Chapter 16

cittadaurātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma sargaḥ |
ṣoḍaśaḥ sargaḥ |
rāmaḥ |
hārdāndhakāraśarvaryā tṛṣṇayeha durantayā |
caranti cetanākāśe doṣakauśikapaṅktayaḥ || 1 ||
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antardāhapradāyinyā samūḍharasamārdavaḥ |
paṅka ādityadīptyeva śoṣaṃ nīto'smi cintayā || 2 ||
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mama cittamahāraṇye vyāmohatimirākule |
śūnye tāṇḍavinī mattā bhṛśamāśāpiśācikā || 3 ||
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rajoracitanīhārā kāñcanāvacayojjvalā |
nūnaṃ vikāsamāyāti cintā me'śokamañjarī || 4 ||
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alamantarbhramāyaiṣā tṛṣṇā kavalitāśayā |
āyātā viṣamollāsamūrmirambunidhāviva || 5 ||
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uddāmakallolaravā dehādrau vahatīva me |
taraṅgitatarākārā tarattṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇī || 6 ||
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vegaṃ saṃroddhumudito vātyayeva jarattṛṇam |
nītaḥ kaluṣayā kvāpi dhiyāyaṃ cittacātakaḥ || 7 ||
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yāṃ yāmahamadhītāsthāmāśrayāmi guṇaśriyam |
tāṃ tāṃ kṛntati me tṛṣṇā tantrīmiva kumūṣikā || 8 ||
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payasīva jaratparṇaṃ vāyāviva jarattṛṇam |
nabhasīva śaranmeghaścintācakre bhramāmyaham || 9 ||
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gantumāspadamātmīyamasamarthadhiyo vayam |
cintājāle vimuhyāmo jāle śakunayo yathā || 10 ||
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tṛṣṇābhidhānayā tāta dagdho'smi jvālayā tathā |
yathā dāhopaśamanamāśaṅke nāmṛtairapi || 11 ||
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dūraṃ dūramito gatvā sametya ca punaḥ punaḥ |
bhramatyāśu diganteṣu tṛṣṇonmattaturaṅgamī || 12 ||
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jaḍasaṃsaṅginī tṛṣṇā kṛtordhvādhogamāgamā |
kṣubdhā granthimatī nityamaraghaṭṭograrajjuvat || 13 ||
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antargrathitayā dehe sambhramocchidyamānayā |
rajjvevāśu balīvardastṛṣṇayā vāhyate janaḥ || 14 ||
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putradārakalatrāditṛṣṇayā nityakṛṣṇayā |
khageṣviva kirātyeha jālaṃ lokeṣu racyate || 15 ||
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bhāyayatyapi dhīrehamandhayatyapi sekṣaṇam |
khedayatyapi sānandaṃ tṛṣṇā kṛṣṇeva śarvarī || 16 ||
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kuṭilā komalasparśā viṣavaiṣamyaśaṃsinī |
dahatyapi manākspṛṣṭā tṛṣṇā kṛṣṇeva bhoginī || 17 ||
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bhinatti hṛdayaṃ puṃsāṃ māyāmayavidhāyinī |
daurbhāgyadāyinī dīnā tṛṣṇā kṛṣṇeva rākṣasī || 18 ||
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tandrātantrīgaṇaṃ kośe dadhānā pariveṣṭitam |
nānande rājate brahmaṃstṛṣṇājarjaravallakī || 19 ||
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nityamevātimalinā kaṭukonmādaśālinī |
dīrghā tanvī ghanasnehā tṛṣṇāgahvaravallarī || 20 ||
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anānandakarī śūnyā niṣphalātyarthamunnatā |
amaṅgalakarī krūrā tṛṣṇā kṣīṇeva mañjarī || 21 ||
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anāvarjitacittāpi sarvamevānudhāvati |
na cāpnoti phalaṃ kiñcittṛṣṇā jīrṇeva kāminī || 22 ||
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saṃsāranṛtte mahati nānārasasamākule |
bhuvanābhogaraṅgeṣu tṛṣṇā jaraḍhanartakī || 23 ||
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jarākusumitārūḍhā pātotpātaphalāvaliḥ |
saṃsārajaṅgale dīrghe tṛṣṇāviṣalatā tatā || 24 ||
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yanna śaknoti tatrāpi dhatte tāṇḍavitāṃ gatim |
nṛtyatyānandarahitaṃ tṛṣṇā jīrṇeva nartakī || 25 ||
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bhṛśaṃ sphurati nīhāre śāmyatyāloka āgate |
duḥkhaugheṣu padaṃ dhatte tṛṣṇācapalabarhiṇī || 26 ||
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jaḍakallolabahalā ciraṃ śūnyatarāntarā |
kṣaṇamullāsamāyāti tṛṣṇāprāvṛṭtaraṅgiṇī || 27 ||
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naṣṭamutsṛjya tiṣṭhantaṃ vṛkṣādvṛkṣamivāparam |
puruṣātpuruṣaṃ yāti tṛṣṇā loleva pakṣiṇī || 28 ||
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padaṃ karotyalaṅghye'pi tṛptāpi phalamīhate |
ciraṃ tiṣṭhati naikatra tṛṣṇācapalamarkaṭī || 29 ||
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idaṃ kṛtvedamāyāti sarvamevāsamañjasam |
anārataṃ ca yatate tṛṣṇā ceṣṭeva daivikī || 30 ||
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kṣaṇamāyāti pātālaṃ kṣaṇaṃ yāti nabhastalam |
kṣaṇaṃ bhramati dikkuñje tṛṣṇāhṛtpadmaṣaṭpadī || 31 ||
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sarvasaṃsāradoṣāṇāṃ tṛṣṇaikā dīrghaduḥkhadā |
antaḥpurasthamapi yā yojayatyatisaṅkaṭe || 32 ||
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prayacchati paraṃ jāḍyaṃ paramālokarodhinī |
mohanīhāragahanā tṛṣṇājaladamālikā || 33 ||
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sarveṣāṃ jantujālānāṃ saṃsāravyavahāriṇām |
pariprotamanomālāstṛṣṇā bandhanarajjavaḥ || 34 ||
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vicitravarṇā viguṇā dīrghā malinasaṃsthitiḥ |
śūnyā śūnyāspadā tṛṣṇā śakrakārmukadharmiṇī || 35 ||
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aśanirguṇasasyānāṃ phalitā śaradāpade |
himaṃ sampatsarojinyāstamasāṃ dīrghayāminī || 36 ||
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saṃsāranāṭakanaṭī kāyālayavihaṅgamī |
mānasāraṇyahariṇī smarasaṅgītavallakī || 37 ||
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vyavahārābdhilaharī mohamātaṅgaśṛṅkhalā |
mārganyagrodhasubhagā duḥkhakairavacandrikā || 38 ||
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jarāmaraṇaduḥkhānāmekā ratnasamudgikā |
ādhivyādhivilāsānāṃ nityamattā vilāsinī || 39 ||
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kṣaṇamālokavimalā sāndhakāralavā kṣaṇam |
vyomavīthīsamā tṛṣṇā nīhāragahanā kṣaṇam || 40 ||
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gacchatūpaśamaṃ tṛṣṇā kāryavyāyāmaśāntaye |
tamī ghanatamaḥkṛṣṇā yathā rakṣonivṛttaye || 41 ||
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tāvanmuhyatyayaṃ loko mūko vilulitāśayaḥ |
yāvadevānusandhatte tṛṣṇāviṣaviṣūcikām || 42 ||
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loko'yamakhilaṃ duḥkhaṃ cintayojjhita ujjhati |
cintāviṣūcikāmantraścintātyāgo hi kathyate || 43 ||
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tṛṇapāṣāṇakāṣṭhādi sarvamāmiṣaśaṅkayā |
ādadhānā sphuratyantastṛṣṇā matsyī hrade yathā || 44 ||
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rogārtiraṅgagā tṛṣṇā gambhīramapi mānavam |
uttānatāṃ nayatyāśu sūryāṃśava ivāmbujam || 45 ||
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antaśśūnyā granthimatyo dīrghasvāṅkurakaṇṭakāḥ |
muktāmaṇiśriyo nityaṃ tṛṣṇā veṇulatā iva || 46 ||
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aho bata mahaccitraṃ tṛṣṇāmapi mahādhiyaḥ |
duśchedyāmapi kṛntanti vivekenāmalāsinā || 47 ||
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nāsidhārā na vajrāgnirna taptāyaḥkaṇārciṣaḥ |
tathā tīkṣṇā yathā brahmaṃstṛṣṇeyaṃ hṛdi saṃsthitā || 48 ||
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kajjalāsitatīkṣṇāgrāḥ snehadīrghadaśāparāḥ |
prakāśā dāhadasparśāstṛṣṇā dīpaśikhā iva || 49 ||
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api merūpamaṃ prājñamapi śūramapi sthiram |
tṛṇīkaroti tṛṣṇaikā nimeṣeṇa narottamam || 50 ||
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vistīrṇagahanā bhīmā ghanajālarajomayī |
sāndhakārogranīhārā tṛṣṇā vindhyamahāṭavī || 51 ||
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ekaiva sarvabhuvanāntaralabdhalakṣyā durlakṣatāmupagateva purassthitaiva |
tṛṣṇā sthitā jagati cañcalavīcimāle kṣīrārṇavāmbupaṭale madhureva śaktiḥ || 52 ||
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