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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 1.131
atha khalu bho dhutadharmadhara rājā jaṭharo tasmiṃ kāle vikrośati // prasīda devi śaraṇaṃ prayacchatheti // tāṃ devīm apratimāṃ kuśo rājā uvāca //
abhayaṃ dadāhi devī kāpuruṣasya śaraṇaṃ upagatasya /
tasya kṛtāṃjalipuṭasya yāvaṃ eṣu hi satāṃ dharma iti //
bhūtapūrvaṃ bho dhutadharmadhara eṣo bhagavān ugro nāma nāgarājā ahituṇḍikena mantrauṣadhibalair vaśanītaḥ sambādham āpanno babhūva // so ca pramādāt* ahituṇḍiko bhraṣṭamantro babhūva // atha tasya ugrasya nāgarājño etad abhavat* // prāpyo khalv ayaṃ mama kāpuruṣo bhasmīkartum iti / api tu naitad asmākam anurūpaṃ dharmarakṣānuraktānām iti // ślokān uvāca //
yo pi tuvaṃ mama prāpyo bhasmīkartuṃ svatejasā /
bhraṣṭamantrasya te demi abhayaṃ jīva me ciram iti //
bhūtapūrvaṃ bho dhutadharmadhara eṣa eva bhagavān siṃho mṛgarājā eṣa cāyaṃ kupuruṣadevadatto lubdhako babhūva // athainaṃ siṃhayogyāvasthopavane vanavicāriṃ ekacaraṃ upāsīnaṃ viśvastaṃ nirviceṣṭaṃ nirvṛtam aparipaśyantaṃ pūrvāśayopacitabaddhavairaḥ lubdhako digdheṣuṇā aviddha // so ca viddhaḥ stimito gambhīradhairyopapannaḥ svabale paryavasthitaḥ asantrasta
abhayaṃ dadāhi devī kāpuruṣasya śaraṇaṃ upagatasya /
tasya kṛtāṃjalipuṭasya yāvaṃ eṣu hi satāṃ dharma iti //
bhūtapūrvaṃ bho dhutadharmadhara eṣo bhagavān ugro nāma nāgarājā ahituṇḍikena mantrauṣadhibalair vaśanītaḥ sambādham āpanno babhūva // so ca pramādāt* ahituṇḍiko bhraṣṭamantro babhūva // atha tasya ugrasya nāgarājño etad abhavat* // prāpyo khalv ayaṃ mama kāpuruṣo bhasmīkartum iti / api tu naitad asmākam anurūpaṃ dharmarakṣānuraktānām iti // ślokān uvāca //
yo pi tuvaṃ mama prāpyo bhasmīkartuṃ svatejasā /
bhraṣṭamantrasya te demi abhayaṃ jīva me ciram iti //
bhūtapūrvaṃ bho dhutadharmadhara eṣa eva bhagavān siṃho mṛgarājā eṣa cāyaṃ kupuruṣadevadatto lubdhako babhūva // athainaṃ siṃhayogyāvasthopavane vanavicāriṃ ekacaraṃ upāsīnaṃ viśvastaṃ nirviceṣṭaṃ nirvṛtam aparipaśyantaṃ pūrvāśayopacitabaddhavairaḥ lubdhako digdheṣuṇā aviddha // so ca viddhaḥ stimito gambhīradhairyopapannaḥ svabale paryavasthitaḥ asantrasta