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 1.118
āsi tadā manujānāṃ caturguṇa eṣa caturaśīti //
rājā tadā abhūṣī nāmena so mṛgapatisvaro nāma /
cāturdvīpādhipatir vipulabalavaro ajitacakro //
so ratnaskandhaśākhāṃ vanakhaṇḍāṃ yojanāni ṣaṇṇavati /
kārāpayi bhūmipati pravarāṃ varavastrasaṃchannāṃ //
vaiḍūryamaṇitalāṃ ca kṛtvāna vasudhāṃ vibhūṣaṇavicitrāṃ /
aguruvaradhūpagandhāṃ sugandhapuṣpāvakīrṇatalāṃ //
taṃ tatra vādisiṃhaṃ ṛṣabhaṃ so bhojanena saptāhaṃ /
tarpayati bhūmipālo prasannacitto praṇītena //
taṃ suravaravana-upamaṃ tato vanaṃ tasya satvasārasya /
niryātayati prasanno divāvihāraṃ daśabalasya //
dattvā sa rājā . . . mahāyaśasya saśiṣyasaṃghasya /
rājā udagracitto praṇidheti tadā anupraṇidhiṃ //
bahujanamahito svayaṃbhu ananyaneyo bhaveya sarvajño /
kuśalena hi me tena tathāgatabalo vibhū bhomi //
vipulabalapuṇyakośo nayānayajño jino ratanacūḍo /
rājā tadā abhūṣī nāmena so mṛgapatisvaro nāma /
cāturdvīpādhipatir vipulabalavaro ajitacakro //
so ratnaskandhaśākhāṃ vanakhaṇḍāṃ yojanāni ṣaṇṇavati /
kārāpayi bhūmipati pravarāṃ varavastrasaṃchannāṃ //
vaiḍūryamaṇitalāṃ ca kṛtvāna vasudhāṃ vibhūṣaṇavicitrāṃ /
aguruvaradhūpagandhāṃ sugandhapuṣpāvakīrṇatalāṃ //
taṃ tatra vādisiṃhaṃ ṛṣabhaṃ so bhojanena saptāhaṃ /
tarpayati bhūmipālo prasannacitto praṇītena //
taṃ suravaravana-upamaṃ tato vanaṃ tasya satvasārasya /
niryātayati prasanno divāvihāraṃ daśabalasya //
dattvā sa rājā . . . mahāyaśasya saśiṣyasaṃghasya /
rājā udagracitto praṇidheti tadā anupraṇidhiṃ //
bahujanamahito svayaṃbhu ananyaneyo bhaveya sarvajño /
kuśalena hi me tena tathāgatabalo vibhū bhomi //
vipulabalapuṇyakośo nayānayajño jino ratanacūḍo /