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 1.275
tato vivāde utpanne ubhau pakṣau samāhitaḥ /
ubhābhyāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā yathādharmaṃ samācaret* //
mā ca cchandā ca doṣā ca bhayā mohā ca pārthiva /
ubhābhyāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā yathādharmaṃ samācaret* //
na ca gacchati so hāniṃ paṇḍito hi arthakāraṇāt* /
yaśakīrtiñ ca rakṣanto svargaṃ mārgeti pārthiva //
tato adharmaṃ varjetvā rājadharmehi pārthiva /
anuśāsa mahīpāla evaṃ tatra gamiṣyasi //
rañjanīyeṣu kāmeṣu mātivelaṃ pramodyahi /
pramattasya hi kāmehi paraśatru balīyati //
tato nagaravṛttāni sarvāṇi anuvartaye /
atha jānapadavṛttaṃ dharmeṇa anuvartayet* //
paurajānapadaṃ rāṣṭraṃ guṇehi abhidhārayet* /
bhogadravyapradānena kṛtyānāṃ karaṇena ca //
tataḥ parijanaṃ sarvaṃ vaṭṭena abhidhārayet* /
bhogadravyapradānena abhedyapuruṣo bhave //
anuraktaṃ viraktaṃ ca sarvaṃ jānesi pārthiva /
balāgre upajīviṣu paurajānapadeṣu ca //
pratyavekṣitvā karmāntā bhūtāṃ harṣāṇi dāpayet* /
sarveṣu hiṃsāṃ varjetvā dharmeṇa phalam ādiśet* //
yathā pūrvakehi rājehi āgatāṃ janatāṃ bahuṃ /
yathā rāṣṭraṃ niveśeya tathā kuruhi pārthiva //
anugrahaṃ ca dīnānāṃ āḍhyānāṃ paripālanaṃ /
ubhābhyāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā yathādharmaṃ samācaret* //
mā ca cchandā ca doṣā ca bhayā mohā ca pārthiva /
ubhābhyāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā yathādharmaṃ samācaret* //
na ca gacchati so hāniṃ paṇḍito hi arthakāraṇāt* /
yaśakīrtiñ ca rakṣanto svargaṃ mārgeti pārthiva //
tato adharmaṃ varjetvā rājadharmehi pārthiva /
anuśāsa mahīpāla evaṃ tatra gamiṣyasi //
rañjanīyeṣu kāmeṣu mātivelaṃ pramodyahi /
pramattasya hi kāmehi paraśatru balīyati //
tato nagaravṛttāni sarvāṇi anuvartaye /
atha jānapadavṛttaṃ dharmeṇa anuvartayet* //
paurajānapadaṃ rāṣṭraṃ guṇehi abhidhārayet* /
bhogadravyapradānena kṛtyānāṃ karaṇena ca //
tataḥ parijanaṃ sarvaṃ vaṭṭena abhidhārayet* /
bhogadravyapradānena abhedyapuruṣo bhave //
anuraktaṃ viraktaṃ ca sarvaṃ jānesi pārthiva /
balāgre upajīviṣu paurajānapadeṣu ca //
pratyavekṣitvā karmāntā bhūtāṃ harṣāṇi dāpayet* /
sarveṣu hiṃsāṃ varjetvā dharmeṇa phalam ādiśet* //
yathā pūrvakehi rājehi āgatāṃ janatāṃ bahuṃ /
yathā rāṣṭraṃ niveśeya tathā kuruhi pārthiva //
anugrahaṃ ca dīnānāṃ āḍhyānāṃ paripālanaṃ /