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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 1.130
gandhamālyadharo rājā prāsādatalagocaraḥ /
strīsahasrāṃkam āsṛtya yathā ca nirutsuko siyā iti //
atha bho jinaputra devī apratimā tathārūpaṃ upāyam ādeśayi yenopāyena rājā jaṭharo viśvasta antaḥpuraṃ rājñaḥ kuśasya praviśi vaśam upāgato devyā apratimāyā // atha sā devī apratimā rājño jaṭharasya hṛdaye padaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā savyaṃ pādaṃ gulphe pratiṣṭhāpya ślokān imān agāsi //
yāṃ puṣpitāṃ vanalatāṃ bhramarāḥ pibanti
puṣpāgame kusumareṇuvicitrapakṣā /
naiva tvayā kupuruṣa śrutapūrvarūpaṃ
nātrāpare madhukarāḥ praṇayaṃ karonti //
yāṃ padminīṃ vanagajo aruhe kadācit*
paṃke jalapralulitāṃ madanāturāṅgaḥ /
naiva tvayā kupuruṣa śrutapūrvarūpaṃ
nātrāpare vanagajāḥ praṇayaṃ karonti //
yā bhūmipālamahitasya ure vitīrṇā
muktākalāpa iva saṃramate niśāyāṃ /
kamalāṃ tuvaṃ vyavasito anavadyagātrīṃ
prāptuṃ mahītalagato iva pūrṇacandram iti //
strīsahasrāṃkam āsṛtya yathā ca nirutsuko siyā iti //
atha bho jinaputra devī apratimā tathārūpaṃ upāyam ādeśayi yenopāyena rājā jaṭharo viśvasta antaḥpuraṃ rājñaḥ kuśasya praviśi vaśam upāgato devyā apratimāyā // atha sā devī apratimā rājño jaṭharasya hṛdaye padaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā savyaṃ pādaṃ gulphe pratiṣṭhāpya ślokān imān agāsi //
yāṃ puṣpitāṃ vanalatāṃ bhramarāḥ pibanti
puṣpāgame kusumareṇuvicitrapakṣā /
naiva tvayā kupuruṣa śrutapūrvarūpaṃ
nātrāpare madhukarāḥ praṇayaṃ karonti //
yāṃ padminīṃ vanagajo aruhe kadācit*
paṃke jalapralulitāṃ madanāturāṅgaḥ /
naiva tvayā kupuruṣa śrutapūrvarūpaṃ
nātrāpare vanagajāḥ praṇayaṃ karonti //
yā bhūmipālamahitasya ure vitīrṇā
muktākalāpa iva saṃramate niśāyāṃ /
kamalāṃ tuvaṃ vyavasito anavadyagātrīṃ
prāptuṃ mahītalagato iva pūrṇacandram iti //