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 1.114
tāni samalaṃkṛtāni saśiṣyasaṃghasya ahaṃ demi //
adhivāsanāṃ viditvā rājā . . . . . . prītamano /
anupraṇidhiṃ praṇidhesi purato varalakṣaṇadharasya //
kuśalena anena ahaṃ kuśalopacitavarāṇāṃ caritānāṃ /
durantakavīryakarmo bhaveya nātho anāthānāṃ //
gaganatalavimalacitto saṃbuddho kanakaparvato nāma /
abhūṣi naratāmahito kauṇḍinyo nāma gotreṇa //
tasya śubhakarmajātā śarīraprabhā abhū yojanāni ṣaṭ* /
paṃca vaśībhūtānāṃ koṭīyo ca parivāro'sya //
daśa ṣaḍvarṣā āyuṃ tadā abhūṣi manujānāṃ ca caturdaśa sahasrāṇi /
varṣāṇāṃ saptatriṃśa varṣasahasrāṇi ityeva //
āsi tada cakravartī rājā priyadarśano ti nāmena /
saptaratanadyutīmān* caturdvīpaḥ pṛthivipālo //
so kanakavarṇaparvataṃ saṃbuddhaṃ kramavareṣu nipatitvā /
yācati sāmātyagaṇo muktāhārāntapuro prāha //
mama nagaranigamabharitaṃ rājyaṃ caturo mahādhanadvīpāḥ /
tān tava dadāmi vīrā saśiṣyasaṃghasya nirapekṣaḥ //
adhivāsanāṃ viditvā rājā . . . . . . prītamano /
anupraṇidhiṃ praṇidhesi purato varalakṣaṇadharasya //
kuśalena anena ahaṃ kuśalopacitavarāṇāṃ caritānāṃ /
durantakavīryakarmo bhaveya nātho anāthānāṃ //
gaganatalavimalacitto saṃbuddho kanakaparvato nāma /
abhūṣi naratāmahito kauṇḍinyo nāma gotreṇa //
tasya śubhakarmajātā śarīraprabhā abhū yojanāni ṣaṭ* /
paṃca vaśībhūtānāṃ koṭīyo ca parivāro'sya //
daśa ṣaḍvarṣā āyuṃ tadā abhūṣi manujānāṃ ca caturdaśa sahasrāṇi /
varṣāṇāṃ saptatriṃśa varṣasahasrāṇi ityeva //
āsi tada cakravartī rājā priyadarśano ti nāmena /
saptaratanadyutīmān* caturdvīpaḥ pṛthivipālo //
so kanakavarṇaparvataṃ saṃbuddhaṃ kramavareṣu nipatitvā /
yācati sāmātyagaṇo muktāhārāntapuro prāha //
mama nagaranigamabharitaṃ rājyaṃ caturo mahādhanadvīpāḥ /
tān tava dadāmi vīrā saśiṣyasaṃghasya nirapekṣaḥ //