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23) śīlavargaḥ



śīlaṃ sūrya iva śobhate

dhanānāmuttamaṃ śīlaṃ sūryo jyotiṣmatāmiva |

vihāya gacchati dhanaṃ śīlaṃ sthitamivāgrataḥ ||1||



śīlena tridaśān yāti dhyānagocarameva vā |

nāsti śīlasamaṃ jyotirasmiṃlloke paratra ca ||2||



alpena hetunā svarga prāpnoti svargakāmikaḥ |

tasmād duścaritaṃ hitvā nityaṃ sucarito bhavet ||3||



cetanābhāvitaṃ dānaṃ śīlaṃ ca parirakṣitam |

nīyate devasandattaṃ pañcakāmaguṇānvitam ||4||



surakṣitena śīlenaiva sukhaṃ prāptuṃ śakyate

na mātā na pitā nārthā dayitā nāpi bāndhavāḥ |

na sukhā (ste) tathā dṛṣṭā yathā śīlaṃ surakṣitam ||5||



śīlavān puruṣo sukhamavāpnute

śīlaṃ trāṇamihāmutra śīlaṃ gatirihottamam |

śīlavān puruṣo nityaṃ sukhāt sukhamavāpnute ||6||



dānaśīlasamācārā ye narā śubhacāriṇaḥ |

te yānti devasadanaṃ racitāḥ svena karmaṇā ||7||



nidhānamavyayaṃ śīlaṃ śīlasaukhyamatarkitam |

śīlādhikā hi puruṣā nityaṃ sukhavihāriṇaḥ ||8||



śīlaṃ rakṣatu medhāvī yathā yānaṃ sukhatrayam |

praśaṃsāvṛttalābhaṃ ca pretya svarge ca modate ||9||



śīlavān nirvāṇaṃ prāpnoti

śīlavān yo hi puruṣaḥ śīlamevāti sevate |

sasukho nirvṛttiṃ yāti yatra mṛtyurna vidyate ||10||



anādimati saṃsāre tṛṣṇāmohādibhirvṛte |

jyotirbhūta sadāśīlaṃ tasmācchīlamanāvilam ||11||



śīlaṃ dhanamasaṃhārya rājacaurodakādibhiḥ |

tasmācchīlaṃ sadā sevyaṃ dauḥśīlyaṃ ca vigarhitam ||12||



śīlābhiratapuruṣaḥ nirvāṇaṃ hyantike sthitam |

śīlavān puruṣo dhanyaḥ śīlavāṃścāpi sevyate ||13||



ravivad bhrājate śīlaṃ dauḥśīlyaṃ caiva garhitam |

nirmalaṃ vītakāntāraṃ nirjvaraṃ vītakāṅkṣi ca ||14||



śīlapraśastasambuddhairnirvāṇapuragāmikam |

āyuryāti dhruvaṃ dhīmān nityaṃ śīlenaṃ vṛṃhitam ||15||



śīlarahitāḥ paśubhiḥ samāḥ

na bibhenmṛtyukāle ca śīlena parirakṣitaḥ |

śīlamādyantakalyāṇaṃ sarvasaukhyapravartakam |

śīlavān puruṣo dhanyo dauḥśīlyābhirataḥ paśuḥ ||16||



tīraṃ naiva samāyānti puruṣāḥ śīlavarjitāḥ |

kāryākārya na vindanti tasmācchīlaṃ samācaret ||17||



śīlavastreṇa ye channāste channāḥ puruṣā matāḥ |

śīlena varjitā ye tu nagnāste paśubhiḥ samāḥ ||18||



śīlavān puruṣaḥ svarga gacchati

śīlavān puruṣaḥ svagamudyānamiva gacchati |

bandhuvanmanyate tatra śīlavān (su) pramāgataḥ ||19||



śuciśīlasamācārāḥ śubhadharmasamanvitāḥ |

devalokopagāsteṣu janāḥ sukṛtakāriṇaḥ ||20||



śīlena paribṛṃhitā guṇā vardhante

yo na prārthayate kāmān śīlavān puruṣaḥ sadā |

guṇāstasya pravardhante śīlena paribṛṃhitāḥ ||21||



śīlaṃ svargasya sopānam

mahārghamuttamaṃ śīlamasmiṃlloke paratra ca |

tasmāt prahāya traiguṇyaṃ śīlameva sadā caret ||22||



devebhyo rocate taddhi trāṇaṃ śīlaṃ śubhānvitam |

bhāvitaṃ paramaṃ dhanyaṃ paralokopagāmikam ||23||



śīlavān yadi jānīyāt phalaṃ śīlasya yādṛśam ||24||



śastraṃ sutīkṣṇamādāya vāṇaṃ chindyādihātmanaḥ |

astropamasya nindyasya abhisaukhyasamanvitam ||25||



śīlasya phalaṃ sugatena pradarśitam

phalaṃ śīlasya vimalaṃ sugatena pradarśitam |

ādau śastaṃ tathā madhye nidhane śastameva tat ||26||



phalaṃ śīlasya vipulaṃ sukhāt sukhamuttamam |

śīlacaryā paraṃ saukhyaṃ dhanacaryā na tādṛśī ||27||



narā dhanena hīyante śīlena na kathañcana |

śocate puruṣastena pṛthak vā tadvirājate ||28||



śubhaṃ tasmānmunivaraiḥ praśastaṃ sārvagāmikam |

udyānamiva gacchanti puruṣāḥ śubhacāriṇaḥ |

devalokasamaṃ teṣāṃ saukhyānāmākaraṃ (param) ||29||



svargagamanārtha śīlaṃ samācaret

suśīlitasya śīlasya bhakṣitasyāpyanekaśaḥ |

phalaṃ vipacyate svargastasmācchīlaṃ samācaret ||30||



śīlaṃ svargasya sopānamākaraṃ sukhanirvṛte |

śīlavarjī hi puruṣo na kvacit sukhamedhate ||31||



śīlavān asaṃkhyāni saukhyāni labhate

śīlāmbhasā prasannena viprakīrṇena sarvadā |

snātvā gacchanti puruṣā devaloke ca nirvṛte |

yaddivyamālyābharaṇairdivyaiḥ saukhyaiḥ samanvitāḥ ||32||



ramate devabhavane tat sarva śubhahetukam |

asaṃkhyāni ca saukhyāni vardhamānāni sarvadā ||33||



labhate puruṣaḥ sarva yaḥ śīlamanuvartate |

śubhacārī sadā satyaḥ pūjyate so'parājitaḥ ||34||



anekasaukhyadāyakaṃ śīlamācaraṇīyam

śubhena śobhate martyaḥ pūjyate rājabhiḥ sadā |

śubhena śobhate martyastasmācchīlaṃ samācaret ||35||



anekasaukhyajanakaṃ sarvamāśvāsakārakam |

śīlaṃ sucaritaṃ kārya duṣkṛtaṃ ca vivarjayet ||36||



ye dānaśīlakarttāraḥ svargatadgatamānasāḥ |

teṣāṃ sakalmaṣaṃ śīlaṃ viṣamiśraṃ yathaudanam ||37||



nānāvidhasya śīlasya rakṣitasyāpyanekaśaḥ |

śubhakāryavipākāya deveṣu paripacyate ||38||



śīlāmbhasā prasanneṣu saṅkīrṇeṣu ca sarvadā |

snātvā gacchanti manujā devāṃścātyantikaṃ sukham ||39||



dānaśīlāḥ sadā dāntāḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ |

jñānayuktā maitracitā gatāste devasammitim ||40||



hatadoṣāḥ kriyāvantaḥ śīlaratnena bhūṣitāḥ |

sarvasattvadayāvantaḥ suralokeṣu te budhāḥ ||41||



viśuddhakāñcanaprakhyā nirdhmātamalakalmaṣāḥ |

samyak karma susaṃlagnā devalokeṣu te budhāḥ ||42||



sarvasattvadayāvantaḥ sarvasattvahitaiṣiṇaḥ |

sarvapāpaviraktā ye teṣāṃ vāsaḥ surālaye ||43||



ahanyahani ye śīlaṃ rakṣanti suparīkṣakāḥ |

ahanyahani teṣāṃ hi sukhaṃ bhavati naikaśaḥ ||44||



śīlavājinamārūḍhā devabhavanaṃ prayānti

śīlavājinamārūḍhāḥ puruṣāstattvacintakāḥ |

prayānti devabhavanaṃ krīḍāyuktamanekaśaḥ ||45||



yā krīḍā devabhavane yacca saukhyamanuttamam |

tat samagrasya śīlasya phalamuktaṃ tathāgataiḥ ||46||



devasukhaṃ śīlajameva

yaddivyamālyābharaṇā divyāmbaravibhūṣitāḥ |

krīḍanti vibudhāḥ sarve tatsarva śubhahetukam ||47||



padmotpalavane ramye vanopavanabhūṣite |

svarge ramanti ye devāstat sarva śubhajaṃ phalam ||48||



yadākāśa ivātasthurdivyaratnavibhūṣitāḥ |

virājante'malā devāstacchīlasya mahat phalam ||49||



yatkānaneṣu ramyeṣu citreṣu puṣpiteṣu ca |

ramanti giripṛṣṭheṣu surāstacchīlajaṃ phalam ||50||



svagṛhaṃ hi yathā martyāḥ praviśanti gatavyathāḥ |

tathā śīlasamācārāḥ prayānti tridivaṃ narāḥ ||51||



etat sujīvitaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ yacchīlaparirakṣaṇam |

maraṇānāṃ paraṃ mṛtyuḥ yacchīlaparivarjanam ||52||



śīlamanupamaṃ kāryam

etān guṇān sadā matvā priyatvamapi cātmanaḥ |

śīlaṃ surakṣitaṃ kārya dauḥśīlyaṃ ca vivarjayet ||53||



śīlacārī sadā dāntaḥ kṣamāvāṃśca sudarśanaḥ |

sopānamiva cārūḍhaṃ prayātyānandasannidhim ||54||



śīlena plavabhūtena saṃsārottaraṇam

phalaṃ śīlasya tu sukhaṃ devalokeṣu pacyate |

śīlena plavabhūtena saṃsārāduttaranti ca ||55||



śīlāmbhasā viśuddhā ye svāyattā dhīracetasaḥ |

jāmbūnadamayaiḥ puṣpaiste'trārcanti divaukasaḥ ||56||



ye navādātamanaso nityaṃ śīlena bhūṣitāḥ |

te yānti devasadanaṃ yatra saukhyamanantakam ||57||



saukhyāt saukhyataraṃ yānti narāḥ sukṛtakāriṇaḥ |

krīḍanti devasadane śīlena paribṛṃhitāḥ ||58||



śīlasopānamārūḍhāḥ sugatiṃ prayānti

śīlasopānamāruhya jñānena paribṛṃhitāḥ |

narāḥ prayānti sugatiṃ jñānena ca parāyaṇā ||59||



suprasannena manasāśīlaṃ yadabhirakṣitam |

tasya śīlasya śītasva sukhametadupasthitam ||60||



śīlasya pariṇāmo sukhadāyakaḥ

surakṣitasya śīlasya bhāvitasyāpyanekaśaḥ |

pariṇāme sukhībhūtvā nirvāṇaṃ cādhigacchati ||61||



śīlaṃ rakṣatyupāyena śīlaṃ nayati saṅgatim |

tasmācchīlaṃ sadā rakṣyaṃ pariṇāmo'sya śītalaḥ ||62||



mṛtyukāle samutpanne śīlavānakutobhayaḥ |

na me durgatinā trāṇaṃ śīlaṃ hi trāṇamuttamam ||63||



kutsitaśīlasya kutsitaḥ pariṇāmaḥ

kācābhrapaṭalaṃ yasya śīlaṃ bhavati kutsitam |

sa kutsitena śīlena kutsito jāyate naraḥ ||64||



śīlavirahitaḥ mūḍho bhavati svargamapi na yāti

śīlamūlena labdhvedaṃ sukhaṃ svargeṣu dehibhiḥ |

tṛṣṇākṣayo na bhavati sa paścāt paritapyate ||65||



tasmācchīlavatā nityaṃ śīlameva viśiṣyate |

niḥśīlaḥ puruṣo mūḍho na svargamadhirohati ||66||



pañcakāmopamaṃ divyaṃ yadidaṃ bhujyate sukham |

tacchīlasya viśuddhasya prāpyate hi phalaṃ mahat ||67||



yattejaḥ kāñcanasyāsya meruparvataśālinaḥ |

tacchīlatejasastejaḥ kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm ||68||



dīpyamānaiḥ sadā śīlaiḥ nirdhātukanakatviṣā |

saṃyuktāstridivaṃ yānti paṇḍitā svena karmaṇā ||69||



trividhaśīlasya trividhaṃ phalam

hīnamadhyaviśiṣṭasya śīlasya trividhasya vai |

phalaṃ hi trividhaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ hīnamadhyottamaṃ tathā ||70||



pramādarahitaṃ śīlamapramādopabṛṃhitam |

nityaṃ tat sukhadaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ dharmateyaṃ vyavasthitā ||71||



śīlaprabhayā sūryasahastrasyādi parābhavaḥ

śīlodbhavā yā vimalā prabhā bhavati dehinām |

na sā sūryasahastrasya saṃyuktasya bhaviṣyati ||72||



śīlaṃ saptavidhaṃ ramyaṃ yo rakṣati narottamaḥ |

sa kāmaṃ bhuñjati phalaṃ sugatena ca deśitam ||73||



śīlacaryā vinā svarga na yānti

śīlacaryā samāśritya samyagdarśanatatparaḥ |

martyalokād divaṃ yānti na kaṣṭaṃ tapacāriṇaḥ ||74||



yacchīlaṃ śīlasaṃsparśa pariṇāme'pi śītalam |

niṣevate sadāmūḍhaḥ sa paścāt paritapyate ||75||



saptavidhena śīlena devasānnidhyaṃ prāpyate

śīlaṃ saptavidhaṃ dhanyamavisaṃvādakaṃ padam |

śīlena rakṣitaḥ puruṣo devānāmantikaṃ gataḥ ||76||



śīlena śobhanaṃ phalaṃ milati

yathā pakṣairdṛḍhaiḥ pakṣī svedacchatraṃ nihanti (vai) |

tathā naro dṛḍhaḥ śīlairdevalokāya kalpyate ||77||



śrutimātraṃ ca (tacchīlaṃ) ramyād ramyataraṃ ca tat |

labhate puruṣaḥ kartā phalaṃ śīlasya śobhanam ||78||



dāna-śīla-taporatnaṃ hṛdayaiśca samāśritam |

devatā vā manuṣyo vā labhate paramaṃ padam ||79||



antarbahiśca niḥsārāḥ puruṣā dharmavarjitāḥ |

saṃsārāt phalakāṅkṣibhyaḥ saddharmo na (ca) rocate ||80||



antarbahiśca ye sārāste narā vastuto dṛḍhāḥ |

ye dharmacāriṇaḥ śāntāḥ parasattvahitaiṣiṇaḥ ||81||



anuttaraḥ śīlavatāṃ sugandhaḥ

na ketakī campaka-puṣpagandhā,

tamālake nāgarucaśca gandhaḥ |

prayānti gandhā hiṃ yathā sureṇa,

anuttaraḥ śīlavatāṃ sugandhaḥ ||82||



dauḥśīlyaṃ sadā varjyam

tasmācchīlaṃ sadā kārya dānajñānatapodhanaiḥ |

dauḥśīlyaṃ ca sadā varjyaviṣaśastrānalopanam ||83||



śīlena eva sukhamavāpnute

evaṃ surakṣitaṃ śīlaṃ narān nayati saṅgatim |

na hi śīlādṛte kaścit padaṃ sukhamavāpnute ||84||



devaguṇasadṛśaṃ śīlaṃ sadā''caret

tasmād devaguṇaṃ matvā śīlameva sadā''caret |

na śīlasadṛśaṃ kiñcidanyat trāṇamihāsti vai ||85||



||iti śīlavargastrayoviṃśaḥ ||