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 1.233
dīpaṃkara lokanāyako arcimato tanayo mahāyaśo /
buddho nagaraṃ pravekṣyati tasya kṛte nagaraṃ alaṃkṛtaṃ //
sā tena pṛcchitā // kathaṃ bhavati imā utpalāni krītāni // sā taṃ āha // paṃcahi purāṇaśatehi paṃca utpalāni krītāni dve ca me maitrāya labdhāni // megho māṇavo āha // ahan te paṃca purāṇaśatāni demi dehi me tāni paṃca utpalāni / ahaṃ etehi paṃcahi utpalehi bhagavantaṃ dīpaṃkaraṃ pūjayiṣyāmi / tvaṃ hi dvīhi pi arcaya // sā āha // samayato te paṃca utpalāni dadehaṃ / yadi mama bhāryām upādiyasi yatra yatra upapadyasi ahaṃ ca tava bhāryā bhaveyaṃ tvaṃ ca mama svāmiko bhavesi // megho māṇavo āha // anuttarāye samyaksambodhaye cittam utpādayiṣyāmi kathaṃ saṃyoge cittam utpādayiṣyāmi // sā āha // utpādehi tuvaṃ tava nāntarāyaṃ kariṣyāmi // tena meghena māṇavakenābhyupagatā // upādiyāmi tava bhāryā teṣām utpalānām arthāye // bhagavantaṃ dīpaṃkaraṃ pūjayiṣyāmi anuttarāye ca samyaksambodhaye cittam utpādayiṣyāmi // tena paṃca pūrāṇaśatāni dattvā paṃcotpalāni gṛhītā udāraṃ ca se prītiprāmodyaṃ kāye utpannaṃ buddhaśabdaṃ prakṛtiye māṇavikāye śrutvā //
yad'; icchasi pūjituṃ lokanāyakaṃ
jalajehi mālyehi manoramehi /
upādiyāhi mamam adya bhāryāṃ
premṇānuraktā satataṃ ti bheṣyaṃ //
udumbarasya yatha puṣpaṃ dullabhaṃ
kadācid utpadyati loke māṇava /
buddho nagaraṃ pravekṣyati tasya kṛte nagaraṃ alaṃkṛtaṃ //
sā tena pṛcchitā // kathaṃ bhavati imā utpalāni krītāni // sā taṃ āha // paṃcahi purāṇaśatehi paṃca utpalāni krītāni dve ca me maitrāya labdhāni // megho māṇavo āha // ahan te paṃca purāṇaśatāni demi dehi me tāni paṃca utpalāni / ahaṃ etehi paṃcahi utpalehi bhagavantaṃ dīpaṃkaraṃ pūjayiṣyāmi / tvaṃ hi dvīhi pi arcaya // sā āha // samayato te paṃca utpalāni dadehaṃ / yadi mama bhāryām upādiyasi yatra yatra upapadyasi ahaṃ ca tava bhāryā bhaveyaṃ tvaṃ ca mama svāmiko bhavesi // megho māṇavo āha // anuttarāye samyaksambodhaye cittam utpādayiṣyāmi kathaṃ saṃyoge cittam utpādayiṣyāmi // sā āha // utpādehi tuvaṃ tava nāntarāyaṃ kariṣyāmi // tena meghena māṇavakenābhyupagatā // upādiyāmi tava bhāryā teṣām utpalānām arthāye // bhagavantaṃ dīpaṃkaraṃ pūjayiṣyāmi anuttarāye ca samyaksambodhaye cittam utpādayiṣyāmi // tena paṃca pūrāṇaśatāni dattvā paṃcotpalāni gṛhītā udāraṃ ca se prītiprāmodyaṃ kāye utpannaṃ buddhaśabdaṃ prakṛtiye māṇavikāye śrutvā //
yad'; icchasi pūjituṃ lokanāyakaṃ
jalajehi mālyehi manoramehi /
upādiyāhi mamam adya bhāryāṃ
premṇānuraktā satataṃ ti bheṣyaṃ //
udumbarasya yatha puṣpaṃ dullabhaṃ
kadācid utpadyati loke māṇava /