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 1.262
tena viloketvā bhikṣūṇāṃ āmantreti // bhikṣavo na dṛṣṭapūrvā devā trāyastriṃśāḥ sudarśanāto nagarāto udyānabhūmim abhiniṣkramantā // te etarahi vaiśālakā lecchavayo paśyatha // tat kasya hetoḥ // tādṛśāye ca bhikṣavo ṛddhiye devā trāyastriṃśā sudarśanāto nagarāto udyānabhūmim abhiniṣkramanti //
sphītāni rājyāni praśāmyamānā
samyak* rājyāni karonti jñātayo /
tathā ime lecchavimadhye santo
devehi śāstā upamām akāsi //
trāyastriṃśā ye hi na dṛṣṭapūrvā
udyānabhūmiṃ abhiniṣkramantā /
etādṛśī samiti abhūṣi teṣāṃ
yathā iyaṃ samṛddhi lecchavīnāṃ //
suvarṇacchatrehi ca kuṃjarehi
śivikāhi sauvarṇamayīhi cānye /
rathehi sauvarṇamayehi cānye
pratyudgamaṃ lecchavino karonti //
sarve sametvā saha jñātibandhavo
daharā ca madhyā ca mahallakā ca /
alaṃkṛtā laktakaraktavastrā
pratyudgatā te ca vicitracārī //
tahiṃ dāni gaṃgāyāṃ rājño śreṇiyasya bimbisārasya nāvāsaṃkramaṃ abhyantaravaiśālakānāṃ
sphītāni rājyāni praśāmyamānā
samyak* rājyāni karonti jñātayo /
tathā ime lecchavimadhye santo
devehi śāstā upamām akāsi //
trāyastriṃśā ye hi na dṛṣṭapūrvā
udyānabhūmiṃ abhiniṣkramantā /
etādṛśī samiti abhūṣi teṣāṃ
yathā iyaṃ samṛddhi lecchavīnāṃ //
suvarṇacchatrehi ca kuṃjarehi
śivikāhi sauvarṇamayīhi cānye /
rathehi sauvarṇamayehi cānye
pratyudgamaṃ lecchavino karonti //
sarve sametvā saha jñātibandhavo
daharā ca madhyā ca mahallakā ca /
alaṃkṛtā laktakaraktavastrā
pratyudgatā te ca vicitracārī //
tahiṃ dāni gaṃgāyāṃ rājño śreṇiyasya bimbisārasya nāvāsaṃkramaṃ abhyantaravaiśālakānāṃ