6. Rururājacariyā

48.

‘‘Punāparaṃ yadā homi, sutattakanakasannibho;

Migarājā rurunāma, paramasīlasamāhito.

49.

‘‘Ramme padese ramaṇīye, vivitte amanussake;

Tattha vāsaṃ upagañchiṃ, gaṅgākūle manorame.

50.

‘‘Atha upari gaṅgāya, dhanikehi paripīḷito;

Puriso gaṅgāya papati, ‘jīvāmi vā marāmi vā’.

51.

‘‘Rattindivaṃ so gaṅgāya, vuyhamāno mahodake;

Ravanto karuṇaṃ ravaṃ, majjhe gaṅgāya gacchati.

52.

‘‘Tassāhaṃ saddaṃ sutvāna, karuṇaṃ paridevato;

Gaṅgāya tīre ṭhatvāna, apucchiṃ ‘kosi tvaṃ naro’.

53.

‘‘So me puṭṭho ca byākāsi, attano karaṇaṃ tadā;

‘Dhanikehi bhīto tasito, pakkhandohaṃ mahānadiṃ’.

54.

‘‘Tassa katvāna kāruññaṃ, cajitvā mama jīvitaṃ;

Pavisitvā nīhariṃ tassa, andhakāramhi rattiyā.

55.

‘‘Assatthakālamaññāya, tassāhaṃ idamabraviṃ;

‘Ekaṃ taṃ varaṃ yācāmi, mā maṃ kassaci pāvada’.

56.

‘‘Nagaraṃ gantvāna ācikkhi, pucchito dhanahetuko;

Rājānaṃ so gahetvāna, upagañchi mamantikaṃ.

57.

‘‘Yāvatā karaṇaṃ sabbaṃ, rañño ārocitaṃ mayā;

Rājā sutvāna vacanaṃ, usuṃ tassa pakappayi;

‘Idheva ghātayissāmi, mittadubbhiṃ ² anāriyaṃ’.

58.

‘‘Tamahaṃ anurakkhanto, nimminiṃ mama attanā;

‘Tiṭṭhateso mahārāja, kāmakāro bhavāmi te’.

59.

‘‘Anurakkhiṃ mama sīlaṃ, nārakkhiṃ mama jīvitaṃ;

Sīlavā hi tadā āsiṃ, bodhiyāyeva kāraṇā’’ti.

Rururājacariyaṃ chaṭṭhaṃ.