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 1.277
satru bhedabhayāt tasya dāsabhūto ca vartati //
dharmasthiteṣu ārakṣāṃ sadā kuryāsi pārthiva /
balacakraṃ hi niśrāya dharmacakraṃ pravartate //
dharmasthitānāṃ tejena sarvā śāmyanti ītayo /
samayena varṣanti devā śasyaṃ nivartate tahiṃ //
dṛṣṭadharme hitārthaṃ ca saṃparāye sukhāni ca /
evaṃ bhoti mahārāja guṇavanteṣu yat kṛtaṃ //
tasmāt taṃ parirakṣeyā rājā dharmeṇa pārthiva /
taṃ hi rāja hitaṃ tuhyaṃ rāṣṭrasyāpi ca taṃ hitaṃ //
samīkṣākārī asyā hi sarvārthehi janādhipa /
koṣṭhāgāre ca koṣṭhe ca apramattaś ca saṃbhava //
etāvatī arthavatī eṣā mahyānuśāsanī /
taṃ sarvam ogṛhītvāna evaṃ kuruhi pārthiva //
evaṃ te pratipannasya yaśo kīrtiś ca bheṣyati /
kṣemaṃ bhaviṣyate rāṣṭraṃ ṛddhaṃ sphītaṃ janākulaṃ //
kauśikasya śrutvā vākyaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dharmārthasaṃhitaṃ /
tathā śārikaṃ pṛcchāmi rājadharmā bravīhi me //
sārikapoto āha //
cirasya vata māṃ tāta rājadharmāṇi pṛcchasi /
hanta te haṃ pravakṣyāmi ekāgramanaso śṛṇu //
dvibhis tu pādakais tāta atra lokaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ /
alabdhalābho arthasya labdhasya parirakṣaṇaṃ //
tasmād arthasya lābhārthaṃ labdhasya parirakṣaṇe /
dharmasthiteṣu ārakṣāṃ sadā kuryāsi pārthiva /
balacakraṃ hi niśrāya dharmacakraṃ pravartate //
dharmasthitānāṃ tejena sarvā śāmyanti ītayo /
samayena varṣanti devā śasyaṃ nivartate tahiṃ //
dṛṣṭadharme hitārthaṃ ca saṃparāye sukhāni ca /
evaṃ bhoti mahārāja guṇavanteṣu yat kṛtaṃ //
tasmāt taṃ parirakṣeyā rājā dharmeṇa pārthiva /
taṃ hi rāja hitaṃ tuhyaṃ rāṣṭrasyāpi ca taṃ hitaṃ //
samīkṣākārī asyā hi sarvārthehi janādhipa /
koṣṭhāgāre ca koṣṭhe ca apramattaś ca saṃbhava //
etāvatī arthavatī eṣā mahyānuśāsanī /
taṃ sarvam ogṛhītvāna evaṃ kuruhi pārthiva //
evaṃ te pratipannasya yaśo kīrtiś ca bheṣyati /
kṣemaṃ bhaviṣyate rāṣṭraṃ ṛddhaṃ sphītaṃ janākulaṃ //
kauśikasya śrutvā vākyaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dharmārthasaṃhitaṃ /
tathā śārikaṃ pṛcchāmi rājadharmā bravīhi me //
sārikapoto āha //
cirasya vata māṃ tāta rājadharmāṇi pṛcchasi /
hanta te haṃ pravakṣyāmi ekāgramanaso śṛṇu //
dvibhis tu pādakais tāta atra lokaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ /
alabdhalābho arthasya labdhasya parirakṣaṇaṃ //
tasmād arthasya lābhārthaṃ labdhasya parirakṣaṇe /