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 1.68
kiṃ tv imau śrutidhara kramau mune
dhyāmatām upagatau na suprabhau /
brūhi kāraṇam aśeṣam āhvaya
yen'; imau na nayanābhinandinau //
etaṃ śrutva śrutasaṃcayaṃdharo
kāśyapaṃ idam uvāca paṇḍito /
aśruvegaduṣitā va śocatāṃ
roditehi mathitā h'; imau kramau //
ten'; imau kramavarau mahāmuneḥ
rodanena janatābhipīḍitau /
no vibhānti munino yathā purā
evam etad anupaśya suvrata //
so nipatya śirasā punaḥ punaḥ
tau kramau pravaracakralakṣaṇau /
karatalehi abhipīḍayet mune
śāstu gauravaparāya buddhiye //
vanditau ca dhutadharmadhāriṇā
tau kramau guṇadhareṇa śāstuno /
lokanāthacitakāṣṭha tejasā
vāyuvegavidhutena dīpyati //
dhyāmatām upagatau na suprabhau /
brūhi kāraṇam aśeṣam āhvaya
yen'; imau na nayanābhinandinau //
etaṃ śrutva śrutasaṃcayaṃdharo
kāśyapaṃ idam uvāca paṇḍito /
aśruvegaduṣitā va śocatāṃ
roditehi mathitā h'; imau kramau //
ten'; imau kramavarau mahāmuneḥ
rodanena janatābhipīḍitau /
no vibhānti munino yathā purā
evam etad anupaśya suvrata //
so nipatya śirasā punaḥ punaḥ
tau kramau pravaracakralakṣaṇau /
karatalehi abhipīḍayet mune
śāstu gauravaparāya buddhiye //
vanditau ca dhutadharmadhāriṇā
tau kramau guṇadhareṇa śāstuno /
lokanāthacitakāṣṭha tejasā
vāyuvegavidhutena dīpyati //