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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 1.226
vigatamadamānadarpā niṣīdi anavadyakarmāntāḥ //
te kaṃcid eva kālaṃ āgamayitvā narādhipam avocat* /
śṛṇvatu bhavāṃ prayojanaṃ yaṃ asmākam iha gamanāye //
sarvānavadyagātraḥ utpanno lokasundaro tuhyaṃ /
putro kila manujapate lakṣaṇaguṇapāramīprāpto //
vayam api lakṣaṇakuśalāḥ samarthā guṇadoṣalakṣaṇaṃ jñātuṃ /
yadi na gurutvaṃ bhavato paśyema mahāpuruṣarūpaṃ //
so avaca haṃta paśyatha suvyapadeśakṣemaṃ mama putraṃ /
marumanujaharṣajananaṃ lakṣaṇaguṇapāramiprāptaṃ //
atha sa mṛdukācilindikapraveṇiyaṃ guṇadharaṃ grahetvāna /
aṃkena vādicandraṃ upanāmayati suravarāṇāṃ //
ālokayitva dūrāt* maheśvarāḥ varakramān daśabalasya /
mūrdhani vigalitamukuṭā nipatensu mahītale hṛṣṭā //
te dāni rājānam ārocenti // lābhā te mahārāja sulabdhā yasya te yaṃ mahāpuruṣo kule utpanno dvātriṃśatīhi mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇehi samanvāgato // tadyathā //
samā heṣṭā ca dīrghā ca āyatā ca ucchaṃga paṃcamā /
eṇi vṛhac ca tiṣṭhanto kośa nyagrodha te daśā //
mṛdu jālā ca pratipūrṇā ekā ūrdhvāgra paṃcamā /
ślakṣṇacchavi haṃsāntarā ca utsadā ca te daśa //
te kaṃcid eva kālaṃ āgamayitvā narādhipam avocat* /
śṛṇvatu bhavāṃ prayojanaṃ yaṃ asmākam iha gamanāye //
sarvānavadyagātraḥ utpanno lokasundaro tuhyaṃ /
putro kila manujapate lakṣaṇaguṇapāramīprāpto //
vayam api lakṣaṇakuśalāḥ samarthā guṇadoṣalakṣaṇaṃ jñātuṃ /
yadi na gurutvaṃ bhavato paśyema mahāpuruṣarūpaṃ //
so avaca haṃta paśyatha suvyapadeśakṣemaṃ mama putraṃ /
marumanujaharṣajananaṃ lakṣaṇaguṇapāramiprāptaṃ //
atha sa mṛdukācilindikapraveṇiyaṃ guṇadharaṃ grahetvāna /
aṃkena vādicandraṃ upanāmayati suravarāṇāṃ //
ālokayitva dūrāt* maheśvarāḥ varakramān daśabalasya /
mūrdhani vigalitamukuṭā nipatensu mahītale hṛṣṭā //
te dāni rājānam ārocenti // lābhā te mahārāja sulabdhā yasya te yaṃ mahāpuruṣo kule utpanno dvātriṃśatīhi mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇehi samanvāgato // tadyathā //
samā heṣṭā ca dīrghā ca āyatā ca ucchaṃga paṃcamā /
eṇi vṛhac ca tiṣṭhanto kośa nyagrodha te daśā //
mṛdu jālā ca pratipūrṇā ekā ūrdhvāgra paṃcamā /
ślakṣṇacchavi haṃsāntarā ca utsadā ca te daśa //