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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 1.71
udgatāḥ khagapathe jinaputrā /
tatkṣaṇāntara . . . . . prapalānā
mānasaṃ saro yathā haṃsayūtho //
te pratiṣṭhitā nagāgravarasya
pārśve tat vanam upetya niṣaṇṇā /
śāsane ca sugatasya sugīte
devadundubhigaṇāni nadensuḥ //
te ca dundubhina nādaṃ nadantaṃ
śrutva śāsanakarā sugatasya /
bhūmikampam anudṛśya ca ghoraṃ
kāśyapaṃ dhutarajaṃ idam ūcuḥ //
kin tu bhoḥ dhutadharā samakaṃpi
medinī sasaritā sasamudrā /
devadundubhiravāś ca manojñā
divyamālyavikiraṇaṃ ca bhavanti //
tān uvāca dhutadharmasamaṃgī
kāśyapo jinasutāṃ vaśibhūtāṃ /
ete sannipatitā marusaṃghā
śrutva śāsanavaraṃ susamagryaṃ //
te samagravaralakṣaṇadhārī
gauravāt pramuditā marusaṃghāḥ /
pūjāṃ apratimakasya karonti
tatkṣaṇāntara . . . . . prapalānā
mānasaṃ saro yathā haṃsayūtho //
te pratiṣṭhitā nagāgravarasya
pārśve tat vanam upetya niṣaṇṇā /
śāsane ca sugatasya sugīte
devadundubhigaṇāni nadensuḥ //
te ca dundubhina nādaṃ nadantaṃ
śrutva śāsanakarā sugatasya /
bhūmikampam anudṛśya ca ghoraṃ
kāśyapaṃ dhutarajaṃ idam ūcuḥ //
kin tu bhoḥ dhutadharā samakaṃpi
medinī sasaritā sasamudrā /
devadundubhiravāś ca manojñā
divyamālyavikiraṇaṃ ca bhavanti //
tān uvāca dhutadharmasamaṃgī
kāśyapo jinasutāṃ vaśibhūtāṃ /
ete sannipatitā marusaṃghā
śrutva śāsanavaraṃ susamagryaṃ //
te samagravaralakṣaṇadhārī
gauravāt pramuditā marusaṃghāḥ /
pūjāṃ apratimakasya karonti