Mahavastu [sanskrit verse and prose]
177,961 words | ISBN-10: 8120804813 | ISBN-13: 9788120804814
The Sanskrit edition of the Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition includes the verses as well as the prose sections. Original title: Mahāvastu-avādana (महावस्तु-अवादन), Mahāvastvavādana (महावस्त्ववादन, mahavastvavadana).
Section 3.93
adhivāsanāṃ viditvā tuṣṭā āttamanā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavantaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tatraivāntarahāyensuḥ // bhagavatā dāni jātibhūmiya abhimukhaṃ āsanaṃ prajñāpayitaṃ // āyuṣmāṃ dāni udāyī bhagavato nimittajño / tasya etad abhūṣi // yathā bhagavatā kapilavastu-abhimukhaṃ āsanaṃ prajñāpayitaṃ jñātīṃ bhagavāṃ anukampitukāmo // so bhagavantaṃ yācati //
idaṃ avikṣiptamanā śṛṇotha
yathā jinaṃ apratimaṃ aneyaṃ /
nipātya jānū śirasāpi vandya
kālodāyī yācati aprameyaṃ //
aṃgāriṇo dāni (drumā) bhadanta
phalesino . . . . . . /
te arcimanto va prabhāsayanti
samayo mahāvīra bhagī rasānāṃ //
vanāni phullāni manoramāṇi
samantato sarvadiśā pravānti /
puṣpaṃ tyajitvā phalam ādiyante
samayo ito prakramituṃ te śāstu //
na cātiśītaṃ na ca ati-uṣṇaṃ
ṛtusukhaṃ adhvani te bhaveya /
paśyantu te koliyā śakiyā ca
mukhaṃ rohiṇīm iva tārakāṇi //
idaṃ avikṣiptamanā śṛṇotha
yathā jinaṃ apratimaṃ aneyaṃ /
nipātya jānū śirasāpi vandya
kālodāyī yācati aprameyaṃ //
aṃgāriṇo dāni (drumā) bhadanta
phalesino . . . . . . /
te arcimanto va prabhāsayanti
samayo mahāvīra bhagī rasānāṃ //
vanāni phullāni manoramāṇi
samantato sarvadiśā pravānti /
puṣpaṃ tyajitvā phalam ādiyante
samayo ito prakramituṃ te śāstu //
na cātiśītaṃ na ca ati-uṣṇaṃ
ṛtusukhaṃ adhvani te bhaveya /
paśyantu te koliyā śakiyā ca
mukhaṃ rohiṇīm iva tārakāṇi //