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 1.181
icchema pratisṛjyantau icchema maraṇam ātmanaḥ //
etac ca vacanaṃ śrutvā kusumā labhate mataṃ /
avarṇo yaṃ mama asyā yady ambātāto praghātyate //
dāsyāmi viṣasaṃyuktaṃ bhaktam eṣāṃ sudāruṇaṃ /
bhuktvā yena ubhāv etau mariṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ //
yadāsyā niścitā buddhi mātāpitṛṣu dāruṇā /
tato utpādaye śāstā kāruṇyaṃ kusumāṃ prati //
tataḥ kusumāye śāstā mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā /
apanāmayati saṃbuddho anyau sthāpeti nirmitau //
kusumā viṣasaṃyuktaṃ taṃ bhojanam āpadyati /
nirmitān āha bhuṃjantu ambā tāto ca bhojanaṃ //
avikampamānā bhuṃjanti bhojanaṃ jinanirmitāḥ /
na caiṣāṃ bādhate kiṃcit kāyaṃ nirmitakā hi te //
dvitīyaṃ divasaṃ caiva tṛtīyaṃ caturthaṃ paṃcamaṃ /
viṣasaṃyuktaṃ bhuktvāna sudhāṃ va yāpenti nirmitau //
tataḥ kṛtāṃjalī bhūtvā kusumā nirmitāṃ bravīt* /
ātmānaṃ me nivedayatha anugrāhyā yadi ahaṃ //
tāṃ yācamānāṃ prāñjalikāṃ kusumāṃ nirmitā bravīt* /
etac ca vacanaṃ śrutvā kusumā labhate mataṃ /
avarṇo yaṃ mama asyā yady ambātāto praghātyate //
dāsyāmi viṣasaṃyuktaṃ bhaktam eṣāṃ sudāruṇaṃ /
bhuktvā yena ubhāv etau mariṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ //
yadāsyā niścitā buddhi mātāpitṛṣu dāruṇā /
tato utpādaye śāstā kāruṇyaṃ kusumāṃ prati //
tataḥ kusumāye śāstā mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā /
apanāmayati saṃbuddho anyau sthāpeti nirmitau //
kusumā viṣasaṃyuktaṃ taṃ bhojanam āpadyati /
nirmitān āha bhuṃjantu ambā tāto ca bhojanaṃ //
avikampamānā bhuṃjanti bhojanaṃ jinanirmitāḥ /
na caiṣāṃ bādhate kiṃcit kāyaṃ nirmitakā hi te //
dvitīyaṃ divasaṃ caiva tṛtīyaṃ caturthaṃ paṃcamaṃ /
viṣasaṃyuktaṃ bhuktvāna sudhāṃ va yāpenti nirmitau //
tataḥ kṛtāṃjalī bhūtvā kusumā nirmitāṃ bravīt* /
ātmānaṃ me nivedayatha anugrāhyā yadi ahaṃ //
tāṃ yācamānāṃ prāñjalikāṃ kusumāṃ nirmitā bravīt* /