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 1.129
atha nānupreṣayasi me sarājyo vasam eṣyasi //
evaṃ śrutvā kuśo rājā bhāriyām idam abravīt* /
śṛṇohi devi jaṭharasya vacanaṃ brūhi niścayaṃ //
tato devī aśruvegaṃ pramuṃcitvā rājānaṃ kuśam uvāca //
bhadra vata ahaṃ chedye ahaṃ bhedye narādhipa /
tvayā anatiriccāpi śastrehi pāramiṃ gatā //
jaṭharasya śiraṃ rāja paśya samakūṭaṃ mayā /
chinnaṃ rudhirasaṃklinnaṃ tava pādeṣu veṣṭatu //
mayā tu jantunā tyaktaḥ sonāhārīkṛtaṃ śaraḥ /
jaṭharasya bhittvā svadehaṃ bhūyo bhetsyati medinīṃ //
aśvapṛṣṭhe rathe skandhe vāraṇasya kṛtaṃ mayā /
yodhanaravarāgre ca jaṭharasyāntaṃ kṛtaṃ mahaṃ //
ahaṃ mantre ahaṃ sandhyā ahaṃ vacanakartṛme /
aghātyam api ghātaye hetubhiḥ kāraṇaiḥ tathā //
dvābhyāṃś ca parimokṣeyaṃ aham eva niropama /
mama māyā hy asaṃkhyeyā lokaḥ tṛṇamayo mama //
evaṃ śrutvā kuśo rājā bhāriyām idam abravīt* /
śṛṇohi devi jaṭharasya vacanaṃ brūhi niścayaṃ //
tato devī aśruvegaṃ pramuṃcitvā rājānaṃ kuśam uvāca //
bhadra vata ahaṃ chedye ahaṃ bhedye narādhipa /
tvayā anatiriccāpi śastrehi pāramiṃ gatā //
jaṭharasya śiraṃ rāja paśya samakūṭaṃ mayā /
chinnaṃ rudhirasaṃklinnaṃ tava pādeṣu veṣṭatu //
mayā tu jantunā tyaktaḥ sonāhārīkṛtaṃ śaraḥ /
jaṭharasya bhittvā svadehaṃ bhūyo bhetsyati medinīṃ //
aśvapṛṣṭhe rathe skandhe vāraṇasya kṛtaṃ mayā /
yodhanaravarāgre ca jaṭharasyāntaṃ kṛtaṃ mahaṃ //
ahaṃ mantre ahaṃ sandhyā ahaṃ vacanakartṛme /
aghātyam api ghātaye hetubhiḥ kāraṇaiḥ tathā //
dvābhyāṃś ca parimokṣeyaṃ aham eva niropama /
mama māyā hy asaṃkhyeyā lokaḥ tṛṇamayo mama //