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 1.66
nirvṛtā ca . . . sā samakālaṃ
prāpya vāripariṣekam ivolkā //
saṃśayaṃ vimatimadhyam upetya
mallā divyanayanaṃ aniruddhaṃ /
gauravā nataśirā suvinītā
praśnam* . . . idaṃ paripṛcche //
ko nu hetur iha pratyayo ca ko
yen'; imā jinasutā upanītā /
nirvṛtiṃ upagatā sahasolkā
brūhi kāraṇam ihārya yathāvat* //
devatā khalu prasannā kāśyape
tasya eṣa khalu ṛddhibhāvanā /
naiva tāva jvalano jvaliṣyati
yāva nāgato agrapāragaḥ //
tasya caiṣa praṇidhiḥ samṛdhyati
kāśyapasya dhutadharmadhāriṇaḥ /
tau kramau daśabalasya śrīmataḥ
vandituṃ hi śirasā mahāmune //
so ca bhikṣugaṇasaṃpuraskṛtaḥ
kāśyapo dhutarajo jinātmajaḥ /
prāṃjalī jinacitām upāgato
gauravā praṇataśīrṣamānasaḥ //
prāpya vāripariṣekam ivolkā //
saṃśayaṃ vimatimadhyam upetya
mallā divyanayanaṃ aniruddhaṃ /
gauravā nataśirā suvinītā
praśnam* . . . idaṃ paripṛcche //
ko nu hetur iha pratyayo ca ko
yen'; imā jinasutā upanītā /
nirvṛtiṃ upagatā sahasolkā
brūhi kāraṇam ihārya yathāvat* //
devatā khalu prasannā kāśyape
tasya eṣa khalu ṛddhibhāvanā /
naiva tāva jvalano jvaliṣyati
yāva nāgato agrapāragaḥ //
tasya caiṣa praṇidhiḥ samṛdhyati
kāśyapasya dhutadharmadhāriṇaḥ /
tau kramau daśabalasya śrīmataḥ
vandituṃ hi śirasā mahāmune //
so ca bhikṣugaṇasaṃpuraskṛtaḥ
kāśyapo dhutarajo jinātmajaḥ /
prāṃjalī jinacitām upāgato
gauravā praṇataśīrṣamānasaḥ //