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anekadoṣopasṛṣṭamatikaṣṭaṃ madyapānamiti sādhavaḥ paramapyasmādvārayanti prāgevātmānamiti| tadyathānuśrūyate-



bodhisattvaḥ kila karuṇātiśayaparibhāvitamatiḥ parahitasukhopapādanaparaḥ puṇyāṃ pratipadamudbhāvayandānadamasaṃyamādibhiḥ kadācicchakrā devānāmindro babhūva| sa prakarṣiṇāmapi divyānāṃ viṣayasukhānāṃ nikāmalābhī sannapi karuṇāvaśagatvānnaiva lokārthacaryāsamudyogaśithilaṃ manaścakāra|



prāyeṇa lakṣmīmadiropayogājjāgarti naivātmahite'pi lokaḥ|

surendralakṣmyāpi tu nirmado'sāvabhūtparārtheṣvapi jāgarūkaḥ||1||



anekatīvravyasanātureṣu sattveṣu bandhuṣviva jātahārdaḥ|

dhairyātsvabhāvajñatayāśritaśca nāsau visasmāra parārthacaryām||2||



atha kadācitsa mahātmā manuṣyalokamavalokayannanukampāsamāvarjitena maitrasnigdhena svabhāvamahatā cakṣuṣā dadarśa sarvamitraṃ nāma rājānamakalyāṇamitrasaṃparkadoṣāt sapaurajānapadaṃ madyapānaprasaṅgābhimukham| tatra cāsyādoṣadarśitāmavekṣya mahādoṣatāṃ ca madyapānasya sa mahātmā mahatyā karuṇayā samāpīḍyamānahṛdayaścintāmāpede| kaṣṭā bateyamāpadāpatitā lokasya|



pramukhasvādu pānaṃ hi doṣadarśanaviklavān|

śreyaso'paharatyeva ramaṇīyamivāpatham||3||



tatkimatra prāptakālaṃ syāt ? bhavatu dṛṣṭam|



pradhānabhūtasya viceṣṭitāni jano'nukartuṃ niyatasvabhāvaḥ|

ityatra rājaiva cikitsanīyaḥ śubhāśubhaṃ tatprabhavaṃ hi loke||4||



iti viniścitya sa mahāsattvastaptakāñcanavarṇamāparuṣodgrathitajaṭāviṭapadharaṃ valkalājinasaṃvītamojasvi brāhmaṃ vapurabhinirmāya surāpūrṇaṃ ca vāmapārśvasthaṃ nātibṛhantaṃ kumbhaṃ sarvamitrasya rājñaḥ pariṣadi saṃniṣaṇṇasya prastāvopanatāsu pravṛttāsu surāsavaśīdhumaireyamadhukathāsu purato'ntarikṣe prādurabhūt| vismayabahumānāvarjitena ca prāñjalinā tena janenābhyutthāya pratyarcyamānaḥ sajala iva jaladharo gambhīramabhi dannuccairuvāca-



puṣpamālāhasatkaṇṭhamimaṃ bharitamākaṇṭham|

avataṃsakṛtākumbhaṃ kretumicchati kaḥ kumbham||5||



savalayamiva puṣpamālayā pravitatayānilakampalīlayā|

kisalayaracanāsamutkaṭaṃ ghaṭamimamicchati kaḥ krayeṇa vaḥ||6||



athainaṃ sa rājā vismayāvarjitakautūhalaḥ sabahumānamīkṣamāṇaḥ kṛtāñjaliruvāca-



dīptyā navārka iva cārutayā śaśīva

saṃlakṣyase ca vapuṣānyatamo munīnām|

tadvaktumarhasi yathā vidito'si loke

saṃbhāvanā hi guṇatastvayi no vicitrā||7||



śakra uvāca-

paścādapi jñāsyasi yo'hamasmi ghaṭaṃ tvidaṃ kretumito ghaṭasva|

na ced bhayaṃ te paralokaduḥkhādihaiva tīvravyasanāgamādvā||8||



rājovāca-apūrvaḥ khalvayamatrabhavataḥ paśya vikrayārambhaḥ|

guṇasaṃvarṇanaṃ nāma doṣāṇāṃ ca nigūhanam|

prasiddha iti lokasya paṇyānāṃ vikrayakramaḥ||9||



yukto vānṛtabhīrūṇāṃ tvadvidhānāmayaṃ vidhiḥ|

na hi kṛcchre'pi saṃtyaktuṃ satyamicchanti sādhavaḥ||10||



tadācakṣva mahābhāga pūrṇaḥ kasya ghaṭo nvayam|

kiṃ vā vinimaye prāpyamasmattastvādṛśairapi||11||



śakra uvāca-śrūyatāṃ mahārāja !



nāyaṃ toyadavicyutasya payasaḥ pūrṇo na tīrthāmbhasaḥ

kaiñjalkasya sugandhino na madhunaḥ sarpirviśeṣasya vā|

na kṣīrasya vijṛmbhamāṇakumudavyabhrendupādacchaveḥ

pūrṇaḥ pāpamayasya yasya tu ghaṭastasya prabhāvaṃ śṛṇu||12||



yatpītvā madadoṣavihvalatayā svatantraścaran

deśeṣvaprapateṣvapi prapatito mandaprabhāvasmṛtiḥ|

bhakṣyābhakṣyavicāraṇāvirahitastattatsamāsvādayet

tatsaṃpūrṇamimaṃ gataṃ krayapathaṃ krīṇīta kumbhādhamam||13||



anīśaḥ sve citte vicarati yayā saṃhṛtamati-

rdviṣāṃ hāsāyāmaṃ samupajanayangauriva jaḍaḥ|

sadomadhye nṛtyetsvamukhapaṭahenāpi ca yayā

krayārhā seyaṃ vaḥ śubhavirahitā kumbhanihitā||14||



pītvocitāmapi jahāti yayātmalajjāṃ

nirgranthavadvasanasaṃyamakhedamuktaḥ|

dhīraṃ caretpathiṣu paurajanākuleṣu

sā paśyatāmupagatā nihitātra kumbhe||15||



yatpītvā vamathusamudgatānnaliptā

niḥśaṅkaiḥ śvabhiravalihyamānavaktrāḥ|

niḥsaṃjñā nṛpatipathiṣvapi svapanti

prakṣiptaṃ krayasubhagaṃ tadatra kumbhe||16||



upayujya yanmadabalādabalā vinibandhayedapi tarau pitarau|

gaṇayecca sā dhanapatiṃ na patiṃ tadidaṃ ghaṭe vinihitaṃ nihitam||17||



yāṃ pītavanto madaluptasaṃjñā vṛṣṇyandhakā vismṛtabandhubhāvāḥ|

parasparaṃ niṣpipiṣurgadābhirunmādanī sā nihiteha kumbhe||18||



yatra prasaktāni kulāni neśurlakṣmīniketānyuditoditāni|

ucchedanī vittavatāṃ kulānāṃ seyaṃ ghaṭe krayyatayādhirūḍhā||19||



aniyataruditasthitavihasitavā-

gjaḍagurunayano grahavaśaga iva|

paribhavabhavanaṃ bhavati ca niyataṃ

yadupahatamatistadidamiha ghaṭe||20||



pravayaso'pi yadākulacetanāḥ svahitamārgasamāśrayakātarāḥ|

bahu vadantyasamīkṣitaniścayaṃ krayapathena gataṃ tadidaṃ ghaṭe||21||



yasyā doṣātpūrvadevāḥ pramattā lakṣmīmoṣaṃ devarājādavāpya|

trāṇāpekṣāstoyarāśau mamajjustasyāḥ pūrṇaṃ kumbhametaṃ vṛṇīta||22||



brūyādasatyamapi satyamiva pratītaḥ

kuryādakāryamapi kāryamiva prahṛṣṭaḥ|

yasyā guṇena sadasatsadasacca vidyā-

cchāpasya mūrtiriva sā nihiteha kumbhe||23||



unmādavidyāṃ vyasanapratiṣṭhāṃ sākṣādalakṣmīṃ jananīmaghānām|

advaitasiddhāṃ kalipaddhatiṃ tāṃ krīṇīta ghorāṃ manasastamistrām||24||



parimuṣitamatiryayā nihanyādapi pitaraṃ jananīmanāgasaṃ vā|

avigaṇitasukhāyatiryatiṃ vā krayavidhinā nṛpa tāmito gṛhāṇa||25||



evaṃvidhaṃ madyamidaṃ narendra sureti loke prathitaṃ surābha|

na pakṣapāto'sti guṇeṣu yasya sa kretumudyogamidaṃ karotu||26||



niṣevya yadduścaritaprasaktāḥ patanti bhīmānnarakaprapātān|

tiryaggatiṃ pretadaridratāṃ ca ko nāma taddraṣṭumapivyavasyet||27||



laghurapi ca vipāko madyapānasya yaḥ syā-

nmanujagatigatānāṃ śīladṛṣṭīḥ sa hanti|

jvalitadahanaraudre yena bhūyo'pyavīcau

nivasati pitṛloke hīnatiryakṣu caiva||28||



śīlaṃ nimīlayati hanti yaśaḥ prasahya

lajjāṃ nirasyati matiṃ malinīkaroti|

yannāma pītamupahanti guṇāṃśca tāṃstāṃ-

statpātumarhasi kathaṃ nṛpa madyamadya||29||



atha sā rājā taistasya hṛdayagrāhakairhetumadbhirvacobhiravagamitamadyapānadoṣo madyaprasaṅgādapavṛttābhilāṣaḥ śakramityuvāca-



snigdhaḥ pitā vinayabhaktiguṇād gururvā

yadvaktumarhati nayānayavinmunirvā|

tāvattvayā svabhihitaṃ hitakāmyayā me

tatkarmaṇā vidhivadarcayituṃ yatiṣye||30||



idaṃ ca tāvatsubhāṣitapratipūjanamarhati no'trabhavān pratigrahītum|

dadāmi te grāmavarāṃśca pañca dāsīśataṃ pañca gavāṃ śatāni|

sadaśvayuktāṃśca rathāndaśemānhitasya vaktā hi gururmamāsi||31||



yadvā mayānyatkaraṇīyaṃ tatsaṃdeśādarhatyatrabhavānbhūyo'pi māmanugrahītum| śakra uvāca-



artho'sti na grāmavarādinā me surādhipaṃ māmabhigaccha rājan|

saṃpūjanīyastu hitasya vaktā vākpragraheṇa pratipanmayena||32||



ayaṃ hi panthā yaśasaḥ śriyaśca paratra saukhyasya ca tasya tasya|

apāsya tasmānmadirāprasaṅgaṃ dharmāśrayānmadviṣayaṃ bhajasva||33||



ityuktvā śakrastatraivāntardadhe| sa ca rājā sapaurajānapado madyapānādvirarāma|



tadevamanekadoṣopasṛṣṭamatikaṣṭaṃ madyapānamiti sādhavaḥ paramasmādvārayanti prāgevātmānamiti| evaṃ lokahitaḥ pūrvajanmasvapi sa bhagavāniti tathāgatavarṇe'pi vācyam|



iti kumbha-jātakaṃ saptadaśam|