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 1.95
rājānaṃ nāgabhujaṃ nāma taddāso idam abravīt* /
cāturdvīpena rājyena śakyaṃ prāptuṃ subhāṣitaṃ //
bodhisatvo'bravīt* //
cāturdvīpaṃ ca te rājyaṃ demi kṣipram udīraya /
etāṃ subhāṣitāṃ vācāṃ mā vilamba bravīhi me ti //
tatremaṃ ślokaṃ subhāṣitaṃ taddāso'bravīt* //
lomotpāṭanatulyam āhu viduṣaḥ prājñasya yā vikriyā
tasmā jñānabalaṃ sametiya punar doṣāṃ samūlāṃ nayā /
chittvā doṣavivarjitena manasā saṃbhāti saṃghaḥ śuciḥ
bhāti lokaguruḥ satām anugato'nikṣiptabhāro śuciḥ iti //
evaṃ subhāṣitārthāya prapāte patitaḥ punaḥ /
bhūyaḥ subhāṣitārthāya potas tyakto mahārṇave //
bhūyo akṣīṇi tyaktāni śrutvā gāthāṃ subhāṣitāṃ /
agniskandhe punaḥ patitaḥ śrutvā gātḥāṃ subhāṣitāṃ //
bahūni evamādīni duṣkarāṇi jinarṣabhāḥ /
subhāṣitānām arthāya pratipadyante mahāyaśā //
cāturdvīpena rājyena śakyaṃ prāptuṃ subhāṣitaṃ //
bodhisatvo'bravīt* //
cāturdvīpaṃ ca te rājyaṃ demi kṣipram udīraya /
etāṃ subhāṣitāṃ vācāṃ mā vilamba bravīhi me ti //
tatremaṃ ślokaṃ subhāṣitaṃ taddāso'bravīt* //
lomotpāṭanatulyam āhu viduṣaḥ prājñasya yā vikriyā
tasmā jñānabalaṃ sametiya punar doṣāṃ samūlāṃ nayā /
chittvā doṣavivarjitena manasā saṃbhāti saṃghaḥ śuciḥ
bhāti lokaguruḥ satām anugato'nikṣiptabhāro śuciḥ iti //
evaṃ subhāṣitārthāya prapāte patitaḥ punaḥ /
bhūyaḥ subhāṣitārthāya potas tyakto mahārṇave //
bhūyo akṣīṇi tyaktāni śrutvā gāthāṃ subhāṣitāṃ /
agniskandhe punaḥ patitaḥ śrutvā gātḥāṃ subhāṣitāṃ //
bahūni evamādīni duṣkarāṇi jinarṣabhāḥ /
subhāṣitānām arthāya pratipadyante mahāyaśā //