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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 1.224
rājakulaṃ ca kumāre praviṣṭe uvāca purohitaṃ nṛpatiḥ /
lakṣaṇavidhiguṇakuśalāṃ viprān paryeṣatha śīghraṃ //
taṃ vijñāya ca devā maheśvarā nāma cittavaśavartī /
mā lakṣaṇā akuśalā vikalpayiṣyanti dvijasaṃghā //
vigatamadamānadarpāḥ aṣṭa sahasrā maheśvaravarāṇāṃ /
devagaṇehi gurukṛtaṃ saṃpratijātaṃ upagamensuḥ //
te rājakuladvāre śucivasanavarasthitā stimitaśabdā /
pratihārarakṣam abravīt sumadhurakaraviṃkarutaghoṣāḥ //
rājavaraṃ upagamya brūvīhi ime lakṣaṇaguṇavidhijñāḥ /
tiṣṭhanti aṣṭasahasraṃ praviśensuḥ yadi anumatan te //
sādhū ti pratiśrutvā pratihārarakṣo praviśya rājakulaṃ /
abravīt kṛtāṃjalipuṭo prītimanaso pṛthivīpālaṃ //
atulabala dīptayaśasā kāraya rājyaṃ ciraṃ nihataśatruḥ /
dvāre te amarasadṛśās tiṣṭhanti praveṣṭum icchanti //
pratipūrṇavimalanayanā madhurasvaramattavāraṇavicārī /
bhavati mama teṣu saṃkā na te manujā devaputrā te //
paricaṃkramatāṃ teṣāṃ dharaṇirajo kramavarā na saṃkirati /
na ca sāna paśyāmi padaṃ pṛthivyām idaṃ api āścaryaṃ //
gambhīrastimitaceṣṭā āryākārā praśāntadṛṣṭipathā /
vipulāṃ janenti prītiṃ janasya samudīkṣamānasya //
anyaṃ ca dāni adbhutaṃ śarīracchāyā na dṛśyate teṣāṃ /
lakṣaṇavidhiguṇakuśalāṃ viprān paryeṣatha śīghraṃ //
taṃ vijñāya ca devā maheśvarā nāma cittavaśavartī /
mā lakṣaṇā akuśalā vikalpayiṣyanti dvijasaṃghā //
vigatamadamānadarpāḥ aṣṭa sahasrā maheśvaravarāṇāṃ /
devagaṇehi gurukṛtaṃ saṃpratijātaṃ upagamensuḥ //
te rājakuladvāre śucivasanavarasthitā stimitaśabdā /
pratihārarakṣam abravīt sumadhurakaraviṃkarutaghoṣāḥ //
rājavaraṃ upagamya brūvīhi ime lakṣaṇaguṇavidhijñāḥ /
tiṣṭhanti aṣṭasahasraṃ praviśensuḥ yadi anumatan te //
sādhū ti pratiśrutvā pratihārarakṣo praviśya rājakulaṃ /
abravīt kṛtāṃjalipuṭo prītimanaso pṛthivīpālaṃ //
atulabala dīptayaśasā kāraya rājyaṃ ciraṃ nihataśatruḥ /
dvāre te amarasadṛśās tiṣṭhanti praveṣṭum icchanti //
pratipūrṇavimalanayanā madhurasvaramattavāraṇavicārī /
bhavati mama teṣu saṃkā na te manujā devaputrā te //
paricaṃkramatāṃ teṣāṃ dharaṇirajo kramavarā na saṃkirati /
na ca sāna paśyāmi padaṃ pṛthivyām idaṃ api āścaryaṃ //
gambhīrastimitaceṣṭā āryākārā praśāntadṛṣṭipathā /
vipulāṃ janenti prītiṃ janasya samudīkṣamānasya //
anyaṃ ca dāni adbhutaṃ śarīracchāyā na dṛśyate teṣāṃ /