Chapter 30 - Sudhanakumāra-avadāna

[283.001]. sudhanakumārāvadānam/

[283.002]. punarapi mahārāja yanmayā anuttarasamyaksambodhiprāptaye dānāni dattāni, puṇyāni kṛtāni, vīryapāramitā ca pariripūtā, anuttarā samyaksambodhir nārādhitā, tacchrūyatām//
[283.003]. bhūtapūrvaṃ mahāraja pañcālaviṣaye rājanau babhūvatuḥ, uttarapāñcālo dakṣiṇapāñcālaśca/
[283.005]. tatrottarapāñcālo mahādhano nāṃnā dastināpure rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca śāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍmarataskaradurbhikṣarogāpagataṃ śalīkṣugomahiṣīsampannam/
[283.007]. dhārmiko dharmarājo dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayati/
[283.007]. tasmiṃśca nagare mahāhrada utpalakumudapuṇḍrīkasampanno haṃsakāraṇḍavacakravākopaśobhito ramaṇīyaḥ/
[283.008]. tatra ca hrade janmacitrako nāṃ nāgapotaḥ prativasati/
[283.009]. sa kālena kālaṃ samyagvāridhārāmanuprayacchati/
[283.010]. atīva śasyasampattirbhavati/
[283.010]. śasyavatī vasumatī/
[283.010]. subhikṣānnapāno deśaḥ/
[283.011]. dānamānasatkāravāṃśca lokaḥ śramaṇabrāhmaṇakṛpaṇavanīpakopabhojyaḥ/
[283.011]. dakṣiṇapāñcālastu rājā adharmabhūyiṣṭhaścaṇḍo rabhasaḥ karkaśo'dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayati, nityaṃ daṇḍena ghātanadhāraṇabandhanahiḍinigaḍoparodhana rāṣṭranivāsināṃ trāsayati/
[283.013]. adharmabhūyiṣṭhatayā cāsya devo na kālena kālaṃ samyagvāridhāramutsṛjati/
[283.014]. tato'sau mahājanakāyaḥ saṃtrastaḥ svatrastaḥ svajīvitāpekṣayā rāṣṭraparityāgaṃ kṛtvā uttarapāñcālasyaiva rājño viṣayaṃ gatvā prativasati/
[283.015]. yāvadapareṇa samayena dakṣiṇapāñcālo rājā mṛgayāvyapadeśena janapadān vyavalokanāya nirgataḥ/
[283.016]. yāvat paśyati grāmanagarāṇi śūnyāni, udyānadevakulāni bhinnaprabhagnāni/
[283.017]. sa janakāyaḥ kva gata iti kathayati/
[283.018]. amātyāḥ kathayatnti--deva, uttarapāñcālasya rājño viṣayaṃ gataḥ/
[283.018]. kimartham? deva, abhayaṃ prayaccha, kathayāmaḥ/
[283.019]. dattaṃ bhavatu/
[283.019]. tataste kathayanti--deva, uttarapāñcālo rājā dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayati/
[283.020]. tasya janapadā ṛddhāśca sphītāśca kṣemāśca subhikṣāśca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyāśca praśāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍamarataskaradurbhikṣarogāpagatāḥ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsampannāḥ/
[283.022]. dānamānasatkāravāṃśca lokaḥ śramaṇabrāhmaṇavanīpakopabhojyaḥ/
[283.022]. devastu caṇḍo rabhasaḥ karkaśo nityaṃ tāḍanaghātanadhāraṇabandhananigaḍoparodha(na) rāṣṭraṃ trāsayati/
[283.023]. yato'sau janakāyaḥ saṃtrastaḥ saṃvegamāpanna uttarapāñcālasya rājño viṣayaṃ gataḥ/
[283.024]. dakṣiṇapāñcālo rājā kathayati--bhavantaḥ, ko'sāvupāyaḥ syādenāsau janakāyaḥ punarāgatya eṣu grāmanagareṣu prativaset? amātyā āhuh--yadi deva uttarapāñcālavaddharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayasi, maitracitto'nukampācittaśca rāṣṭraṃ pālayasi, nacirādasau janakāyaḥ punarāgatya eṣu grāmanagareṣu prativaset/
[283.027]. dakṣiṇapāñcālo rājā kathayati--bhavantaḥ, yadyevam, ahamapyuttarapāñcālavaddharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayāmi, maitracitto hitacitto'nukampācittaśca rāṣṭraṃ pālayāmi/
[283.029]. yūyaṃ tathā kuruta, yathā asau janakāyaḥ punarāgatya eṣu grāmanagareṣu prativasatīti/
[283.030]. amātyā āhuh--deva, aparo'pi tatrānuśaṃso'sti/
[283.031]. tasmin nagare mahāgrada utpalakumudapuṇḍarīkasaṃchanno haṃsakāraṇḍavacakravākopaśobhitah[284] /

[284.001]. tatra janmacitrako nāma nāgapotakaḥ prativasati/
[284.001]. sa kālena kālaṃ samyagvāridhāramanuprayacchati/
[284.002]. atīva śasyasampattirbhavati/
[284.002]. teṃs tasya śasyavatī vasumatī, subhikṣānnapānaśca deśaḥ/
[284.003]. rājā āha--ko'sau upāyaḥ syādyenāsau nāgapota ihānīyeta? amātyā āhuh--deva, vidyāmantradhāriṇḥ, tānānayeti/
[284.004]. te samanviṣyantām/
[284.004]. tato rājñā suvarṇapiṭakaṃ dhvajāgre baddhvā svavijite ghaṇṭāvaghoṣaṇaṃ kāritam--ya uttarapāñcālarājaviṣayājjanmacitrakaṃ nāma nāgapotakamānayati, tasyemaṃ suvarṇapiṭakaṃ dāsyāmi, mahatā ca satkāreṇa satkariṣyāmīti/
[284.007]. yāvadanyatamo'hituṇḍiko'mātyānāṃ sakāśaṃ gatvā kathayati--mamedaṃ suvarṇapiṭakamanuprayacchata/
[284.008]. ahaṃ janmacitraṃ nāma nāgapitakamapahṛtyānayāmīti/
[284.009]. amātyāḥ kathayanti--eṣa gṛhāṇa/
[284.009]. sa kathayati--yo yuṣmākaṃ śraddhayitaḥ pratyayitaśca, tasya haste tiṣṭhatu/
[284.010]. ānīte janmacitre nāgapotake grahīṣyāmīti/
[284.010]. evaṃ kuruṣveti/
[284.010]. tato'sau ahituṇḍikaḥ pratyayitasya puruṣasya haste suvarṇapiṭakaṃ sthāpayitvā hastināpuraṃ gataḥ/
[284.012]. tenāsau hradaḥ samantato vyavalokitaḥ/
[284.012]. nimittīkṛtah--asau jñmacitro nāgapotaka etasmin pradeśe tiṣṭhatīti/
[284.013]. tato balyupahāranimittaṃ punaḥ pratyāgataḥ/
[284.013]. amātyānāṃ kathayati--balyupahāramenaṃ prayacchata/
[284.014]. saptame divase taṃ nāgapotakamapahṛtya ānayāmīti/
[284.014]. sa cāhituṇḍikastena saṃlakṣitah--mamāsāvapaharaṇāyāgataḥ/
[284.015]. saptame divase māmapahariṣyati/
[284.015]. mātāpitṛviyogajaṃ me duḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyatīti/
[284.016]. kiṃ karomi, kiṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadyeyamiti/
[284.016]. tasya hradasya nātidūre dvau lubdhakau prativasataḥ, sārako halakaḥ/
[284.017]. tau hradamāśritya jīvikāṃ kalpayataḥ/
[284.017]. ye sthalagatāḥ prāṇino mṛgaśarabhasūkarādayastaṃ hradamupasarpanti, tān praghātayataḥ, ye'pi jalagatā matsyakacchapamaṇḍūkādayaḥ/
[284.019]. tatra sārakaḥ kālagataḥ, halako jīvati/
[284.019]. janmacitro nāgapotaḥ saṃlakṣayati--ko'nyo'sti mama śaraṇamṛte halakāt lubdhakāt? tato manuṣyaveṣamāsthāya halakasya lubdhakasya sakāśaṃ gataḥ/
[284.021]. gatvā kathayati--bhoḥ puruṣa, kiṃ tvaṃ jānīṣe kasyānubhāvāddhanasya rājño janapadā ṛddhāśca sphītāśca subhikṣākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyāśca praśāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍamarataskaradurbhikṣarogāpagatāḥ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsampannā iti? sa kathayati--jāne sa rājā dhārmiko dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayati, maitracitto hitacitto'nukmpācittaśca rāṣṭraṃ pālayatīti/
[284.025]. asmin pradeśe janmacitrako nāma nāgapitakaḥ prativasati/
[284.026]. sa kālena kālaṃ samyagvāridhārāmanuprayacchati/
[284.027]. atīva śasyasampattirbhavati/
[284.027]. śasyavatī vasumatī, subhikṣānnapānaśca deśa iti/
[284.028]. janmacitraḥ kathayati--taṃ nāgapotakamito viṣayādapaharet, tasya nāgapotakasya kiṃ syāt? na śobhanaṃ syāt, mātāpitṛviyogajaṃ duḥkhaṃ syādrājño rāṣṭrasya ca/
[284.030]. yo'paharati, tasya kiṃ tvaṃ kuryāh? sa āha--jīvitādvyaparopayeyam/
[284.030]. jānīṣe tvaṃ kataro'sau nāgapotaka iti? na jāne/
[284.031]. ahamevāsau nāgaḥ/
[284.031]. dakṣiṇapāñcālavaiṣayikenāhituṇḍikenāpahṛtya nīyeta/
[284.032]. sa balyupahāravidhānārthaṃ gataḥ/
[284.032]. saptame divase āgamiṣyati/

[285.001]. [285] āgatya asya hradasya catasṛṣu dikṣu khadiraśalākānnikhanya nānāraṅgaiḥ sūtrairveṣṭayitvā mantrānāvartayiṣyati/
[285.002]. tatra tvayā pracchanne saṃnikṛṣṭe sthātavyam/
[285.002]. yadā tenāyamevamrūpaḥ prayogaḥ kṛto bhavati, tadā hradamadhyāt kvathamānaṃ pānīyamutthāsyati ahaṃ cotthāsyāmi/
[285.003]. tadā tvayāsau ahituṇḍikaḥ śareṇa marmaṇi tāḍayitavyaḥ, āśu copasaṃkramya vaktavyah--mantrānupasaṃhara/
[285.004]. mā te utkṛttamūlaṃ śiraḥ kṛtvā pṛthivyāṃ nipātayiṣyāmīti/
[285.005]. yadyasau mantrānanupasaṃhṛtya prāṇairviyokṣyate, mṛtaṃ te'ham yāvajjīvaṃ mantrapāśabddhaḥ syāmiti/
[285.006]. lubdhakaḥ prāha--yadi tavaikasyaivaṃ guṇaḥ syāt, tathāpyahamevaṃ kuryām, prāgeva sarājakasya rāṣṭrasya/
[285.007]. gaccha, ahaṃ te trāteti/
[285.008]. tatastena nāgapotakena tasyaikapārśve guptasthānamupadarśitam/
[285.008]. yāvadasau lubdhakaḥ saptame divase pratigupte pradeśe ātmānaṃ gopayitvā avasthitaḥ/
[285.009]. sa cāhituṇḍika āgatya balyupahāraṃ kartumārabdhaḥ/
[285.010]. tena catasṛṣu dikṣu catvāraḥ khadirakīlakā nikhātāḥ/
[285.010]. nānāraṅgaiḥ sūtrairveṣṭayitvā mantrā āvartitāḥ/
[285].0tatastasmāt pānīyaṃ kvathitumārabdham/
[285.011]. lubdhakena ca śareṇa marmaṇi tāḍitaḥ/
[285.012]. niṣkośaṃ cāsiṃ kṛtvā abhihitah--tvamasmadviṣayanivāsinaṃ nāgapotamapaharasi/
[285.013]. mā te utkṛttamūlaṃ śiraḥ kṛtvā pṛthivyāṃ nipātayāmīti/
[285.013]. tato'hituṇḍikena duḥkhavedanābhibhūtena maraṇabhayabhītena mantrā vyāvartitāḥ/
[285.014]. tatsamanantaraṃ ca lubdhakena jīvitād vyaparopitaḥ/
[285.015]. tato nāgo mantrapāśavinirmukto hradādabhyudgamya lubdhakaṃ pariṣvaktavān, evaṃ cāha--tvaṃ me mātā, tvaṃ me pitā, yanmayā tvāmāgamya mātāpitṛviyogajaṃ duḥkhaṃ notpannam/
[285.017]. āgaccha, bhavanaṃ gacchāmaḥ/
[285.017]. tenāsau bhavanaṃ nītaḥ, nānāvidhena cānnapānena saṃtarpitaḥ, ratnāni copadarśitāni, mātāpitrośca niveditaḥ/
[285.018]. amba tāta--eṣa me suhṛccharaṇaṃ bāndhavaḥ/
[285.019]. asyānubhāvādyuṣmābhiḥ saha viyogo na jāta iti/
[285.019]. tābhyāmasau vareṇa pravārito vividhāni ca ratnāni dattāni/
[285.020]. sa tānyādāya tasmād hradād vyuthitaḥ/
[285.020]. tasya ca hradasya nātidūre puṣpaphalasalilasampanne nānāśakunikūjite ṛṣeragramāśramapadam/
[285.021]. tatra ca nāgapotakena sārdhaṃ vṛttakaṃ tatsarvaṃ vistareṇa samākhyātam/
[285.022]. tata ṛṣiḥ kathayati--kiṃ ratnaiḥ kiṃ vā te suvarṇena? tasya bhavane'mogho nāṃ pāśastiṣṭhati, tam yācasva/
[285.023]. tato lubdhako'moghapāśe saṃjātatṛṣṇah ṛṣivacanamupaśrutya punarapi nāgabhavanaṃ gataḥ/
[285.024]. yāvatpaśyati bhavanadvāre tamamoghapāśam/
[285.025]. tasyaitadabhavat--eṣa sa pāśo yo mayā prārthanīyaḥ/
[285.025]. iti viditvā nāgabhavanaṃ praviṣṭaḥ/
[285.025]. tato janmacitreṇa nāgapotakena anyaiśca nāgaiḥ sasambhramaiḥ pratisaṃmodito ratnaiśca pravāritaḥ/
[285.026]. sa kathayati--alaṃ mama ratnaiḥ/
[285.027]. kiṃ tu etamamoghapāśaṃ prayacchatheti/
[285.027]. sa nāga āha--tavānena kiṃ prayojanam? yadā garutmatopadrutā bhavāmaḥ, tadā anenātmānaṃ rakṣāmaḥ/
[285.028]. lubdhaka āha--yuṣmākameṣa kadācit karhicit garutmatopadrutānāmupayogaṃ gacchati/
[285.029]. mama tu anena satatameva prayojanam/
[285.030]. yadasti kṛtamupakṛtaṃ ca, anuprayaccheti/
[285.030]. janmacitrasya nāgapotakasyaitadabhavat--mamānena bahūpakṛtam/
[285.031]. mātāpitarau avalokya dadāmīti/
[285.031]. ten mātāpitarau avalokya sa pāśo dattaḥ/
[285.032]. tato'sau lubdhakaḥ pṛthivīlabdhaprakhyena sukhasaumanasyenāpyāyitamanā amoghapāśamādāya nāgabhavanādabhyudgamya svagṛhaṃ gataḥ//

[286.001]. [286] yāvadapareṇa samayena dhano rājā devyā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati/
[286.001]. tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayato na putro na duhitā/
[286.002]. sa kare kapolaṃ dattvā cintāparo vyavasthitah--anekadhanasamuditaṃ me gṛham/
[286.003]. na me putro na duhitā/
[286.003]. mamātyayātsvakulavaṃśacchede rāṣṭrāpahāraḥ sarvasantasvāpateyamaputramiti kṛtvā anyarājavidheyo bhaviṣyatīti/
[286.004]. sa śramaṇabrāhmaṇasuhṛtsambandhibāndhavairucyate--deva, kimasi cintāparah? sa etatprakaraṇaṃ vistareṇārocayati/
[286.006]. te kathayati--devatārādhanaṃ kuru, putraste bhaviṣyatīti/
[286.006]. so'putraḥ putrābhinandī śivavaruṇakuberavāsavādīnanyāṃśca devatāviśeṣānāyācate, tadyathā--ārāmadevatā vanadevatā catvaradevatā śṛṅgāṭakadevatā balipratigrāhikāḥ/
[286.008]. sahajāḥ sahadharmikā nityāvubaddhā api devatā āyācate/
[286.009]. asti caiṣa loke pravādo yadāyācanahetoḥ putrā jāyante duhitaraśceti/
[286.009]. tacca neivam/
[286.010]. yadyevamabhaviṣyat, ekaikasya putrasahasramabhaviṣyat, tadyathā rājñaścakravartinaḥ/
[286.010]. api tu trayāṇāṃ sthānānāṃ saṃmukhībhāvātputrā jāyante duhitaraśca/
[286.011]. katameṣāṃ trayāṇām? mātāpitarau raktau bhavataḥ saṃnipatitau/
[286.012]. mātā cāsya kalyā bhavati ṛtumatī ca/
[286.012]. gandharvaḥ pratyupasthito bhavati/
[286.013]. eṣā trayāṇāṃ sthānānāṃ saṃmukhībhāvātputrā jāyante duhitaraśca/
[286.013]. sa caivamāyācanaparastiṣṭhati/
[286.014]. anyatamaśca bhadrakalpiko bodhisattvastasyāgramahiṣyā avakrāntaḥ/
[286.015]. pañcāveṇīyā dharmā ekatye paṇḍitajātīye mātṛgrāme/
[286.015]. katame pañca? raktaṃ puruṣaṃ jānāti viraktaṃ jānāti/
[286.016]. kālaṃ jānāti kratuṃ jānāti/
[286.016]. garbhamavakrāntaṃ jānāti/
[286.016]. yasya sakāśādgarbhamavakrāmati tamapi jānāti/
[286.017]. dārakaṃ jānāti, dārikāṃ jānāti/
[286.017]. saceddārako bhavati, dakṣiṇaṃ kukṣiṃ niśritya tiṣṭhati/
[286.018]. saceddārikā bhavati, vāmaṃ kukṣiṃ niśritya tiṣṭhati/
[286.018]. sā āttamanāḥ svāminn ārocayati--diṣṭyā vardhasva āryaputra/
[286.019]. āpannasattvāsmi saṃvṛttā/
[286.019]. yathā ca me dakṣiṇaṃ kukṣiṃ niśritya tiṣṭhati, niyataṃ dārako bhaviṣyatīti/
[286.020]. so'pyāttamanāttamanāḥ pūrvaṃ kāyamunnamayya dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumabhiprasārya udānamudānayati--apyevāhaṃ cirakālābhilaṣitaṃ putramukhaṃ paśyeyam/
[286.022]. jāto me syānnāvajātaḥ/
[286.022]. kṛtyāni me kurvīt/
[286.022]. pratibharet/
[286.022]. dāyādyaṃ me pratipadyeta/
[286.023]. kulavaṃśo me cirasthitikaḥ syāt/
[286.023]. asmākaṃ cāpyatītakālagatānāmalpaṃ vā prabhūtaṃ vā dānāni datvā puṇyāni kṛtvā asmākaṃ nāṃnā dakṣiṇāmādekṣyati--idaṃ tayoryatratatropapannayorgacchatoranugacchatu iti/
[286.025]. āpannasattvāṃ viditvā upariprāsādatalagatāmayantritāṃ dhārayati tiktāmlalavaṇamadhurkaṭukaṣāyavivarjitairāhāraiḥ/
[286.026]. hārārdhahāravibhūṣitagātrīmapsarasamiva nandanavanacāriṇīṃ mañcānmañcaṃ pīṭhātpīṭhamanavatarantīmadharimāṃ bhūmim/
[286.027]. na cāsyāḥ kiṃcidamanojñaśabdaśravaṇam yāvadeva garbhasya paripākāya/
[286.028]. sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānāmatyayātprasūtā/
[286.029]. dārako jāto'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko gauraḥ kanakavarṇaśchatrākāraśirāḥ pralambabāhurvistīrṇalalāṭa uccaghoṇaḥ saṃgatabhrūstuṅganāsaḥ sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetaḥ/
[286.030]. tasya jātau ānandabheryastāḍitāḥ/
[286.031]. śrutvā rājā kathayati--kimetaditi/
[286.031]. antaḥpurikābhī rājñe niveditam--deva, diṣṭyā vardhasva/
[286.032]. putraste jāta iti/
[286.032]. tato rājñā taṃ sarvaṃ nagaramapagatapāṣāṇaśarkarakaṭhallam [287] vyavasthitam, candanavārisiktamucchratadhvajapatākaṃ surabhidhūpaghaṭikopanibuddhaṃ nānāpuṣpābhikīrṇaramaṇīyam/

[287.002]. ājñā ca dattā--śramaṇabrāhmaṇakṛpaṇavanīpakebhyo dānaṃ prayacchata, sarvabandhanamokṣaṃ ca kuruteti/
[287.003]. tasyaivaṃ trīṇi saptakānyekaviṃśatidivasān vistareṇa jātakarma karoti/
[287.004]. tasya jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpitumārabdham--kiṃ bhavatu dāraksya nāmeti? amātyāḥ kathayanti--ayaṃ dārako dhanasya rājñaḥ putraḥ, bhavatu dārakasya sudhano nāmeti/
[287.005]. tasya sudhana iti nāmadheyaṃ vyavashtāpitam/
[287.006]. sudhano dārako'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo'nudatto dvābhyāmaṃsadhātrībhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām/
[287.007]. so'ṣṭābhirdhātrībhirunnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navatītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍairvā anyaiścottaptottaptairupakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ/
[287.009]. āśu vardhate hradasthamiva paṅkajam//
[287.010]. sa yadā mahān saṃvṛttastadā lipyāmupanyastaḥ saṃkhyāyāṃ gaṇanāyāṃ mudrāyāmuddhāre nyāse nikṣepe vastuparīkṣāyāṃ kumāraparīkṣāyāṃ kumārikāparīkṣāyāṃ dāruparīkṣāyāṃ ratnaparīkṣāyāṃ vastraparīkṣāyām/
[287.012]. so'ṣṭāsu parīkṣāsu ghaṭako vācakaḥ paṇḍitaḥ paṭupracāraḥ saṃvṛttaḥ/
[287.012]. sa yāni tāni bhavanti rājñāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ mūrdhābhiṣiktānāṃ janapadaiśvaryamanuprāptānāṃ mahāntaṃ pṛthivīmaṇḍalamabhinirjityādhyāvasatāṃ pṛthagbhavanti śilpasthānakarmasthānāni, tasyathā--hastigrīvāyāmaśvapṛṣṭhe rathe tsarau dhanuṣi apayāne niryāṇe'ṅkuśagrahe pāśagrahe chedye bhedye muṣṭibandhe padabandhe dūravedhe śabdavedhe marmavedhe'kṣuṇṇavedhe dṛḍhaprahāritāyām/
[287.016]. pañcasthāneṣu kṛtāvī saṃvṛttaḥ/
[287.017]. tasya pitrā trīṇyantaḥpurāṇi vyavasthāpitāni jyeṣṭhaṃ madhyaṃ kanīyasam/
[287.017]. trīṇi vāsagṛhāṇi māpitāni, haimantikaṃ graiṣmikaṃ vārṣikam/
[287.018]. trīṇyudyānāni māpitāni, haimantikaṃ graiṣmikaṃ vārṣikam/
[287.019]. tataḥ sudhanakumāra upariprāsādatalagato niṣpuruṣeṇa tūryeṇa krīḍati ramate paricārayati//
[287.021]. yāvadapareṇa samayena halako lubdhako mṛgayāmanveṣamāṇastena tenānuvicarannanyatamaṃ parvatamanuprāptaḥ/
[287.022]. tasya ca parvatasyādhastādṛṣerāśramapadaṃ paśyati puṣpaphalasampannaṃ nānāpakṣigaṇavicāritam/
[287.023]. mahāntaṃ ca hradamutpalakumudapuṇḍarīkasaṃchannaṃ haṃsakāraṇḍavacakravākopaśobhitam/
[287.024]. sa tamāśramapadaṃ paribhramitumārabdhaḥ/
[287.024]. yāvattam ṛṣiṃ paśyati dīrghakeśaśmaśrunakharomāṇaṃ vātāpakarṣitaśarīraṃ cīvaravalkaladhāriṇamanyatamavṛkṣamūlāśrayatṛṇakuṭikākṛtanilayam/
[287.025]. dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ papraccha--bhagavan, kiyacciramasmin pradeśe tava prativasatah? catvāriṃśadvarṣāṇi/
[287.027]. asti tvayā iyatā kālenāsmin pradeśe kaścidāścaryādbhutadharmo dṛṣṭaḥ śruto vā? praśāntātmā ṛṣirmandaṃ mandamuvāca--bhadramukha, dṛṣṭaste'yaṃ hradah? dṛṣṭo bhagavan/
[287.029]. eṣā brahmasabhā nāma puṣkiriṇī utpalapadmakumudapuṇḍarīkasaṃchannā nānāpakṣigaṇaniṣevitā himarajatatuṣāragaurāmbusampūrṇā surabhikusumapūrṇatoyā/
[287.030]. asyāṃ puṣkiriṇyāṃ pañcadaśamyāṃ manoharā nāma drumasya kinnararājasya duhitā pañcakinnarīśataparivārā nānāvidhasnānodvartanairāgatya snāti/
[287.032]. snānakāle cāsyā madhuragītavāditaśabdena mṛgapakṣiṇo'vahriyante/

[288.001]. ahamapi taṃ śabdaṃ śrutvā mahatā prītisaumanasyena saptāhamatināmayāmi/
[288.001]. etadāścaryaṃ bhadramukha mayā dṛṣṭamiti/
[288.002]. atha halakasya lubdhakasyaitadabhavat--śobhano'yaṃ mayā amoghaḥ pāśo nāgāllabdho manoharāyāḥ kinnaryāḥ kṣepsyāmīti/
[288.003]. so'pareṇa samayena pūrṇapañcadaśyāmamoghaṃ pāśamādāya hradatīrasamīpe puṣpaphalaviṭapagahanamāśritya avadhānatatparo'vashtitaḥ/
[288.004]. yāvanmanoharā kinnarī pañcaśataparivāritā tādṛśyaiva vibhūtyā brahmasabhāṃ puṣkiriṇīmavatīrṇā snātum/
[288.005]. tatsamantaraṃ ca halakena lubdhakena amoghaḥ pāśaḥ kṣiptaḥ, yena manoharā kinnarī baddhā/
[288.006]. tayā amoghapāśaśritayā hrade mahāhatanādaḥ kṛto bhīṣaṇaśca śabdo niścāritaḥ, yaṃ śrutvā pariśiṣṭaḥ kinnarigaṇa itaścāmutaśca saṃbhrānto manoharāṃ nirīkṣitumārabdhaḥ/
[288.008]. paśyanti baddhām/
[288.008]. dṛṣṭvā ca punarbhītā niṣpalāyitāḥ/
[288.009]. adrākṣītsa lubdhakastāṃ paramarūpadarśanīyām/
[288.009]. dṛṣṭvā ca punarupaśliṣṭo grahīṣyāmīti/
[288.010]. sā āha--hā hatāsmi, hā mandabhāgyā, mamodṛśīmavasthāmāptām/
[288.011]. mā naiṣīstvaṃ hi mā sprākṣīr naitattva suceṣṭitam/
[288.012]. rājabhogyā surūpāhaṃ na sādhu grahaṇaṃ tava//1// iti/
[288.013]. lubdhakaḥ prāha--yadi tvāṃ na gṛhṇāmi, niṣpalāyase/
[288.013]. sā kathayati--nāhaṃ niṣpalāye/
[288.014]. yadi na śraddadhāsi, imaṃ cūḍāmaṇiṃ gṛhāṇa/
[288.014]. asyānubhāvenāhamuparivihāyasā gacchāmīti/
[288.015]. lubdhakaḥ kathayati--kathaṃ jāne? tayā śirasthaścūḍāmaṇirdatta uktaśca--eṣa cūḍāmaṇiryasya haste, tasyāhaṃ vaśā bhavāmi/
[288.016]. tato lubdhakenāsau cūḍāmaṇirgṛhītaḥ, pāśabaddhāṃ caināṃ saṃprashtitaḥ//
[288.017]. tena khalu samayena sudhanarājakumāro mṛgayānirgataḥ/
[288.017]. adrākṣītsa lubdhakaḥ sudhanaṃ rājakumāramabhirūpaṃ darśanīyaṃ prāsādikam/
[288.018]. dṛṣṭvā ca punarasyaitadabhavat--ayaṃ ca rājakumāraḥ, iyaṃ ca paramadarśanīyā/
[288.019]. yadyenāṃ drakṣyati, balādgrahīṣyati/
[288.019]. yannvahamenāṃ prābhṛtanyāyena svayamevopanayeyam/
[288.020]. tatastāṃ pāśabddhāmādāya yena rājakumārastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[288.020]. upasaṃkramya pādayor nipatya kathayati--idaṃ mama devasya strīratnaṃ prābhṛtamānītam, pratigṛhyatāmiti/
[288.021]. adrākṣītsudhanakumāro manoharāṃ kinnarīmabhirūpāṃ darśanīyāṃ prāsādikāṃ paramaśubhavarṇapuṣkalatayā samanvāgatāṃ sarvaguṇasamuditāmaṣṭādaśābhiḥ strīlakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtāṃ janapadakalyāṇāṃ kāñcanakalaśakūrmapīnonnatakaṭhinasahitasujātavṛttapragalbhamānastanīmabhinīlaraktāṃśukavisṛtāyatanavakamalasadṛśanayanāṃ subhruvamāyatatuṅganāsāṃ vidrūmamaṇiratnaviṃvaphalasaṃsthānasadṛśādharoṣṭhīṃ sudṛḍhaparipūrṇagaṇḍapārśvāmatyartharatikarakapolatilakānupūrvacaritāṃ saṃgatabhruvāravindavikacasadṛśaparipūrṇavimalaśaśivapuṣaṃ
pralambabāhuṃ gambhīrativalikasaṃtatamadhyāṃ stanabhārāvanāmyamānapūrvārdhāṃ rathāṅgasaṃsthitasujātajaghanāṃ kadalīgarbhasadṛśakarānupūrvāvasthitasujātakarabhoruṃ sunigūḍhasuracitasarvāṅgasundaraśirāṃ sahitamaṇipīḍāsamraktakaratalapraharṣanūpuravalayām
hārardhahāranirghoṣavimalaśitagatimāyatanīlasūkṣmakeśīṃ sacīvaraprabhraṣṭakāñcīguṇāṃ nūpurāvacchāditapādāṃ kṣāmodarīm/
[288.030]. tāṃ pratikīrṇahārāmuttaptajāmbūnadacārupūrṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā kumāraḥ sahasā papāta viddho dṛḍharāgaśareṇa/
[288.031]. tatra sa rāgavarāhadavadahanapataṅgasadṛśena jalacandracañcalavimalojjvalasvabhāvena durgrāhyatareṇa nadītaraṅgajñaṣamakarasurabhigamanena [289] garuḍapavanajavasamagatinā tūlaparivartanalaghutareṇa vānarāvasthitacapalodbhrāntatareṇa satatābhyāsakleśaniṣevaṇarāgasukhāsvādalobhena sarvakleśaviṣamadurgaprapātaniḥsaṅgena paramasalīlena cittena tadbhūtānugatayā ayoniśomanaskāradhanurvisṛtaiḥ samyogābhilaṣitaparamarahasyaśabdena kāmaśareṇa hṛdaye viddha/

[289.004]. āha ca--
[289.005]. dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ sudhana indusamānvaktrāṃ prāvṛḍaghanāntaraviniścariteva vidyuta/
[289.007]. tatsnehamanmathavilāsasamudbhavena sadyaḥ sa cetasi nu rāgaśareṇa viddhaḥ//2//
[289.009]. sa tāmatimanoharāṃ gṛhītvā hastināpuraṃ gataḥ/
[289.009]. sa ca lubdhaḥ pañcagrāmavareṇācchāditaḥ/
[289.010]. tataḥ sudhano rājakumāro manoharayā rūpayauvanaguṇena sughanaḥ kumāronekaiścopacāraśataistathā apahṛto yathā muhūrtamapi tāṃ na jahāti/
[289.011]. yāvadapareṇa samayena jetavanāddvau brāhmaṇau abhyāgatau/
[289.012]. tatraiko rājānāṃ saṃśritaḥ, dvitīyaḥ sudhanaṃ kumāram/
[289.012]. yo rājānaṃ saṃśritaḥ, sa rājñā purohitaḥ sthāpito bhogaiśca saṃvibhaktaḥ/
[289.013]. yastu sudhanaṃ kumāram, sa bhogamātreṇa saṃvibhaktaḥ/
[289.014]. sa kathayati--yathā tava sahāyo brāhmaṇo mama pitrā paurohitye'vasthāpitaḥ, evamahaṃ tvāmapi paurohitye sthāpayāmīti/
[289.016]. eṣa ca vṛttāntastena brāhmaṇena karṇaparamparayā śrutaḥ/
[289.016]. tasyaitadabhavat--ahaṃ tathā kariṣye, yathā kumāro rājyameva nāsādayiṣyati, kutastaṃ purohitaṃ sthāpayiṣyatīti? yāvadapareṇa samayena tasya rājño vijite'nyatamaḥ kārvaṭikaḥ prativiruddhaḥ, tasya samucchittaye eko daṇḍaḥ preṣitaḥ/
[289.019]. sa hatavihatavidhvastaḥ pratyāgataḥ/
[289.019]. evam yāvatsapta, ye daṇḍāḥ preṣitāḥ, te'pi hastavidhvastāḥ pratyāgatāḥ/
[289.020]. amātyai rājā vijñāpitaḥ sarvo'sau āhūyatāmiti/
[289.022]. brāhmaṇa purohitaḥ saṃlakṣayati--ayaṃ sa kumārasya vadhopāyakāla iti/
[289.022]. tena rājā vijñaptah--deva, naivamasau śakyaḥ saṃnāmayitum/
[289.023]. rājā kathayati--kiṃ mayā svayaṃ gantavyam? purohitaḥ kathayati--kimarthaṃ devaḥ svayaṃ gacchati? ayaṃ sudhanaḥ kumāro yuvā baladarpayuktaḥ/
[289.025]. eṣa daṇḍasahāyaḥ preṣyatāmiti/
[289.025]. rājā kathayati--evamastviti/
[289.025]. tato rājā kumāramāhūya kathayati--gaccha kumāra, daṇḍasahāyaḥ kārvaṭikaṃ saṃnāmaya/
[289.026]. evaṃ deveti sudhanaḥ kumāro rājñaḥ pratiśrutya antaḥpuraṃ praviṣṭaḥ/
[289.027]. manoharādarśanāccāsya sarvaṃ vismṛtam/
[289.027]. punarapi rājñā abhihitah--punarapi taddarśanātsarvaṃ vismṛtam/
[289.028]. purohitena cābhihitah--deva, sudhanaḥ kumāro manoharayā atīva sakto na śakyate preṣayitum/
[289.029]. rājā kathayati--sādhanaṃ sajjaṃ kriyatām/
[289.029]. nirgataḥ kumāro'ntaḥpurāt preṣayitavyo yathā manoharāyāḥ sakāśaṃ na prativasatīti/
[289.030]. evaṃ deveti amātyai rājñaḥ pratiśrutya balaugho hastyaśvarathapadātisampanno'nakapraharaṇopakaraṇayuktaḥ sajjīkṛtaḥ/
[289.032]. tataḥ kumāro nirgatah uktah--gaccha kumāra, sajjo balaugha iti/
[289.032]. sa kathayati--deva, gamiṣyāmi [290] manoharāṃ dṛṣṭvā/

[290.001]. rājā kathayati--kumāra na draṣṭavyā, kālo'tivartate/
[290.001]. sa kathayati--tāvadyadi evam, mātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā gacchāmi/
[290.002]. gaccha kumāro avalokya jananīm/
[290.002]. sa manoharasantakaṃ cūḍāmaṇimādāya mātuḥsakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[290.003]. pādayor nipatya kathayati--amba, ahaṃ kārvaṭikaṃ saṃnāmanāya gacchāmi/
[290.005]. duhitā śakrakalpasya kinnarendrasya māninī/
[290.006]. pālyā virahaśokārtā madvātsalyadhiyā//3//
[290.007]. ayaṃ cūḍāmaṇi suguptaṃ sthāpayitavyaḥ/
[290.007]. na kadācinmanoharāyā dātavyo'nyatra prāṇaviyogāditi/
[290.008]. sa evaṃ mātaraṃ pitaraṃ saṃdiśya abhivādya ca nānāyodhabalaughatūryanir nāditaiḥ saṃprasthitaḥ/
[290.009]. anupūrveṇa janapadānatikramya tasya kārvaṭikasya nātidūre'nyataṃ vṛkṣamūlaṃ niśritya vāsamupagataḥ/
[290.010]. tena khalu samayena vaiśravaṇo mahārājo'nekayakṣaparivāro'nekayakṣaśatasahasraparivāraḥ/
[290.011]. tena yakṣāṇām yakṣasamitiṃ saṃprasthitaḥ/
[290.011]. tasya tena pathā gacchataḥ khagapathena yānamavasthitam/
[290.012]. tasyaitadabhavat--bahuśo'hamanena pathā samatikrāntaḥ/
[290.012]. na ca me kadācidyānaṃ pratihatam/
[290.013]. ko'tra heturyenedānīṃ pratihata iti? paśyati sudhanaṃ kumāram/
[290.013]. tasyaitadabhavat--ayaṃ bhadrakalpiko bodhisattvaḥ khedamāpatsyati yuddhāyābhiprasthitaḥ/
[290.014]. sāhāyyamasya karaṇīyam/
[290.015]. kārvaṭikaḥ saṃnāmayitavyaḥ/
[290.015]. na ca kasyacitprāṇinaḥ pīḍā karaṇīyeti viditvā pāñcikaṃ mahāyakṣasenāpatimāmantrayate--ehi tvaṃ pāñcika, sudhanasya kumārasya kārvaṭikamayuddhena saṃnāmaya/
[290.017]. na ca te kasyacitprāṇinaḥ pīḍā kartavyeti/
[290.017]. tatheti pāñcikena yakṣasenāpatinā vaiśravaṇasya mahārājasya pratiśrutya divyaścaturaṅgo balakāyo nirmitah--tālamātrapramāṇāḥ puruṣaḥ, parvatapramāṇā hastinaḥ, hastipramāṇā aśvāḥ/
[290.019]. tato nānāvidhakhaṅgamuśalatomarapāśacakraśaraparaśvadhādiśastraviśeṣeṇa nānāvāditrasaṃkṣobheṇa ca mahābhayamupadarśayan mahatā balaudhena pāñciko'nuprāptaḥ/
[290.021]. hastyaśvarathanirghoṣānnānāvāditranidvanāt/
[290.022]. yakṣāṇāṃ svaprabhāvācca prākāraḥ prapapāta vai//4//
[290.023]. tataste karvaṭanivāsinastaṃ balaughaṃ dṛṣṭvā tacca prākārapatanaṃ paraṃ viṣādamāpannāḥ papracchuh--kuta eṣa balaugha āgacchatīti? te kathayanti--śīghraṃ dvārāṇi muñcata/
[290.024]. eṣa pṛṣṭhataḥ kumāra āgacchati/
[290.025]. tasya ca balaugho yadi ciraṃ vidhārayiṣyatha, sarvathā na bhaviṣyatheti/
[290.026]. te kathayanti--
[290.027]. vyutpannā na vayaṃ rājño na kumārasya dhīmataḥ/
[290.028]. nṛpapauruṣakebhyo sma bhītāḥ saṃtrāsamāgatāḥ//5//
[290.029]. tairdvārāṇi muktāni/
[290.029]. tata ucchritadhvajapatākāpūrṇakalaśā nānāvidhatūryanir nāditaiḥ sudhanaṃ kumāraṃ pratyudgatāḥ/
[290.030]. tena ca samāśvāsitāḥ, tadabhiprāyaśca rājabhaṭaḥ sthāpitaḥ/
[290.030]. nipakāśca nigṛhītāḥ/
[290.031]. karapratyāyāśca nibaddhāḥ/
[290.031]. tatastaṃ karvaṭakaṃ sphītīkṛtya sudhanakumārah [291] pratinivṛttaḥ/

[291.001]. dhanena ca rājñā tāmeva rātriṃ svapno dṛṣṭah--gṛdhreṇāgatya rājña udaraṃ sphoṭayitvā antrāṇyākṛṣya sarvaṃ tannagaramantrairveṣṭitam, sapta ratnāni gṛhaṃ praveśyamānāni dṛṣṭāni/
[291.002]. tato rājā bhītastrastaḥ saṃvigna āhṛṣṭaromakūpo laghukadhvevotthāya mahāśayane niṣadya kare kapokaṃ dattvā cintāparo vyavasthitah--mā haiva me atonidānaṃ rājyaccyutirbhaviṣyati, jīvitasya vā antarāya iti/
[291.005]. sa prabhātāyāṃ rajanyāṃ svapnaṃ brāhmaṇāya purohitāya nivedayāmāsa/
[291.005]. sa saṃlakṣayati--yādṛśo devena svapno dṛṣṭaḥ, niyataṃ kumāreṇa karvaṭako nirjitaḥ/
[291.006]. vitathanirdeśaḥ karaṇīyaḥ/
[291.007]. iti kṛtvā kathayati--deva, na śobhanaḥ svapnaḥ/
[291.007]. niyatamatonidānaṃ rājyāccyutirbhaviṣyati, jīvitasyāntarāya iti/
[291.008]. kevalaṃ tu atrāsti pratikāraḥ, sa ca brāhmaṇakamantreṣu dṛṣṭaḥ/
[291.008]. ko'sau pratikārah? deva, udyāne puṣkariṇī puruṣapramāṇikā kartavyā/
[291.009]. tata sudhayā praleptavyā/
[291.010]. susaṃmṛṣṭāṃ kṛtvā kṣudramṛgāṇāṃ rudhireṇa pūrayitavyā/
[291.010]. tato devena snānaprayatena tāṃ puṣkariṇīmekena so'ānenāvataritavyam, ekenāvatīrya dvitīyenottaritavyam, dvitīyenottīrya tṛtīyenāvataritavyam, tṛtīyenāvatīrya caturthenottaritavyam/
[291.012]. tataścaturbhirbrāhmaṇairvedavedāṅgapāragairdevasya pādayorjihvayā nirleḍhavyam, kinnaravasayā ca dhūpo deyaḥ/
[291.013]. evaṃ devo vidhūtapāpaściraṃ rājyaṃ pālayiṣyatīti/
[291.014]. rājā kathayati--sarvametacchakyam yadidaṃ kinnaramedamatīva durlabham/
[291.014]. purohitaḥ kathayati--deva, yadeva durlabhaṃ tadeva sulabham/
[291.015]. rājā kathayati--yathā katham? purohitaḥ kathayati--deva, nanviyaṃ manoharā kinnarī/
[291.016]. rājā kathayati--purohita, mā maivaṃ vada/
[291.016]. kumārasyātra prāṇāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ/
[291.017]. sa kathayati--nanu devena śrutam--
[291.018]. tyajedekaṃ kulasyārthe grāmasyārthe kulaṃ tyajet/
[291.019]. grāmaṃ janapadasyārthe ātmārthe pṛthivīṃ tyajet//6//
[291.020]. dṛḍhenāddhyātmanā(?) rājyaṃ kumārasyāsya dhīmataḥ/
[291.021]. śakṣyasi hyaparāṃ kartuṃ ghātayaināṃ manoharām//7// iti/
[291.022]. ātmābhinandino na kiṃcinna pratipadyanta iti tenādhivāsitam/
[291.022]. tato yathopadiṣṭaṃ purohitena kārayitumārabdham/
[291.023]. puṣkariṇī khātā sudhayopaliptā kṣudramṛgarudhiramupāvartāyitumārabdham/
[291.024]. sa ca prayogaḥ sudhanasyāntaḥpurajanenopalabdhaḥ/
[291.024]. tāḥ prītimanasaḥ saṃvṛttāh--vayaṃ rūpayauvanasampannāḥ/
[291.025]. idānīmasmākaṃ sudhanaḥ kumāraḥ paricārayiṣyatīti/
[291.026]. tāḥ pramuditā dṛṣṭvā manoharā pṛcchati--kim yūyamatīva praharṣitā iva? yāvadaparayā sa vṛttānto vistareṇa manoharāyā niveditaḥ/
[291.027]. tato manoharā saṃjātaduḥkhadaurmanasyā yena sudhanasya kumārasya jananī tenopasaṃkrāntā/
[291.028]. upasaṃkramya pādayor nipatya karuṇadīnavilambitairakṣarairetamarthaṃ nivedayāmāsa/
[291.029]. sā kathayati--yadyevaṃ svāgatamidaṃ kuru vicārayiṣyāmīti/
[291.029]. manoharayā āgamya punarapi samākhyātam/
[291.030]. tayā api vicāritam/
[291.030]. paśyati bhūtam/
[291.030]. tatastayā sa cūḍāmaṇirvastrāṇi ca manoharāyai dattāni, uktā ca--putrike, prāpte kāle āgantavyam/
[291.031]. evaṃ mamopālambho na bhavatīti/
[291.032]. tato rājā yathādiṣṭena krameṇa snānaprayato rudhirapūrṇāṃ puṣkiriṇimavatīryottīrṇah[292] /
[292.001]. tato'sya brāhmaṇairjihvayā pādau nilīḍhau, avasthitah--ānīyatāṃ kinnarīti ca samādiṣṭam/
[292.002]. tatsamanantarameva manoharā gaganatalamutplutya gāthāṃ bhāṣate--
[292.003]. sparśasaṃgamanaṃ mahyaṃ ramitaṃ ca me/
[292.004]. nāgīva bandhanānmuktā eṣā gacchāmi sāmpratam//8// iti/
[292.005]. rājñā dṛṣṭā vāyupathena gacchantī/
[292.005]. sa bhītaḥ purohitamāmantrayate--yadarthaṃ kṛto yatnaḥ, sa na saṃpannaḥ, manoharā kinnarī niṣpalāyiteti/
[292.006]. purohitaḥ kathayati--deva, siddhārtho'pagatapāpo devaḥ sāmpratamiti/
[292.007]. tato manoharāyāḥ khagapathena gacchantyā etadabhavat--yadahametāmavasthāṃ prāptā, tattasya ṛṣerbyapadeśāt/
[292.008]. yadi tena nākhyātamabhaviṣyat, nāhaṃ grahaṇa gatā abhaviṣyat/
[292.009]. tena hi yasyāmi tāvadasyaiva ṛṣeḥ sakāśāmiti/
[292.009]. sā tasyāśramapadaṃ gatā/
[292.009]. pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā tam ṛṣimuvāca--maharṣe, tava vyapadeśādahaṃ grahaṇaṃ gatā, manuṣyasya saṃsparśaśca saṃprāptaḥ/
[292.011]. jīvitāntarāyaścaitatsaṃvṛttaḥ/
[292.011]. tadvijñāpayāmi--yadi yadā kadācitsudhanaḥ kumāra āgacchati māṃ samanveṣamāṇaḥ, tasyemāmaṅgulimudrāṃ dāturmahasi/
[292.012]. evaṃ ca vaktavyam--kumāra, viṣamāḥ panthāno durgamāḥ, khedamāpatsyase, nirvatasveti/
[292.013]. yadi nirvāyamāṇo na riṣṭhet, tasya mārgaṃ vyapadeṣṭumarhasi--kumāra, manoharayā samākhyātam--uttare digbhāge trayaḥ kālaparvatāḥ, tānatikramya apare trayaḥ, tānapyatikramya apare trayaḥ, tānatikramya himavān parvatarājaḥ, tasyottareṇotkalakaparvataḥ, tata utkūlako jalapatha ekadhārako vajrakaḥ kāmarūpī/
[292.017]. tatra khadirake parvate guhā, praveśa ekadhārake tu kīlakāḥ, vajrake pakṣirājena praveśaḥ/
[292.018]. ebhirupāyaiste parvatā atikramaṇīyāḥ, yantrāṇi ca bhuṅktavyāni/
[292.019]. ajavaktrameṇḍhakaḥ puruṣo rākṣasarūpī piṅgalāguhāyāṃ lālāsrotasā mahānajagaro vegena pradhāvati/
[292.020]. sa te vikrameṇa hantavyaḥ/
[292.020]. arāntaragatāṃ nābhīm yatra paśyettatra kiṭibhakaśca/
[292.022]. ayaṃ bhuktena bāṇena hantavyo mama kāraṇāt/
[292.023]. yatra paśyeddvau meṣau saṃghaṭṭantau parasparam/
[292.024]. tayoḥ śṛṅgamekaṃ bhaṅktvā mārgaṃ pratilapsyase//9//
[292.025]. āyasau puruśau dṛṣṭvā śastrapāṇī mahābhayau/
[292.026]. tayorekaṃ pādayitvā mārgaṃ pratilapsyase//10//
[292.027]. saṃkocayantīṃ prasārayantīṃ rākṣasīmāyasaṃ mukham/
[292.028]. yadā paśyettatra kīlakaṃ lalāṭe tasyā nikhānayet//11//
[292.029]. śūlāvartastadā kūpo vilaṅghyaste ṣaṣṭihastakaḥ/
[292.030]. haripiṅgalakeśākṣo dāruṇo yatra rākṣasaḥ//12//
[292.031]. kārmukaṃ maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā hantavyaśca durāsadaḥ/
[292.032]. nadyaśca bahavastāryā nakragrahasamākulāḥ//13//

[293.001]. [293] raṅgā pataṅgā tapanī citrā rudantī hasantī āśīviṣā vetranadī ca/
[293.002]. raṅgāyāṃ rākṣasīkopaḥ pataṅgāyāmamanuṣyakāḥ/
[293.003]. tapantyāṃ grāhabahulatvaṃ citrāyāṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ//14//
[293.004]. rudantyāṃ kinnarīceṭyo hasantyāṃ kinnarasnuṣā/
[293.005]. āśīviṣāyāṃ nānāvidhāḥ sarpā vetranadyāṃ tu śālmaliḥ//15//
[293.006]. raṅgāyāṃ dhairyakaraṇaṃ pataṅgāyāṃ parākramaḥ/
[293.007]. tapantyāṃ grāhamukhabandhaṃ citrāyāṃ vividhagītam//16//
[293.008]. rudantyāṃ saumanasye samuttāram, hasantyāṃ tūṣṇībhāvayogena, aśīviṣāyāṃ sarpaviṣamantrayogena, vetranadyāṃ tīkṣṇaśastrasampātayogena samuttāraḥ/
[293.009]. nadīḥ samatikramya pañca yakṣaśatāni gulmakam/
[293.010]. taddhairyamāsthāya vidrābyam/
[293.010]. tato drumasya kinnararājasya bhavanamiti/
[293.010]. tato manoharā tam ṛṣimevamuktvā pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā prakrāntā//
[293.012]. yāvatsudhanaḥ kumārastaṃ karvaṭakaṃ saṃnāmya gṛhītaprābhṛto hastināpuramanuprāptaḥ/
[293.012]. śrutvā ca rājā parāṃ prītimupagataḥ/
[293.013]. tataḥ kumāro mārgaśramaṃ prativinodya pituḥ sakāśaṃ gataḥ/
[293.013]. praṇāmaṃ kṛtvā purastānniṣaṇṇaḥ/
[293.014]. rājñā paramayā saṃtoṣaṇayā saṃbhāṣitaḥ, uktaśca--kumāra, śivena tvamāgatah? deva, tava prasādātkarvaṭakaḥ saṃnāmitaḥ, nipakā gṛhītāḥ, cintakaḥ sthāpitaḥ/
[293.015]. ime tu karapratyayāḥ/
[293.016]. paṇyāgāraśca sthāpyatāmiti/
[293.017]. rājā kathayati--kumāra tiṣṭha, prābhṛtaṃ sahitā eva bhokṣyāmaḥ/
[293.018]. deva gacchāmi, ciraṃ dṛṣṭā me manoharā/
[293.018]. alaṃ kumāra adya gamanena/
[293.018]. tiṣṭha, śvo gāmiṣyasīti/
[293.019]. so'navabudhyamāna evamāha--tāta, adyaiva mayā avaśyaṃ gantavyam/
[293.019]. rājā tūṣṇīmavasthitaḥ/
[293.020]. tataḥ kumāraḥ svagṛhaṃ gataḥ/
[293.020]. yāvatpaśyati śriyā varjitamantaḥpuradvāram/
[293.020]. sa cintāparaḥ praviśya manoharāṃ na paśyati/
[293.021]. itaścāmutaśca saṃbhrāntaḥ śūnyahṛdayaḥ śabdaṃ kartumārabdhah--manohare manohare iti/
[293.022]. yāvadantaḥpuraṃ saṃnipatitam/
[293.022]. tāḥ striyaḥ kṣepaṃ kartumārabdhāḥ/
[293.022]. viddho'sau hṛdayaśalyena sutarāṃ praṣṭumārabdhaḥ/
[293.023]. tābhiryathābhūtaṃ samākhyātam/
[293.023]. sa śokena saṃpramuhyate/
[293.023]. tāḥ striyaḥ kathayanti--deva, asminnantaḥpure tatpraviśiṣṭatarāḥ striyaḥ santi, kimarthaṃ śokaḥ kriyate? sa pitur nairguṇyamupaśrutya kṛtaghnatāṃ ca, mātuḥ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[293.025]. pādayor nipatya kathayati--amba,
[293.026]. manoharāṃ na paśyāmi manorathaguṇairyutām/
[293.027]. sādhurūpasamāyuktā kva gatā me manoharā//17//
[293.028]. manasā saṃpradhāvāmi mano me saṃpramuhyate/
[293.029]. hṛdayaṃ dahyate caiva rahitasya tayā bhṛśam//18//
[293.030]. manobhirāmā ca manoharā ca manonukūlā ca manoratiśca/

[294.001]. [294] saṃtaptadeho'smi manoharāṃ vinā kuto mamedaṃ vyasanaṃ samāgatam//19// iti/
[294.003]. sā kathayati--putra, kṛcchrasaṃkaṭasambādhaprāptā manohareti mayā pratimuktā/
[294.003]. amba, yathā katham? tayā yathāvṛttaṃ vistareṇa samākhyātam/
[294.004]. sa pitur nairguṇyamakṛtajñatāṃ ca jñātvā kathayati--kutra gatā katareṇa vā patheti? sā kathayati--
[294.006]. eṣo'sau parvataśaila ṛṣisaṃghaniṣevitaḥ/
[294.007]. uṣito dharmarājena yatra yātā manoharā//20// iti/
[294.008]. sa manoharāviyogaduḥkhārtaḥ kṛcchraṃ vilalāpa, karuṇaṃ paridevate--
[294.009]. manoharāṃ na paśyāmi manorathaguṇairyutām/
[294.010]. sādhurūpasamāyuktā kva gatā me manoharā//21//
[294.011]. manasā saṃpradhāvāmi mano me saṃpramuhyate/
[294.012]. hṛdayaṃ dahyate caiva rahitasya tayā bhṛśam//22//
[294.013]. manobhirāmā ca manoharā ca manonukūlā ca manoratiśca/
[294.015]. saṃtaptadeho'smi manoharāṃ vinā kuto mamedaṃ vyasanaṃ samāgatam//23// iti/
[294.017]. tato mātrā abhihitah--putra, santyasminnantaḥpure tadviśiṣṭatarāḥ striyaḥ/
[294.017]. kimarthaṃ śokas triyata iti? kumāraḥ kathayati--kuto me ratiranuprāpyatāmiti? sa tayā samāśvāsyamāno'pi śokasaṃtāpasaṃtaptastasyāḥ pravṛttiṃ samanveṣamāṇa itaścāmutaśca paribhramitumārabdhaḥ/
[294.019]. tasya buddhirutpannā--yata eva labdhastameva tāvatpṛcchāmi/
[294.020]. sa halakasya sakāśaṃ gataḥ pṛcchati--manoharā kutastvayā labdheti? sa kathayati--amuṣmin pradeśe ṛṣiḥ prativasati/
[294.021]. tasyāśramapade brahmasabhā nāma puṣkiriṇī/
[294.022]. tasyāṃ snātumavatīrṇā ṛṣivyapadeśena labdheti/
[294.022]. sa saṃlakṣayati--ṛṣiridānīmabhigantavyaḥ, tasmātpravṛttirbhaviṣyatīti/
[294.023]. eṣa ca vṛttānto rājñā śrutah--manoharāviyogātkumāro'tīva viklava iti/
[294.024]. tato rājñā abhihitah--kumāra, kimasi viklavah? idānīṃ tadviśiṣṭataramantaḥpuraṃ vyavasthāpayiṣyāmīti/
[294.025]. sa kathayati--tāta, na śakyaṃ mayā tāmanānīya antaḥpurasthena bhavitum/
[294.026]. sa rājñā bahvapyucyamāno na nivartate/
[294.026]. tato rājñā nagaraprākāraśṛṅgeṣvārakṣakāḥ puruṣāḥ sthāpitāḥ, yathā kumāro na niṣkāsatīti/
[294.027]. kumāraḥ kṛtsnāṃ rātriṃ jāgartukāmaḥ/
[294.028]. uktaṃ ca--pañceme rātryā alpaṃ svapanti bahu jāgārti/
[294.028]. katame pañca puruṣāh? striyāmavekṣya(pekṣā?)vān pratibaddhacittaḥ/
[294.029]. strīpuruṣa utkośaḥ, ṛṇī, caurasenāpatiḥ, bhikṣuścālabdhavīrya iti/
[294.030]. atha kumārasyaitadabhavat--yadi dvāreṇa yāsyāmi, rājā dvārapālakān rakṣakāṃśca daṇḍenotsādayiṣyati/
[294.031]. yannvahamarakṣitena pathā gaccheyamiti/
[294.031]. sa rātryā vyutthāya nīlotpalamālābaddhaśirā[295] yena rakṣiṇaḥ puruṣā na santi, tena tāṃ mālāṃ dhvaje baddhvā avatīrṇaḥ/

[295.001]. candraścoditaḥ/
[295.002]. tato'sau candramavekṣya manoharāvirahita evaṃ vilalāpa--
[295.003]. bhoḥ pūrṇacandra rajanīkara tārarāja tvaṃ rohiṇīnayanakānta susārthavāha/
[295.005]. kaccitpriyā mama manoharaṇaikadakṣā dṛṣṭā tvayā bhuvi manoharanāmadheyā//24// iti/
[295.007]. anubhūtapūrvaratimanusmarañ jagāma/
[295.007]. dadarśa mṛgīm/
[295.007]. tāmapyuvāca--
[295.008]. he tvaṃ kuraṅgi tṛṇavāripalāśabhakṣe svastyastu te cara sukhaṃ na mṛgārirasmi/
[295.010]. dīrghekṣaṇā mṛgavadhūkamanīyarūpā dṛṣṭā tvayā mama manoharanāmadheyā//25//
[295.012]. sa tāmatikramya anyatamaṃ pradeśaṃ gato dadarśa vanaṃ nānāpuṣpaphalopaśobhitaṃ bhramarairupabhujyamānasāram/
[295.013]. tato'nyatamaṃ bhramaramuvāca--
[295.014]. nīlāñjanācalasuvarṇa madhudvirepha vaṃśāntarāmburuhamadhyakṛtādhivāsa/
[295.016]. varṇādhimātrasadṛśāyatakeśahastā dṛṣṭā tvayā mama manoharanāmadheyā//26//
[295.018]. tasmādapi pradeśādatikrāntaḥ paśyatyāśīviṣam/
[295.018]. dṛṣṭvā cāha--
[295.019]. bhoḥ kṛṣṇasarpa tanupallavalolajihva vaktrāntarotpatitadhūmakalāpavaktra/
[295.021]. rāgāgninā tava samo na viṣāgnirugro dṛṣṭā tvayā mama manoharanāmadheyā//27//
[295.023]. tamapi pradeśaṃ samatikrānto dadarśāparaṃ kokilābhināditam/
[295.023]. dṛṣṭvā ca punastaṃ kokilamuvāca--
[295.025]. bhoḥ kokilottama vanāntaravṛkṣavāsin nārī manohara patatrigaṇasya rājan/
[295.027]. nīlotpalāmakasamāyatacārunetrā dṛṣṭā tvayā mama manoharanāmadheyā//28//
[295.029]. tamapi pradeśaṃ samatikrānto dadarśāśokavṛkṣaṃ sarvapariphullam/
[295.030]. maṅgalyanāmāntaranāmayukta sarvadrumāṇāmadhirājatulya/

[296.001]. [296] manoharāśoka vibhūrcchitaṃ mām eṣo'ñjaliste kuru vītaśokam//29//
[296.003]. sa evaṃ viklavo'nupūrveṇa tasya ṛṣerāśramapadamanuprāptaḥ/
[296.003]. sa tam ṛṣiṃ savinayaṃ praṇipatyovāca--
[296.005]. cīrājināmbaradhara kṣamayā viśiṣṭa mūlāṅkurāmalakabilvakapitthabhakta/
[296.007]. vande ṛṣe nataśirā vada me laghu tvaṃ dṛṣṭā tvayā mama manoharanāmadheyā//30//
[296.009]. tataḥ sa ṛṣiḥ sudhanaṃ kumāraṃ svāgatavacanāsanadānakriyādipuraḥsaraḥ pratisaṃmodya uvāca--
[296.011]. dṛṣṭā sā paripūrṇacandravadanā nīlotpalābhāsvarā rūpeṇa priyadarśanā subadanā nīlañcatabhrūlatā/
[296.013]. tvaṃ svastho bhuvi bhujyatāṃ hi vividhaṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ ca prabho pañcātsvasti gamiṣyasīti manasā nātrāsti me saṃśayaḥ//31//
[296.015]. idaṃ hyavocadvacanaṃ ca subhrūḥ kumāra tṛṣṇā tvayi bādhate me/
[296.017]. mahacca duḥkhaṃ vasatāṃ vaneṣu yātāṃ ramāṃ drakṣyasi niṣcayena//32// iti/
[296.019]. iyaṃ ca tayā aṅgulimudrikā dattā/
[296.019]. kathayati ca-- kumāra, viṣamāḥ panthāno durgamāḥ/
[296.020]. khedamāpatsyase, nivartasveti/
[296.020]. yadi ca nivāryamāṇo na tiṣṭhet, tasya mārgamupadeṣṭumarhasi/
[296.021]. kumāra, idaṃ ca tayā samākhyātam--uttare digbhāge trayaḥ kālaparvatāḥ, tānatikramya apare trayaḥ, tānapyatikramya himavān parvatarājaḥ/
[296.022]. tatpradeśena tvayā imāni bhaiṣajyāni samudānetavyāni--tadyathā sūdayā nāmauṣadhistayā ghṛtaṃ paktvā pātavyam/
[296.023]. tena ca te na tṛṣā na bubhukṣā, smṛtibalaṃ ca vardhayati/
[296.024]. vānaraḥ samudānetavyaḥ, mantramadhyetavyam, saśaraṃ dhanurgrahītavyam, maṇayo'vabhāsātmakāh agado viṣaghātako'yaskīlāstrayo vīṇā ca/
[296.026]. himavataḥ parvarājasyottareṇotkīlakaḥ parvataḥ/
[296.026]. tataḥ kūlako jalapathaḥ khadiraka ekadhārako vajrakaḥ kāmarūpī/
[296.027]. utkīlaka erāvatako'dhobāṇaḥ pramokṣaka ete parvatāḥ/
[296.027]. sarve te samatikramaṇīyāḥ/
[296.028]. tatra khadirake parvate guhā, praveśa ekadhārake tu kolakāḥ, vajrake pakṣirājena praveśaḥ/
[296.029]. ebhirupāyaiste sarve parvatāḥ samatikramaṇīyāḥ, yantrāṇi ca bhaṅktavyāni/
[296.029]. ajavaktro meṇḍhakaḥ puruṣo rākṣasīrūpī piṅgalāyāṃ guhāyāṃ lālāsrotasā mahatā ajagaro vegena pradhāvati/
[296.031]. sa te vikrameṇa hantavyaḥ/
[296.031]. arāntaragatāṃ nābhīm yatra paśyettatra kiṭibhakaśca/

[297.001]. [297] ayaṃ muktena bāṇena hantavyo mama kāraṇāt/
[297.002]. yatra paśyeddvau meṣau saṃghaṭṭantau parasparam/
[297.003]. tayoḥ śṛṅgamekaṃ bhaṅktvā bhārgaṃ pratilapsyase//33//
[297.004]. āyasau puruṣau dṛṣṭvā śastrapāṇī mahābhayau/
[297.005]. tayorekaṃ tāḍayitvā mārgaṃ pratilapsyase//34//
[297.006]. saṃkocayantīṃ prasārayantīṃ rākṣasīmāyasaṃ sukham/
[297.007]. yadā paśyettadā kīlaṃ lalāṭo tasyā nikhānayet//35//
[297.008]. śūlāvartastadā kūpo vilaṅghyaste ṣaṣṭihastakaḥ/
[297.009]. haripiṅgalakeśākṣo dāruṇo yakṣarākṣasaḥ//36//
[297.010]. kārmukaṃ maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā hantavyaśca durāsadaḥ/
[297.011]. nadyaśca bahavastāryā nakragrahasamākulāḥ//37//
[297.012]. raṅgā pataṅgā tapanī citrā rudantī hasantī āśīviṣā vetranadī ca/
[297.013]. raṅgāyāṃ rākṣasīkopaḥ pataṅgāyāmamānuṣāḥ/
[297.014]. tapantyāṃ grāhabahutvaṃ citrāyāṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ//38//
[297.015]. rudantyāṃ kinnarīceṭyo hasantyāṃ kinnarīsnuṣā/
[297.016]. āśīviṣāyāṃ nānāvidhāḥ sarpā vetranadyāṃ tu śālmaliḥ//39//
[297.017]. raṅgāyāṃ dhairyakaraṇaṃ pataṅgāyāṃ parākramaḥ/
[297.018]. tapantyāṃ grāhamukhabandhaścitrāyāṃ vividhaṃ gītam//40//
[297.019]. rudantyāṃ saumanasyena samuttāraḥ/
[297.019]. hasantyāṃ tūṣṇībhāvena, āśīviṣāyāṃ sarvaviṣamantraprayogeṇa samuttāraḥ, vetranadyāṃ tīkṣṇaśastrasampātayogena samuttāraḥ/
[297.020]. nadīmatikramya pañca yakṣaśatāni gulmakasthānam/
[297.021]. taddhairyamāsthāya vidrāvyam/
[297.021]. tato drumasya kinnararājasya bhavanamiti//
[297.022]. tataḥ sudhanaḥ kumāro yathopadiṣṭānauṣadhimantrāgadaprayogān samudānīya tasya ṛṣeḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā prakrāntaḥ/
[297.023]. tatastena yathopadiṣṭāḥ sarve samudānītāḥ sthāpavitvā vānaram/
[297.024]. tatastānādāya punarapi tasya ṛṣeḥ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[297.024]. uktaśca--alaṃ kumāra, kimanena vyavasāyena? kiṃ manoharayā? tvamekākī asahāyaḥ śirīrasaṃśayamavapsyasīti/
[297.025]. kumāraḥ prāha--maharṣe, avaśyamevāhaṃ prayāsyāmīti/
[297.026]. kutah?
[297.027]. candrasya khe vicarataḥ kva sahāyabhāvo daṃṣṭrābalena balinaśca mṛgādhipasya/
[297.029]. agneśca dāvadahane kva sahāyabhāvah asmadvidhasya ca sahāyabalena kiṃ syāt//41//

[298.001]. [298] kiṃ bho mahārṇavajalaṃ na vigāhitavyaṃ kiṃ sarpadaṣṭa iti naiva cikitsanīyaḥ//
[298.003]. vīryaṃ bhajetsumahadūrjitasattvadṛṣṭam yatne kṛte yadi na siddhyati ko'tra doṣaḥ//42// iti/
[298.005]. tataḥ sudhanaḥ kumāro manoharopadiṣṭena saṃprasthitaḥ/
[298.005]. anupūrveṇa parvatanadīguhāprapātādīni bhaiṣajyamantrāgadaprayogeṇa vinirjitya drumasya kinnararājasya bhavanasamīpaṃ gataḥ/
[298.007]. kumāro'paśyannagaramadūraṃ śrīmadudyānopaśobhitaṃ nānāpuṣpaphalopetaṃ nānāvihagasevitaṃ taḍāgadīrghikāvāpikinnaraiḥ samupāvṛtam/
[298.008]. kinnarīstatra cāpaśyat pānīyārthamupagatāḥ/
[298.008]. tatastāḥ sudhanakumāreṇābhihitāh--kimanena bahunā pānīyena kriyata iti? tāḥ kathayanti--asti drumasya kinnararājasya duhitā manoharā nāma/
[298.010]. sā manuṣyahastagatā babhūva/
[298.010]. tasyāḥ sa manuṣyagandho naśyati/
[298.011]. sudhanaḥ kumāraḥ pṛcchati--kimete ghaṭāḥ samastāḥ sarve tasyā upari nipātyante, āhosvidanupūrveṇeti? tāḥ kathayanti--anupūrvyā/
[298.012]. sa saṃlakṣayati--śobhano'yamupāyaḥ/
[298.013]. imāmaṅgulimudrāmekasmin ghaṭe prakṣipāmīti/
[298.013]. tenaikasyāḥ kinnaryā ghaṭe'nālakṣitaṃ prakṣiptā/
[298.014]. sā ca kinnarī abhihitā--anena tvayā ghaṭena manoharā tatprathamataraṃ snāpayitavyā/
[298.014]. sā saṃlakṣayati--nūnamatra kāryeṇa bhavitavyam/
[298.015]. tatastayāsau ghaṭaḥ prathamataraṃ manoharāyā mūrdhni nipātito yāvadaṅgulimudrā utsaṅge nipatitā/
[298.016]. sā manoharayā pratyabhijñātā/
[298.016]. tataḥ kinnarīṃ pṛcchati--mā tatra kaścinmanuṣyo'bhyāgatah? sā āha--ubhyāgtaḥ/
[298.017]. gaccha, enaṃ pracchannaṃ praveśaya/
[298.018]. tayā praveśitaḥ, sugupte pradeśe sthāpitaḥ/
[298.018]. tato manoharā pituḥ pādayor nipatya kathayati--tāta, yadyasau sudhanaḥ kumāra āgacchet, yenāhaṃ hṛtā, tasya tvaṃ kiṃ kuryāh? sa kathayati--tamahaṃ khaṇḍaśataṃ kṛtvā catasṛṣu śikṣu kṣipeyam/
[298.020]. manuṣyo'sau, kiṃ teneti/
[298.020]. manoharā kathayati--tāta, manuṣyabhūtasya kuta ihāgamanam? ahamevaṃ bravīmīti/
[298.021]. tato drumasya kinnararājasya paryavasthāno vigataḥ/
[298.022]. tato vigataparyavasthānaḥ kathayati--yadyasau kumāra āgacchet, tasyāhaṃ tvāṃ sarvālaṃkāravibhūṣitāṃ prabhūtacitropakaraṇaiḥ kinnarīsahasraparivṛtāṃ bhāryārthaṃ dadyāmiti/
[298.024]. tato manoharayā hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramuditayā sudhanaṃ kumāro divyālaṃkāravibhūṣito drumasya kinnararājasyopadarśitaḥ/
[298.025]. tato drumaḥ kinnnararājaḥ sudhanaṃ kumāraṃ dadarśa abhirūpaṃ darśanīyaṃ prasādikaṃ paramayā śubhavarṇapuṣkalatayā samanvāgatam/
[298.026]. dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ paraṃ vismayamupagataḥ/
[298.027]. tatastasya jijñāsāṃ kartukāmena sauvarṇāḥ stambhā ucchritāḥ, sapta tālāḥ, sapta bheryaḥ, sapta sūkarāḥ/
[298.028]. āha ca--
[298.029]. tvayā kāntyā jitāstāvadete kinnaradārakāḥ/
[298.030]. saṃdarśitaprabhāvastu divyasambandhamarhasi//43//
[298.031]. atyāyataṃ śaravaṇaṃ kṛtvoddhṛtya śaraṃ kṣaṇāt/
[298.032]. vyuptamanyūnamuccitya punardehi tilāṭakam//44//

[299.001]. [299] saṃdarśaya dhanurvede dṛṭalakṣādikauśalam/
[299.002]. tataḥ kīrtipatākeyaṃ tavāyattā manoharā//45//
[299.003]. sudhanakumāro bodhisattvaḥ/
[299.003]. kuśalāśca bhavanti bodhisattvāsteṣu śilpasthānakarmasthāneṣu/
[299.004]. devatāścaiṣāmautsukyamāpatsyante avighnabhāvāya/
[299.004]. tato bodhisattvo nṛttagītavīṇāpaṇavasughoṣakavallarīmṛdaṅgādinānāvidhena daivatopasaṃhṛtena vāditraviśeṣeṇa samantādāpūryamāṇe'nekaiḥ kinnarasahasraiḥ pativṛtaḥ/
[299.007]. śatakratusamādiṣṭairyakṣaiḥ sūkararūpibhiḥ/
[299.008]. utpāṭite śaravane same vyuptaṃ tilāḍakam//46//
[299.009]. ekīkṛtaṃ samuccitya śakrasṛṣṭaiḥ pipīlakaiḥ/
[299.010]. kumāraḥ kinnarendrāya vismitāya nyavedayat//47//
[299.011]. nīlotpaladalābhenāsinā gṛhītena paśyato drumasya kinnararājasya sauvarṇastambhasamīpaṃ gatvā tān stambhān kadalīcchedena khaṇḍakhaṇḍaṃ chettumārabdhaḥ/
[299.012]. tatastāṃs tilaśo'vakīrya sapta tālān sapta bherīḥ sapta ca sūkarān bāṇena vidhya sumeruvadakampyo'vasthitaḥ/
[299.013]. tato gaganatalasthābhirdevatābhiśca kinnaraśatasahasrairhāhākārakilikilāprakṣveḍoccair nādo muktaḥ, yaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca kinnararājaḥ paraṃ vismayamupagataḥ/
[299.015]. tataḥ kinnarīsahasrasya manoharāsamānarūpasya madhye manoharāṃ sthāpayitvā sudhanaḥ kumāro'bhihitah--ehi kumāra, pratyabhijānāsi manoharāmiti? tataḥ sudhanaḥ kumārastāṃ pratyabhijñāya gāthābhigītenoktavān--
[299.018]. yathā drumasya duhitā mameha tvaṃ manoharā/
[299.019]. śīghrametena satyena padaṃ vraja manohare//48//
[299.020]. tataḥ sā drutapadamabhikrāntā/
[299.020]. kinnarāḥ kathayanti--deva, ayaṃ sudhanaḥ kumāro balavīryaparākramasamanvito manoharāyāḥ pratirūpaḥ/
[299.021]. kimarthaṃ vipralabhya? dīyatāmasya manohareti/
[299.022]. tato drumaḥ kinnararājaḥ kinnaragaṇena saṃvarṇitaḥ sudhanaṃ kinnarābhimetena mahatā satkāreṇa puraskṛtya manoharāṃ divyālaṃkāravibhūṣitāṃ vāmena pāṇinā gṛhītvā dakṣiṇena sauvarṇabhṛṅgāraṃ sudhanaṃ kumāramabhihitah--kumāra, eṣā te manoharā kinnarīpativṛtā bhāryārthāya dattā/
[299.024]. aparicitā mānuṣāḥ, yathaināṃ na parityakṣasīti/
[299.025]. paraṃ tāteti sudhanaḥ kumāro drumasya kinnararājasya pratiśrutya kinnarabhavanastho manoharayā sārdhaṃ niṣpuruṣeṇa tūryeṇa krīḍate ramate paricārayati/
[299.027]. so'pareṇa samayena svadeśamanusmṛtya mātāpitṛviyogajena duḥkhenātyāhato manoharāyā nivedayati--mātāpitṛviyogajaṃ me duḥkhaṃ bādhata iti/
[299.028]. tato manoharayā eṣa vṛttānto vistareṇa pitur niveditaḥ/
[299.029]. sa kathayati--gaccha kumāreṇa sārdham/
[299.029]. apakrāntayā te bhavitavyam/
[299.029]. vipralambhakā manuṣyāḥ/
[299.030]. tato drumeṇa kinnararājena prabhūtaṃ maṇimuktāsuvarṇādīn dattvā anupreṣitaḥ/
[299.030]. sa manoharayā sārdhamuparivihāyasā kinnarakhagapathena saṃprasthitaḥ/
[299.031]. anupūrveṇa hastināpuranagaramanuprāptah[300] /

[300.001]. tato hastināpuraṃ nagaraṃ nānāmanohareṇa surabhinā gandhaviśeṣeṇa sarvā digāmoditam/
[300.002]. śrutvā dhanena rājñā ānandabheryastāḍitāḥ, sarvaṃ ca tannagaramapagatapāṣāṇaśarkarakaṭhallaṃ kāritam/
[300.003]. candanavāriṣiktamāmuktapaṭṭadāmakalāpasamucchritadhvajapatākaṃ surabhidhūpaghaṭikopanibaddhaṃ nānāpuṣpāvakīrṇaramaṇīyam/
[300.004]. tataḥ kumāro'nekanaravarasahasraparivṛto manoharayā sārdhaṃ hastināpuraṃ nagaraṃ praviṣṭaḥ/
[300.005]. tato mārgaśramaṃ prativinodya vividhāni ratnānyādāya pituḥ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[300.006]. pitrā kaṇṭhe pariṣvaktaḥ/
[300.006]. pārśve rājāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ/
[300.006]. kinnaranagaragamanāgamanaṃ ca vistareṇa samākhyātam/
[300.007]. tato dhanena rājñā atibalavīryaparākrama iti viditvā rājyābhiṣekeṇābhiṣiktaḥ/
[300.008]. sudhanaḥ kumāraḥ saṃlakṣayati--yanmama manoharayā sārdhaṃ samāgamaḥ saṃvṛtto rājyābhiṣekaścānuprāptaḥ, tatpūrvakṛtahetuviśeṣāt/
[300.009]. yannvahamidānīṃ dānāni dadyām, puṇyāni kuryāmiti/
[300.010]. tena hastināpure nagare dvādaśa varṣāṇi nirgaṭo yajña iṣṭaḥ//
[300.011]. syātkhalu te mahārāja anyaḥ sa tena kālena samayena sudhanaḥ kumāro veti? na khalvevaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[300.012]. api tvahameva tena kālena tena samayena bodhisattvacaryāyāṃ vartamānaḥ sudhano nāma rājā babhūva/
[300.013]. yanmayā manoharānimittaṃ balavīryaparākramo darśitaḥ, dvādaśa varṣāṇi nirargaṭo yajña iṣṭaḥ, na tena mayā anuttarā samyaksambodhiradhigatā, kiṃ tu taddānaṃ tacca vīryamanuttarāyāḥ samyaksamboderhetumātrakaṃ pratyayamātrakaṃ saṃbhāramātrakam//
[300.016]. ityavocadbhagavān/
[300.016]. āttamanasaste ca sarve lokā bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan//

[300.017]. iti sudhanakumārāvadānaṃ samāptam//