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17 pretavargaḥ

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17) pretavargaḥ



adānasya kutaḥ sukham?

adāntasya kutaḥ śāntiranuptasya kutaḥ phalam?

adīpikā prabhā nāsti adānasya kutaḥ sukham ||1||



hṛcchāntirhi tathā nāsti nayanārthasya dehinaḥ |

dānena virahāt tadvat sukhaṃ pretairna labhyate ||2||



kukarmī pretalokaṃ gacchati

yaṃ pretya pretalokasya triloke ca yathā'dhamāḥ |

bhrameṇa paramodvignāstanmātsaryakṛtaṃ phalam ||3||



na dātrā labhyate kiñcit kṛtanāśo na vidyate |

svakarmaphalabhoktāraḥ prāṇinaḥ karmabhoginaḥ ||4||



tava yatkukṛtaṃ dagdhāḥ pretyalokeṣvavasthitāḥ |

kṣutpipāsāmayeneha vahninā paridīpitāḥ ||5||



kadā tu viṣayo'smākaṃ bhaviṣyati sukhodayaḥ |

paridāhāt kadā cāsmāt parimokṣo bhaviṣyati ||6||



mārgāmārgavihīno duḥkhita eva jīvati

mārgāmārgavivikto'haṃ na jñātaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam |

kṣutpipāsāmayo vahnirajñātaḥ prakaṭodayaḥ ||7||



kleśāndhakāravadanā nirāśāstyaktajīvikāḥ |

tvaksnāyujālabaddhāḥ sma jīvāmo bata duḥkhitāḥ ||8||



na trātā sarvato'smākaṃ hanta kṛcchragatā vayam |

utpanneṣu manuṣyeṣu khaṇḍitāḥ svena karmaṇā ||9||



kasmānna carito dharmo ratnadīpeṣu sañcitaḥ |

yaḥ karoti śubhaṃ nityamaśubhaṃ na ca sarvadā ||10||



samadṛṣṭipathenaiti svargasopānamāśritaḥ |

yeṣāmarthe kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ kleśayan mānasaṃ bahu ||11||



anena te gatāḥ sarve bhavānāṃ trāsane sthitaḥ |

baddho'si bandhanaistīvrairyamadattairadhiṣṭhitaḥ ||12||



pāparajjvā''kṛṣyamāṇaḥ svakṛtaṃ bhunakti

prāpto'si tamaso ghoraṃ yamalokaṃ durāsadam |

ihopabhokṣyase karma yattvayā kukṛtaṃ kṛtam ||13||



svakṛtaṃ bhujyate bāla! pareṣāṃ naiva bhujyate |

ākṛṣyamāṇa eṣo'tra pāparajjvā sughorayā ||14||



analaḥ pretalokasya kṣutpipāsāmayo mahān

nāgniśastraviṣāṇāṃ hi nipātastādṛśaḥ kaṭuḥ ||15||



kṣutpipāsāmayāgneśca nipāto yādṛśaḥ (kaṭuḥ) |

na kṣaṇo nāpi hi lavo na muhūrto na śarvarī ||16||



duḥkhānvitā vayam

yatra saukhyaṃ bhavenmṛtyurnityaṃ duḥkhāvṛtā vayam |

duḥkhād duḥkhataraṃ prāpto duḥkhaheturniṣevitaḥ ||17||



duḥkhāt kadācinmokṣaḥ syād bhaviṣyati sukhodayaḥ |

notsave dṛśyate toyaṃ taḍāgeṣu ca śuṣyati ||18||



karmaphalasvarūpanirūpaṇam

sarito nāśamāyāsuḥ kathaṃ dhāvāmahe cayam |

te vayaṃ śuṣkasalilāḥ saśailavanakānanāḥ ||19||



paridhāvāmahe bhūmau nityaṃ salilakāṃkṣiṇaḥ |

te vayaṃ dagdhatanavaḥ kṣutpipāsāhatā narāḥ ||20||



śaraṇaṃ nādhigacchāmaḥ kaṣṭaṃ vyasanamāgatāḥ |

vajradaṃṣṭrairmahātīkṣṇaiḥ kākolūkaiśca sammataḥ ||21||



abhidruto na paśyāmi śaraṇaṃ saukhyadāyakam |

pratibimbamidaṃ tasya karmaṇaḥ samupasthitam ||22||



kṛtaṃ karma yathā'smābhistathedaṃ phalamāgatam |

karmavāyuragā baddhāḥ karmasūtreṇa pācitāḥ ||23||



karmakṣayādṛte na muktiḥ

palāyanaṃ na paśyāma ṛte karmakṣayāditi |

yasya pāpānyaniṣṭāni vahnivat tāni paśyati ||24||



kīdṛśaṃ pretabhavanam?

sa naiti pretabhavanaṃ kṣutpipāsānalāvṛtam |

muhurmuhuḥ pravardhante vedanā narakodbhavāḥ ||25||



jvālāmālākulasyaiva śailasya sadṛśā vayam |

jvalitaḥ śāmyate śailaḥ salilenaiva sarvathā ||26||



sa samudropamo vahnirammākaṃ naiva śāmyati |

kasmin kṣaṇe samudbhūtastṛṣṇāvāyusahāyavān ||27||



karmāgnirnirdahatyasmān parivāryasamantataḥ |

te vayaṃ pāpakarmāṇaḥ śukladharmavivarjitāḥ ||28||



pretalokamimaṃ prāptāḥ svargasya phalamohitāḥ |

kṣutpipāsāmayo vahnirdvitīyaścāgnisambhavaḥ ||29||



kukarmaṇaiva mudgarāśimayā janāḥ pretabhavanaṃ gacchanti

mudgarāśimayā(dārāḥ) na putrāḥ na ca bāndhavāḥ |

vañcito'smi svacittena karmaṇā parivañcitā ||30||



prāpto'smi pretabhavanaṃ mitrajñātinirākṛtaḥ |

na dārāḥ nāpi mitrāṇi na putrāḥ nāpi bāndhavāḥ ||31||



kukṛtaphalanirūpaṇam

trāyate karmapāśena nīyamānaṃ balīyasā |

nānyastrātā yathā karma trividhaṃ bhujyate mayā ||32||



dānaṃ śīlaṃ śrutaṃ cāpi trividhaṃ parikīrtitam |

mohajālavṛteneha yanmayā kukṛtaṃ kṛtam ||33||



śubhakarmaṇaiva pretalokāt muktirbhavati

karmaṇo hetubhūtasya yatkṛtaṃ phalamāgatam |

yadi mucyāmahe pāpāt pretalokād durāsadāt ||34||



aśubhāni kukarmāṇi vivarjayet

na bhūyaḥ pāpakaṃ karma kariṣyāmi kathañcana |

uṣṇānyuṣṇavipākāni mahāpīḍākarāṇi ca |

kukarmāṇyaśubhānīha tasmāttāni vivarjayet ||35||



||iti pretavargaḥ saptadaśaḥ ||