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 1.236
ca vanarustā tamakūṭātapakoṭṭavakasubhūmi toṣalakolamacirāvokodbhava āmaṃ raktaka paṃcavidhā naya llaṃ //
yāva ca agrodyānaṃ yāva ca antaḥpuraṃ mahipatisya /
śobhati narendramārgo duṣyaśatasahasrasaṃstīrṇo //
atha ca vanakhaṇḍaragatā pramadā adhyokiranti narasiṃhaṃ /
kusumanikarakaṃ grahetva kanakagirinibhaṃ abhikiranti //
yathayatha mahānubhāvo dīpavatīm abhyupeti kāruṇiko /
tathātathā kusumanikaraṃ muṃcanti yaśasvino bhavato //
tāni ca karapramuktā surabhīṇi paṃcavarṇo . . . . . /
saṃsthihati puṣpakaṃcuko bhagavato lokanāthasya //
gaganapathe nirālambe abhyantarakaṇṭakāni surabhīṇi /
sthātu prādakṣaṇiye abhidakṣiṇaṃ kurvi kusumāni // {prādakṣiṇīye?}
gacchati anugacchanti tiṣṭhanti sthāti lokapradyote /
īryāpatham ṛddhimato sarvābhibhuno na vijahante //
saṃvartakā pi vātā yadi vivahensuḥ imāṃ trisāhasrāṃ /
na vikopaye kuto puna vahensu taṃ puṣpakaṃcukakaṃ //
bhagavantaṃ kanakanibhaṃ kanakavaram ucchusamavarṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā /
divi marūṇa gaṇā tada udīrayensuḥ aho dharmaṃ //
yāva ca agrodyānaṃ yāva ca antaḥpuraṃ mahipatisya /
śobhati narendramārgo duṣyaśatasahasrasaṃstīrṇo //
atha ca vanakhaṇḍaragatā pramadā adhyokiranti narasiṃhaṃ /
kusumanikarakaṃ grahetva kanakagirinibhaṃ abhikiranti //
yathayatha mahānubhāvo dīpavatīm abhyupeti kāruṇiko /
tathātathā kusumanikaraṃ muṃcanti yaśasvino bhavato //
tāni ca karapramuktā surabhīṇi paṃcavarṇo . . . . . /
saṃsthihati puṣpakaṃcuko bhagavato lokanāthasya //
gaganapathe nirālambe abhyantarakaṇṭakāni surabhīṇi /
sthātu prādakṣaṇiye abhidakṣiṇaṃ kurvi kusumāni // {prādakṣiṇīye?}
gacchati anugacchanti tiṣṭhanti sthāti lokapradyote /
īryāpatham ṛddhimato sarvābhibhuno na vijahante //
saṃvartakā pi vātā yadi vivahensuḥ imāṃ trisāhasrāṃ /
na vikopaye kuto puna vahensu taṃ puṣpakaṃcukakaṃ //
bhagavantaṃ kanakanibhaṃ kanakavaram ucchusamavarṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā /
divi marūṇa gaṇā tada udīrayensuḥ aho dharmaṃ //