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 1.280
taṃ sarvam ograhetvāna evaṃ kuruhi pārthiva //
evan te pratipannasya yaśo kīrtiś ca bheṣyati /
kṣemaṃ bhaviṣyati rāṣṭraṃ ṛddhaṃ sphītaṃ janākulaṃ //
kauśiko cāpi pṛcchito te pṛṣṭā vyākarensu me /
rājadharmaṃ yathātathā tvaṃ dāni śuka pṛcchasi //
balaṃ katividhaṃ rājño paṇḍita arthacintaka /
rājadharmaṃ yathātathā icchitavyaṃ bravīhi me //
śuko āha //
balaṃ paṃcavidhaṃ rājñaḥ icchitavyaṃ narādhipa /
ekāgramanaso bhūtvā śṛṇohi vacanaṃ mama //
prathamaṃ balaṃ sahajaṃ dvitīyaṃ putrabalaṃ tathā /
jñātimitrabalaṃ cāpi tṛtīyaṃ manujādhipa //
caturaṃgabalaṃ cāpi caturthaṃ bhavati pārthiva /
paṃcamaṃ ca balaṃ kruhi prajñābalam anuttaraṃ //
etaṃ balaṃ paṃcavidhaṃ yasya cāpi janādhipa /
rāṣṭro'sya sthāvaro bhoti ṛddhaṃ sphītaṃ janākulo //
balavaṃ punar eteṣāṃ prajñābalam anuttama /
prajñābalena saṃgrahe kṛtyākṛtyaṃ janādhipa //
akṛtyaṃ parivarjeti kṛtyaṃ ca anutiṣṭhati /
ātmano jñātimitrāṇāṃ rāṣṭrasya ca sukhāvahaṃ //
kulīno'pi hi duṣprajño rājārthe manujādhipa /
naiva rājño hito bhoti rāṣṭrasyāpi na so priyaḥ //
evan te pratipannasya yaśo kīrtiś ca bheṣyati /
kṣemaṃ bhaviṣyati rāṣṭraṃ ṛddhaṃ sphītaṃ janākulaṃ //
kauśiko cāpi pṛcchito te pṛṣṭā vyākarensu me /
rājadharmaṃ yathātathā tvaṃ dāni śuka pṛcchasi //
balaṃ katividhaṃ rājño paṇḍita arthacintaka /
rājadharmaṃ yathātathā icchitavyaṃ bravīhi me //
śuko āha //
balaṃ paṃcavidhaṃ rājñaḥ icchitavyaṃ narādhipa /
ekāgramanaso bhūtvā śṛṇohi vacanaṃ mama //
prathamaṃ balaṃ sahajaṃ dvitīyaṃ putrabalaṃ tathā /
jñātimitrabalaṃ cāpi tṛtīyaṃ manujādhipa //
caturaṃgabalaṃ cāpi caturthaṃ bhavati pārthiva /
paṃcamaṃ ca balaṃ kruhi prajñābalam anuttaraṃ //
etaṃ balaṃ paṃcavidhaṃ yasya cāpi janādhipa /
rāṣṭro'sya sthāvaro bhoti ṛddhaṃ sphītaṃ janākulo //
balavaṃ punar eteṣāṃ prajñābalam anuttama /
prajñābalena saṃgrahe kṛtyākṛtyaṃ janādhipa //
akṛtyaṃ parivarjeti kṛtyaṃ ca anutiṣṭhati /
ātmano jñātimitrāṇāṃ rāṣṭrasya ca sukhāvahaṃ //
kulīno'pi hi duṣprajño rājārthe manujādhipa /
naiva rājño hito bhoti rāṣṭrasyāpi na so priyaḥ //