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 1.234
em'; eva buddhāna mahāyaśāna
kadācid utpādaṃ tathagatānāṃ //
pūjehi buddhaṃ naradamyasārathiṃ
jalajehi mālyehi manoramehi /
bodhāya te bheṣyati hetubhūtaṃ
bhāryā ca te bheṣyi ahaṃ tahiṃ tahiṃ //
megha āha //
upādiyāmi tava adya bhāryāṃ
jalajāna arthāya manoramāṇāṃ /
pūjeṣyi buddhaṃ naradamyasārathiṃ
bodhāya me bheṣyati hetubhūtaṃ //
sā hṛṣṭā saṃvṛttā adāsi utpalāṃ
snehena premṇānugataṃ viditvā /
gacchantam enaṃ anugacchi cārikāṃ
śṛṃgāṭake yatra sthito hi māṇavo //
bhagavān aśītihi bhikṣusahasrehi parivṛto rājñā ca arcimena aśītihi ca koṭṭarājāna sahasrehi anekehi ca kṣatriyamahāśālasahasrehi śramaṇabrāhmaṇatīrthakarehi dīpavatīṃ rājadhānīṃ saṃprasthito //
gamanasamaye bhagavato devasahasrāṇi sannipatitāni /
saptaratanāmayāni cchatrasahasrāṇi ādāya //
atha so mahāguṇadharo saṃprasthito agrato gaṇavarasya /
mattagajakhelagāmī marīcijālāvatatakāyo //
kadācid utpādaṃ tathagatānāṃ //
pūjehi buddhaṃ naradamyasārathiṃ
jalajehi mālyehi manoramehi /
bodhāya te bheṣyati hetubhūtaṃ
bhāryā ca te bheṣyi ahaṃ tahiṃ tahiṃ //
megha āha //
upādiyāmi tava adya bhāryāṃ
jalajāna arthāya manoramāṇāṃ /
pūjeṣyi buddhaṃ naradamyasārathiṃ
bodhāya me bheṣyati hetubhūtaṃ //
sā hṛṣṭā saṃvṛttā adāsi utpalāṃ
snehena premṇānugataṃ viditvā /
gacchantam enaṃ anugacchi cārikāṃ
śṛṃgāṭake yatra sthito hi māṇavo //
bhagavān aśītihi bhikṣusahasrehi parivṛto rājñā ca arcimena aśītihi ca koṭṭarājāna sahasrehi anekehi ca kṣatriyamahāśālasahasrehi śramaṇabrāhmaṇatīrthakarehi dīpavatīṃ rājadhānīṃ saṃprasthito //
gamanasamaye bhagavato devasahasrāṇi sannipatitāni /
saptaratanāmayāni cchatrasahasrāṇi ādāya //
atha so mahāguṇadharo saṃprasthito agrato gaṇavarasya /
mattagajakhelagāmī marīcijālāvatatakāyo //