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21 karuṇāvargaḥ

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atha tṛtīyam udānam

(karuṇā-dāna-śīlāni kṣāntirvīryamathāpi ca |

dhyānaṃ prajñā'tha nirvāṇo mano bhikṣuśca te daśa || )



(21) karuṇāvargaḥ

karuṇā māteva hitakāriṇī bhavati

kṛpā sarveṣu bhūteṣu māteva hitakāriṇī |

yāṃ samāśritya puruṣāḥ prayānti sukhamuttamam ||1||



dayānveṣīha puruṣaḥ sarvasattvahite rataḥ |

pūjanīyaḥ satāṃ yāti pretya svarge ca modate ||2||



dayāvantaḥ sadāvarta sarvabhūtahite ratam |

tamevaṃ puruṣaṃ nityaṃ praṇamanti divaukasaḥ ||3||



karuṇānvito devalokaṃ gacchati

prayāti devalokaṃ ca śīlavān karuṇānvitaḥ |

kṛpānvitaḥ sa puruṣo candramā iva śobhate ||4||



sukhārthinā karuṇā sevitavyā

āśrayanti ca bhūtāni gataśokā gatavyathā |

tasmād dayāprayatnena sevitavyā sukhārthinā ||5||



kāruṇyena yaśavṛddhirbhavati

yasya vāk kāyacitte (ca) kāruṇyena vibhūṣite |

tasya mitramayā lokā bhavanti yaśasā vṛtāḥ ||6||



kāruṇyārdrasya viduṣo nirvāṇaṃ yāti

kāruṇyārdrasya viduṣo nityaṃ mṛdvindriyasya ca |

samyagdṛṣṭiprayatnasya nirvāṇaṃ nāti dūrataḥ ||7||



kāruṇyavibhūṣitā manuṣyalokaṃ devavad bhūṣayanti

manuṣyaloke te devā ye kāruṇyena vibhūṣitāḥ |

kāruṇyena daridrā ye te daridrāḥ satāṃ matāḥ ||8||



mṛdvāśayā martyāḥ sādhavaḥ

mṛdvāśayā hi ye martyāḥ sādhuvat kāñcanopamāḥ |

kāruṇyamakṣayaṃ yeṣāṃ sadā manasi vartate ||9||



ke dharmaparāyaṇā bhavanti?

te ca sattvāḥ sadodyuktā nityaṃ dharmaparāyaṇāḥ |

yeṣāṃ kāruṇyadīpena hṛdayaṃ samprakāśitam ||10||



na rātrau na divā teṣāṃ dharmo hi vinivartate |

yeṣāṃ sarvāsvavasthāsu karuṇābhirataṃ matam ||11||



kāruṇyaṃ śītalaṃ cittam

kāruṇyaśītalaṃ cittaṃ sarvasattvahite ratam |

bhuktvā saukhyaṃ nirupamaṃ paścād gacchati nirvṛtim ||12||



kāruṇyamavināśi dhanam

kāruṇyaṃ munibhiḥ śastaṃ kāruṇyaṃ nirmalaṃ saraḥ |

kāruṇyaṃ doṣanirghāti kāruṇyaṃ dhanamavyayam ||13||



guṇānāṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ cāgraṃ sarvadoṣavighātakam |

kāruṇyārdrā hi paramaṃ prayānti dhanamacyutam ||14||



kāruṇyaṃ (vai) dhanaṃ yasmānmādhuryapayasā yutam |

na dāhaḥ krodhajastasya hṛdaye sampravartate ||15||



kāruṇyanāvamāruhya janā bhavasāgaraṃ taranti

kāruṇyanāvamāruhya prītirdhairyaparāyaṇaḥ |

tridoṣormimahāvege bhrāmyate bhavasāgare ||16||



karuṇāyāḥ paribhāṣā

guṇānāmadvayaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vinā cittena bhūṣaṇam |

sādhūnāṃ dayitaṃ nityaṃ kāruṇyamiti kathyate ||17||



mārdavaṃ yasya hṛdaye vilīnamiva kāñcanam |

sa jano hi tu kalpānte duḥkhādāśu vimucyate ||18||



dayāloḥ śreyāṃsi rohanti

yasya pātrīkṛtaṃ cittaṃ mārdaveṇa samantataḥ |

śreyāṃsi tasya rohanti kedāra iva śālayaḥ ||19||



cetogṛhe nidhānaṃ tadavyayaṃ (sarva) dehinaḥ |

nirvāsayati dāridrayaṃ nṛṇāmadhyāśayaṃ mahat ||20||



tīkṣṇendriyasyāśāntasya nidhyānasya vicāriṇaḥ |

viṣayeṣu pramattasya duḥkhaṃ naiva pradhāvati ||21||



maitreṇa cetasā nityamanukampā-dayā parāḥ |

te hetuphalatattvajñā duḥkhapāśād vinirgatāḥ ||22||



na saṅkalpe mano yeṣāṃ ramate doṣavarjitam |

te doṣabhayanirmuktāḥ padaṃ gacchantyanuttaram ||23||



kṣāntikriyāsamāyukte mitravānakutobhayaḥ |

priyo bhavati loke'smin paścād deveṣu modate ||24||



dayāratnaṃ sadā sevyam

mātṛvat pitṛvaccaiva sarvalokasya te janāḥ |

dayāratnaṃ sadā yeṣāṃ manasi sthitamuttamam ||25||



kṛpaiva sukhasya mūlamasti

sukhasya ca paraṃ mūlaṃ kṛpaiva parikīrtitā |

(hṛdi ) yasya kṛpā nāsti sa duḥkhī parikīrtyate ||26||



maitrī eva sukhāvahā

ekasatyottaraṃ brahma ekasyānuttaraṃ śivam |

ekavidyā paraṃ mātā maitrī caikā sukhāvahā ||27||



ahiṃsakā eva dhanyāḥ

ahiṃsakāḥ sadā dhanyāḥ saddṛṣṭiḥ paramā śubhā |

etad ṛju sadā satyaṃ pāpānāṃ cāpi varjanam ||28||



karuṇāyā māhātmyam

karttavyaḥ puruṣaistasmāt kṛpāsaṃvegamānasaiḥ |

dāna-śīla-kṣamā-maitrī-jñānābhyāsaśca nirmalaḥ ||29||



||iti karuṇāvarga ekaviṃśaḥ ||