā śrīr iva vigrahavatī sākṣād ratir ivāpsarasām anyatameva ca paramayā rūpalāvaṇyasaṃpadopetā paramadarśanīyā strīratnasaṃmatā babhūva /

ataś ca tasyā unmādayantīty eva bāndhavā nāma cakruḥ // atha tasyāḥ pitā rājñaḥ saṃviditaṃ kārayām āsa / strīratnaṃ te deva viṣaye prādurbhūtaṃ yatas tatpratigrahaṃ visarjanaṃ vā prati devaḥ pramāṇam iti // atha sa rājā strīlakṣaṇavido brāhmaṇān samādideśa / paśyantv enām atrabhavanto yady asāv asmadyogyā na veti // atha tasyāḥ pitā tān brāhmaṇān svabhavanam abhinīyonmādayantīm uvāca / bhadre svayaṃ brāḥmaṇān pariveṣayeti / sā tatheti pratiśrutya yathākramaṃ brāhmaṇān pariveṣayitum upacakrame // atha te brāhmaṇāḥ

yadā ca naiva śaknuvanti sma pratisaṃkhyānadhīranibhṛtam avasthātuṃ kuta eva bhoktum athaiṣāṃ cakṣuṣpathād utsārya svāṃ duhitaraṃ sa gṛhapatiḥ svayam eva brāhmaṇān pariveṣya visarjayām āsa // atha teṣāṃ buddhir abhavat </> kṛtyārūpam iva khalv idam atimanoharam asyā dārikāyā rūpacāturyaṃ yato naināṃ rājā draṣṭum apy arhati kutaḥ punaḥ patnītvaṃ gamayitum / anayā hi rūpaśobhayā niyatam asyonmāditahṛdayasya dharmārthakāryapravṛtter visrasyamānotsāhasya rājakāryakālātikramāḥ prajānāṃ hitasukhodayapatham upapīḍayantaḥ parābhavāya syuḥ /

tasmād idam atra prāptakālam iti yathāprastāvam upetya rājñe nivedayām āsuḥ / dṛṣṭāsmābhir mahārāja sā kanyakā / asti cāsyā rūpacāturyamātrakam apalakṣaṇopaghātaniḥśrīkaṃ tu yato naināṃ draṣṭum apy arhati mahārājaḥ kiṃ punaḥ patnītvaṃ gamayitum /

iti śrutārthaḥ sa rājāpalakṣaṇā kilāsau na ca me kulānurūpeti tasyāṃ vinivṛttābhilāṣo babhūva / anarthitāṃ tu vijñāya rājñaḥ sa gṛhapatis tāṃ dārikāṃ tasyaiva rājño 'bhipāragāyāmātyāya prāyacchat // atha kadā cit sa rājā kramāgatāṃ kaumudīṃ svasmin puravare viṣaktaśobhāṃ draṣṭum utsukamanā rathavaragataḥ siktasaṃmṛṣṭarathyāntarāpaṇam ucchritacchattradhvajapatākaṃ samantataḥ puṣpopahāraśabalabhūmitalaṃ pravṛttanṛttagītahāsyalāsyavāditraṃ puṣpadhūpacūrṇavāsamālyāsavasnānānulepanāmodaprasṛtasurabhigandhi prasāritavividharucirapaṇyaṃ tuṣṭapuṣṭojjvalataraveṣapaurajanasaṃbādharājamārgaṃ puravaram anuvicaraṃs tasyāmātyasya bhavanasamīpam upajagāma / athonmādayanty apalakṣaṇā kilāham ity anena rājñāvadhūteti samutpannāmarṣā rājadarśanakutūhaleva nāma saṃdṛśyamānarūpaśobhā vidyud iva ghanaśikharaṃ harmyatalam avabhāsayantī vyatiṣṭhata / śaktir asyedānīm astv apalakṣaṇādarśanavicalitasmṛtim ātmānaṃ dhārayitum iti //

atha tasya rājñaḥ puravaravibhūṣādarśanaprasṛtā dṛṣṭir abhimukhasthitāyāṃ sahasaiva tasyām apatat / atha sa rājā

iti vicārayata eva tasya rājñas taddarśanāvitṛptanayanasya sa rathas taṃ deśam ativartamāno na manorathānukūlo babhūva / atha sa rājā śūnyahṛdaya iva tadgataikāgramanāḥ svabhavanam upetya manmathākṣiptadhṛtiḥ sunandaṃ sārathiṃ rahasi paryapṛcchat /

sārathir uvāca / asti devasyābhipārago nāmāmātyas tasya tad gṛhaṃ tasyaiva ca sā bhāryā kirīṭavatsaduhitonmādayantī nāmeti / tad upaśrutya sa rājā parabhāryeti vitānībhūtahṛdayaś cintāstimitanayano dīrgham uṣṇam abhiniśvasya tadarpitamanāḥ śanair ātmagatam uvāca /

iti sa rājā madanabalavicalitadhṛtir vyavasthāpayann apy ātmānam āpāṇḍukṛśatanuḥ pradhyānaniśvasitavijṛmbhaṇaparaḥ pravyaktamadanākāro babhūva /

atheṅgitākāragrahaṇanipuṇamatir abhipārago 'mātyas taṃ rājño vṛttāntaṃ sakāraṇam upalabhya snehāt tadatyayāśaṅkī jānānaś cātibalatāṃ madanasya rahasi rājānaṃ viditaḥ samupetya kṛtābhyanujño vijñāpayām āsa /

tat pratigrahītum enām arhati madanugrahārthaṃ deva iti / atha sa rājā pratyādeśāl lajjāvanatavadano madanavaśago 'pi svabhyastadharmasaṃjñatvād aviklavībhūtadhairyaḥ pratyākhyānaviśadākṣaram enam uvāca / naitad asti / kutaḥ /

abhipāraga uvāca / alam atra devasya dharmātikramaśaṅkayā /

kīrtyuparodhāvakāśam api cātra devasya na paśyāmi / kutaḥ /

anugrahaś caiṣa mama syān na pīḍā / kutaḥ /

rājovāca / śāntaṃ pāpam /

tad ayuktaṃ mām atra pratārayitum / yad api ceṣṭaṃ naitad anyaḥ kaś cij jñāsyatīti kim evam idam apāpaṃ syāt /

kiṃ ca bhūyaḥ /

abhipāraga uvāca /

yad api ceṣṭaṃ priyā mameyam ity ataḥ kim /

yataḥ pratigṛhṇātv evaināṃ deva iti // rājovāca / mā maivam / akrama eṣaḥ / kutaḥ /

abhipāraga uvāca / yady enāṃ madbhāryeti devo na pratigrahītum icchaty ayam aham asyāḥ sarvajanaprārthanāviruddhaṃ veśyāvratam ādiśāmi / tata enāṃ devaḥ pratigṛhṇīyād iti // rājovāca / kim unmatto 'si /

tad alam akāryanirbandhitayā / nyāyābhiniveśī bhaveti // abhipāraga uvāca /

rājovāca / kāmam asmadatisnehād anavekṣitātmahitāhitakramo madarthacaryāsamudyogas tavāyam / ata eva tu tvāṃ viśeṣato nopekṣitum arhāmi / naiva khalu lokāpavādaniḥśaṅkena bhavitavyam / paśya /

yatas tvāṃ bravīmi /

kiṃ ca bhūyaḥ /

abhipāraga uvāca / svāmyarthaṃ bhaktivaśena carato mama tāvad atra ka evādharmāvakāśaḥ syād devasya vā dīyamānām enāṃ pratigṛhṇataḥ syād yataḥ sanaigamajānapadāḥ śibayaḥ kim atrādharma iti brūyuḥ / tat pratigṛhṇātv evaināṃ deva iti // rājovāca / addhā madarthacaryāpravaṇamatir bhavān / idaṃ tv atra cintayitavyam / sanaigamajānapadānāṃ śibīnāṃ tava mama vā ko 'smākaṃ dharmavittama iti // athābhipāragaḥ sasaṃbhramo rājānam uvāca /

rājovāca / tena hi na mām atra pratārayitum arhasi / kutaḥ /

api ca paśyatu tāvad bhavān /

athābhipārago 'mātyas tena rājño 'vasthānena prasāditamanāḥ praṇamya rājānaṃ prāñjalir ity uvāca /

tad evaṃ tīvraduḥkhāturāṇām api satāṃ nīcamārganiṣpraṇayatā bhavati svadhairyāvaṣṭambhāt svabhyastadharmasaṃjñatvāc ceti dhairye dharmābhyāse ca yogaḥ kārya iti //

unmādayantījātakaṃ trayodaśam //

14. Supāragajātakam

dharmāśrayaṃ satyavacanam apy āpadaṃ nudati prāg eva tatphalam iti dharmānuvartinā bhavitavyam //

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvaḥ kila mahāsattvaḥ paramanipuṇamatir nausārathir babhūva / dharmatā hy eṣā bodhisattvānāṃ prakṛtimedhāvitvād yad uta yaṃ yaṃ śāstrātiśayaṃ jijñāsante kalāviśeṣaṃ vā tasmiṃs tasminn adhikā bhavanti medhāvino jagataḥ // atha sa mahātmā viditajyotirgatitvād digvibhāgeṣv asaṃmūḍhamatiḥ parividitaniyatāgantukautpātikanimittaḥ kālākālakramakuśalo mīnatoyavarṇabhaumaprakāraśakuniparvatādibhiś cihnaiḥ sūpalakṣitasamudrapradeśaḥ smṛtimān vijitatandrīnidraḥ śītoṣṇavarṣādiparikhedasahiṣṇur apramādī dhṛtimān āharaṇāpasaraṇādikuśalatvād īpsitaṃ deśaṃ prāpayitā vaṇijām āsīt / tasya paramasiddhayātratvāt supāraga ity eva nāma babhūva / tadadhyuṣitaṃ ca pattanaṃ supāragam ity eva khyātam āsīt / yad etarhi śūrpārakam iti jñāyate // so 'timaṅgalasaṃmatatvād vṛddhatve 'pi sāṃyātrikair yātrāsiddhikāmair vahanam abhyarthanasatkārapuraḥsaram āropyate sma // atha kadā cid bharukacchād abhiprayātāḥ suvarṇabhūmiṃ vaṇijo yātrāsiddhikāmāḥ supāragaṃ pattanam upetya taṃ mahāsattvaṃ vahanārohaṇārtham abhyarthayām āsuḥ / sa tān uvāca /

vaṇija ūcuḥ / viditeyam asmākaṃ yuṣmaccharīrāvasthā / saty api ca vaḥ parākramasahatve naiva vayaṃ karmaviniyogena yuṣmān āyāsayitum icchāmaḥ / kiṃ tarhi /

atha sa mahātmā teṣām anukampayā jarāśithilaśarīro 'pi tadvahanam āruroha / tadadhirohaṇāc ca pramuditamanasaḥ sarva eva te vaṇijo babhūvur niyatam asmākam uttamā yātrāsiddhir iti / krameṇa cāvajagāhire vividhamīnakulavicaritam anibhṛtajalakalakalārāvam anilavilāsapravicalitataraṅgaṃ bahuvidharatnair bhūmiviśeṣair arpitaraṅgaṃ phenāvalīkusumadāmavicitram asuravarabhujagavarabhavanaṃ durāpapātālam aprameyatoyaṃ mahāsamudram /

teṣāṃ tatrānuprāptānāṃ sāyāhnasamaye mṛdūbhūtakiraṇacakraprabhāve savitari mahad autpātikaṃ paramabhīṣaṇaṃ prādurabhūt /

atha te sāṃyātrikāḥ pavanasalilavegavaśagayā nāvā paribhrāmyamāṇā bahubhir apy ahobhir naiva kutaś cit tīraṃ dadṛśur na ca yathepsitāni samudracihnāni / apūrvair eva tu samudracihnair abhivardhamānavaimanasyā bhayaviṣādavyākulatām upajagmuḥ // athainān supārago bodhisattvo vyavasthāpayann uvāca / anāścaryaḥ khalu samudram avagāḍhānām autpātikakṣobhaparikleśaḥ / tad alam atrabhavatāṃ viṣādānuvṛttyā /

iti te sāṃyātrikās tena mahātmanā dhīrīkṛtamanasaḥ kūlasaṃdarśanotsukamatayaḥ samudram avalokayanto dadṛśuḥ puruṣavigrahān āmuktarūpyakavacān ivonmajjato nimajjataś ca / samyak caiṣām ākṛtinimittam avadhārya savismayāḥ supāragāya nyavedayanta / apūrvaṃ khalv idam iha samudre cihnam upalabhyate / ete khalu

supāraga uvāca / naite mānuṣā amānuṣā vā / mīnāḥ khalv ete yato na bhetavyam ebhyaḥ / kiṃ tu /

caṇḍavegavāhinā tu salilanivahenaikāntahareṇa ca pāścātyena vāyunā samākṣiptayā nāvā na te sāṃyātrikāḥ śekur vinivartitum // athāvagāhamānāḥ krameṇa rūpyaprabhāvabhāsitasitasalilaṃ phenanicayapāṇḍaram aparaṃ samudram ālokya savismayāḥ supāragam ūcuḥ /

supāraga uvāca / kaṣṭam / atidūraṃ khalv avagāhyate /

vaṇija ūcuḥ / na khalu śakyate vilambayitum api vahanaṃ kuta eva nivartayitum atiśīghravāhitvād vahanasya pratikūlatvāc ca mārutasyeti // atha vyatītya tam api samudraṃ suvarṇaprabhānurañjitapracalormimālam agnijvālākapilasalilam aparaṃ samudram ālokya savismayakautūhalās te vaṇijaḥ supāragaṃ papracchuḥ /

supāraga uvāca /

iti sa mahātmā nāmamātram akathayat tasya saritpater na toyavaivarṇyakāraṇaṃ dīrghadarśitvāt // atha te sāṃyātrikās tam api samudram atītya puṣparāgendranīlaprabhoddyotitasalilaṃ paripakvakuśaparṇanikāśavarṇam aparaṃ samudram ālokya kautūhalajātāḥ supāragaṃ papracchuḥ /

supāraga uvāca / bhoḥ sārthavāhā nivartanaṃ prati yatnaḥ kriyatām / na khalv ataḥ paraṃ kṣamate gantum /

atha te vāṇijakāḥ pareṇāpi yatnena vahanaṃ nivartayitum aśaknuvantas tam api samudram atītya vaṃśarāgavaiḍūryaprabhāvyatikaraharitasalilam aparaṃ samudram ālokya supāragam apṛcchan /

atha sa mahātmā tena tasya vaṇigjanasya vyasanopanipātena paridahyamānahṛdayo dīrgham uṣṇam abhiniśvasya śanakair uvāca /

tac chrutvā te vāṇijakā viṣādoparudhyamānamanaso visrasyamānagātrotsāhā niśvasitamātraparāyaṇās tatraiva niṣeduḥ / vyatītya tam api samudraṃ sāyāhnasamaye vilambamānamandaraśmimaṇḍale salilanidhim iva praveṣṭukāme divasakare samudvartamānasyeva salilanidher aśanīnām iva ca saṃpatatāṃ veṇuvanānām iva cāgniparigatānāṃ visphuṭatāṃ tumulam atibhīṣaṇaṃ śrutihṛdayavidāraṇaṃ samudradhvanim aśrauṣuḥ / śrutvā ca saṃtrāsavaśagāḥ sphuranmanasaḥ sahasaivotthāya samantato 'nuvilokayanto dadṛśuḥ prapāta iva śvabhra iva ca mahāntaṃ tam udakaughaṃ nipatantam </> dṛṣṭvā ca paramabhayavihvalāḥ supāragam upetyocuḥ /

atha sa mahātmā sasaṃbhramaḥ kaṣṭaṃ kaṣṭam ity uktvā samudram ālokayann uvāca /

tad upaśrutya te vāṇijakā vaḍabāmukham upetā vayam iti tyaktajīvitāśā maraṇabhayaviklavībhūtamanasaḥ

atha sa mahātmā mahatyā karuṇayā samāpīḍyamānahṛdayas tān vāṇijakān vyavasthāpayann uvāca / asty atrāpi naḥ kaś cit pratīkāravidhiḥ pratibhāti / taṃ tāvat prayokṣye yato muhūrtaṃ dhīrās tāvad bhavantu bhavanta iti // atha te vāṇijakā asty atrāpi pratīkāra ity āśayā samupastambhitadhairyās tadavahitamanasas tūṣṇīṃbabhūvuḥ // atha supārago bodhisattva ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇena jānumaṇḍalenādhiṣṭhāya nāvaṃ samāvarjitasarvabhāvaḥ praṇamya tathāgatebhyas tān sāṃyātrikān āmantrayate sma / śṛṇvantv atrabhavantaḥ sāṃyātrikāḥ salilanidhivyomāśrayāś ca devatāviśeṣāḥ /

atha tasya mahātmanaḥ satyādhiṣṭhānaprabhāvāt puṇyatejasā ca saha salilajavena sa māruto vyāvartamānas tāṃ nāvaṃ vinivartayām āsa / nivṛttāṃ tu tāṃ nāvam abhisamīkṣya te vāṇijakāḥ paramavismayapraharṣoddhatamānasā nivṛttā nivṛttā naur iti praṇāmasabhājanapuraḥsaraṃ supāragāya nyavedayanta // atha sa mahātmā tān vāṇijakān uvāca / sthirībhavantu bhavantaḥ / śīghram āropyantāṃ śītāni / iti ca tena samādiṣṭāḥ pramodād udbhūtabalotsāhās te tadadhikṛtās tathā cakruḥ /

nivṛttāyāṃ tu tasyām anukūlasalilamārutāyāṃ vimānalīlayā svecchayaivābhiprayātāyāṃ nāvi nātiśyāmībhūtasaṃdhyāṅgarāgāsu pravitanyamānatamovitānāsv ālakṣyanakṣatrabhūṣaṇāsu dikṣu kiṃ cid avaśeṣaprabhe divasakaramārge pravṛtte kṣaṇadādhikāre supāragas tān vāṇijakān uvāca / bhoḥ sārthavāhā nalamāliprabhṛtibhyo yathādṛṣṭebhyaḥ samudrebhyo vālikāpāṣāṇā vahanam āropyantāṃ yāvat sahate / evam idaṃ yānapātraṃ nirghātabharākrāntaṃ na ca pārśvāni dāsyati / maṅgalasaṃmatāś caite vālikāpāṣāṇā niyataṃ lābhasiddhaye vo bhaviṣyantīti // te supāragapremabahumānāvarjitamatibhir devatābhir anupradarśitebhyaḥ sthalebhya ādāya vālikāpāṣāṇabuddhyā vaiḍūryādīni ratnāni vahanam āropayām āsuḥ // tenaiva caikarātreṇa sā naur bharukaccham upajagāma //

tad evaṃ dharmāśrayaṃ satyavacanam apy āpadaṃ nudati prāg eva tatphalam iti dharmānuvartinā bhavitavyam //

kalyāṇamitrāśrayavarṇe 'pi vācyam evaṃ kalyāṇamitrāśritāḥ śreyaḥ prāpnuvantīti //

supāragajātakaṃ caturdaśam //

15. Matsyajātakam

śīlavatām ihaivābhiprāyāḥ kalyāṇāḥ samṛdhyanti prāg eva paratreti śīlaviśuddhau prayatitavyam //

tadyathānuśrūyate / bodhisattvaḥ kila kasmiṃś cin nātimahati kahlāratāmarasakamalakuvalayavibhūṣitarucirasalile haṃsakāraṇḍavacakravākamithunopaśobhite tīrāntaruhatarukusumāvakīrṇe sarasi matsyādhipatir babhūva / svabhyastabhāvāc ca bahuṣu janmāntareṣu parārthacaryāyās tatrastho 'pi parahitasukhopapādanasavyāpāro babhūva /

iṣṭānām iva ca sveṣām apatyānām upari niviṣṭahārdo sa mahāsattvas teṣāṃ mīnānāṃ dānapriyavacanārthacaryādikramaiḥ param anugrahaṃ cakāra /

atha kadā cit sattvānāṃ bhāgyasaṃpadvaikalyāt pramādāc ca varṣādhikṛtānāṃ devaputrāṇāṃ na samyag devo vavarṣa / asamyag varṣiṇi ca deve tat saraḥ phullakadambakusumagaureṇa navasalilena na yathāpūrvam āpupūre / krameṇa copagate nidāghasamaye paṭutaradīptibhiḥ khedālasagatibhir iva ca dinakarakiraṇais tadabhitaptayā ca dharaṇyā jvālānugateneva ca hlādābhilāṣiṇā mārutena tarṣavaśād iva pratyaham āpīyamānaṃ tat saraḥ palvalībabhūva /

atha bodhisattvo vāyasagaṇair api pratarkyamāṇaṃ prāg eva salilatīrāntacāribhiḥ pakṣigaṇair viṣādadainyavaśagaṃ vispanditamātraparāyaṇaṃ mīnakulam avekṣya karuṇāyamāṇaś cintām āpede / kaṣṭā bateyam āpad āpatitā mīnānām /

tat kim atra prāptakālaṃ syād iti vimṛśan sa mahātmā satyādhiṣṭhānam ekam ārtāyanaṃ dadarśa / karuṇayā ca samāpīḍyamānahṛdayo dīrgham uṣṇam abhiniśvasya nabhaḥ samullokayann uvāca /

atha tasya mahātmanaḥ puṇyopacayaguṇāt satyādhiṣṭhānabalāt tadabhiprasāditadevanāgayakṣānubhāvāc ca samantatas toyāvalambibimbā gambhīramadhuranirghoṣā vidyullatālaṃkṛtā nīlavipulaśikharā vijṛmbhamāṇā iva pravisarpibhiḥ śikharabhujaiḥ pariṣvajyamānā iva cānyonyam akālameghāḥ kālameghāḥ prādurabhavan /

atha bodhisattvaḥ samantato 'bhiprasṛtair āpāṇḍubhiḥ salilapravāhair āpūryamāṇe sarasi dhārānipātasamakālam eva vidrute vāyasādye pakṣigaṇe pratilabdhajīvitāśe pramudite mīnagaṇe prītyābhisāryamāṇahṛdayo varṣanivṛttisāśaṅkaḥ punaḥ punaḥ parjanyam ābabhāṣe /

tad upaśrutya śakro devānām indraḥ paramavismitamanāḥ sākṣād abhigamyainam abhisaṃrādhayann uvāca /

ity evaṃ priyavacanair abhisaṃrādhya tatraivāntardadhe / tac ca saraḥ parāṃ toyasamṛddhim avāpa //

tad evaṃ śīlavatām ihaivābhiprāyāḥ kalyāṇāḥ samṛdhyanti prāg eva paratreti śīlaviśuddhau prayatitavyam iti //

matsyajātakaṃ pañcadaśam //