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 1.183
siṃhanandiṃ viśālākṣaṃ lakṣaṇeyam anuttamaṃ //
eṣa bhikṣavo gacchāmi śāstāram anubandhatha /
kusumāṃ pramukhāṃ kṛtvā vineṣyāmi bahuṃ janaṃ //
sādhū ti te pratiśrutvā vaśībhūtā svayaṃbhuvaḥ /
parivārayitvā saṃbuddhaṃ idaṃ vacanam āhu te //
asmākaṃ pi pādo vīrā vihaṃgamadhyam akramaḥ /
anuyāsyāma saṃbuddhaṃ yatra gacchati cakṣumāṃ //
nimeṣāntareṇa saṃprāpto bhagavāṃ śiṣyasaṃvṛtaḥ /
nagaraṃ kusumāyās tu anukampāya prāṇināṃ //
ākāraṃ vajrapāṇisya nāyako abhinirmiṇe /
devasaṃghaṃ ca manasā dhyāye dhyānaviśāradaḥ //
prabhāmaṇḍalam utsṛje yojanāni caturdaśa /
devatā ca abhivādenti yātrāṃ paramabuddhinaḥ //
tato ca kusumā devī prahvī sugatam abravīt* /
eṣā te prāñjalī nātha pādāṃ icchāmi vanditaṃ //
tataḥ pratiṣṭhito śāstā prāsādavaramūrdhani /
prabhayā ca diśā sarvā abhibhūya yaśaskaraḥ //
tato ca kusumā devī saha rājñā jinakramāṃ /
vandate parivāro ca deviye narapuṅgavaṃ //
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ naraśreṣṭha gacchāma suravandita /
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ hatvā kīdṛśaṃ labhate phalaṃ //
eṣa bhikṣavo gacchāmi śāstāram anubandhatha /
kusumāṃ pramukhāṃ kṛtvā vineṣyāmi bahuṃ janaṃ //
sādhū ti te pratiśrutvā vaśībhūtā svayaṃbhuvaḥ /
parivārayitvā saṃbuddhaṃ idaṃ vacanam āhu te //
asmākaṃ pi pādo vīrā vihaṃgamadhyam akramaḥ /
anuyāsyāma saṃbuddhaṃ yatra gacchati cakṣumāṃ //
nimeṣāntareṇa saṃprāpto bhagavāṃ śiṣyasaṃvṛtaḥ /
nagaraṃ kusumāyās tu anukampāya prāṇināṃ //
ākāraṃ vajrapāṇisya nāyako abhinirmiṇe /
devasaṃghaṃ ca manasā dhyāye dhyānaviśāradaḥ //
prabhāmaṇḍalam utsṛje yojanāni caturdaśa /
devatā ca abhivādenti yātrāṃ paramabuddhinaḥ //
tato ca kusumā devī prahvī sugatam abravīt* /
eṣā te prāñjalī nātha pādāṃ icchāmi vanditaṃ //
tataḥ pratiṣṭhito śāstā prāsādavaramūrdhani /
prabhayā ca diśā sarvā abhibhūya yaśaskaraḥ //
tato ca kusumā devī saha rājñā jinakramāṃ /
vandate parivāro ca deviye narapuṅgavaṃ //
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ naraśreṣṭha gacchāma suravandita /
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ hatvā kīdṛśaṃ labhate phalaṃ //