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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 1.100
ikṣvākūnāṃ vaṃśodbhūto dharaṇitalam avatari yaśasthito acalādhṛti /
vikramāṃś ca sapta pūrṇaṃ mṛgavṛṣarājāmatir iva rasamānīkaṃ
jyeṣṭho śreṣṭho lokāgro haṃ na ca mama puna jaramaraṇā hato bhav'; upadravaḥ //
chatraṃ daivaṃ ratnākīrṇaṃ sphaṭikarucirakusumacitraṃ sitābhrasitaprabhaṃ
hastā muktaṃ sthāye sāmaṃ samabhicchadi nṛpatitanayaṃ vihāyase utthitaṃ /
vālaiś cougraiḥ śaṃkhājābhair mṛdubhir upacitam anupamaṃ divaukasanirmitaṃ
uccair daṇḍaṃ muktāśvetaṃ bhramati maṇikanakavikṛtaṃ sucāmaravījanaṃ //
dundubhyo cā meghonnādā pavanakhagagaganaparigā nadanti mahatsvarāḥ
puṣpaughāś cā divyā sṛṣṭā marubhi jinabalavaramukhe sacandanacūrṇitāḥ /
saṃtoṣātīśayayuktebhiḥ suramarū jayati sukhakaro rase ravaṇīśataiḥ
kṣubdhāsannā nānāratnā udadhibhuvi talasalilayos tathāgatatejasā iti //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne tṛtīyā bhūmiḥ samāptā
vikramāṃś ca sapta pūrṇaṃ mṛgavṛṣarājāmatir iva rasamānīkaṃ
jyeṣṭho śreṣṭho lokāgro haṃ na ca mama puna jaramaraṇā hato bhav'; upadravaḥ //
chatraṃ daivaṃ ratnākīrṇaṃ sphaṭikarucirakusumacitraṃ sitābhrasitaprabhaṃ
hastā muktaṃ sthāye sāmaṃ samabhicchadi nṛpatitanayaṃ vihāyase utthitaṃ /
vālaiś cougraiḥ śaṃkhājābhair mṛdubhir upacitam anupamaṃ divaukasanirmitaṃ
uccair daṇḍaṃ muktāśvetaṃ bhramati maṇikanakavikṛtaṃ sucāmaravījanaṃ //
dundubhyo cā meghonnādā pavanakhagagaganaparigā nadanti mahatsvarāḥ
puṣpaughāś cā divyā sṛṣṭā marubhi jinabalavaramukhe sacandanacūrṇitāḥ /
saṃtoṣātīśayayuktebhiḥ suramarū jayati sukhakaro rase ravaṇīśataiḥ
kṣubdhāsannā nānāratnā udadhibhuvi talasalilayos tathāgatatejasā iti //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne tṛtīyā bhūmiḥ samāptā