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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 1.363
tato gamiṣyāmi // so mṛgarājā mṛgīm āha // tāva mā bhāyāhi anyaṃ visarjayiṣyaṃ // tena mṛgarājena āṇāpako mṛgo āṇatto ito yūthāto yasya mṛgasya osaro taṃ āṇāpehi etāye mṛgīye mayā abhayaṃ dinnaṃ // tena āṇāpakena yasya mṛgasya osaro taṃ āṇāpyati // gaccha rājño mahānasaṃ // so pi āha // na asmākaṃ yūthasya adya vāro viśākhasya yūthasya adya vāro // so āṇāpako mṛgo āha // viśākhasya yūthāto adya vāro yasyā mṛgīye vāro sā gurviṇī duve potakā kukṣismiṃ / tehi na mucyati tava osaro tvaṃ gacchāhīti // tāye ca mṛgīye tato amucyantiye iha yūtham āgatvā nyagrodho yūthapati vijñapto // nyagrodhena yūthapatinā tasyā mṛgīye abhayaṃ dinnaṃ // yūthapatinā āṇattaṃ // yasya ito yūthāto osaro taṃ visarjehi iti // tava ito yūthāto osaro tvaṃ gacchāhi // so āha // dvitīyasya adya osaro taṃ nāhaṃ anosare gaccheyaṃ // evaṃ yo yo āṇāpyati so so pi na icchati anosare gantuṃ // tena āṇāpakena mṛgeṇa nyagrodhasya mṛgapatisya ārocitaṃ // na koci icchati anosareṇa gantuṃ jalpanti nāsmākam adya osaro dvitīyasya mṛgayūthasya adya osaro // mṛgarājā āha // millehi maye imasyā mṛgīye abhayaṃ dinnaṃ / na śakyā saiṣā bhūyo tatra mahānasaṃ visarjayituṃ / ahaṃ svayaṃ gamiṣyāmi //
___so mṛgarājā tato vanaṣaṇḍāto pantham otaritvā vārāṇasīṃ gacchati // yo yo puruṣo taṃ mṛgarājaṃ paśyati gacchantaṃ so so etam anugacchati // mṛgo darśanīyo rūpeṇa citropacitro raktehi khurehi añjanehi akṣīhi prabhāsvarehi darśanīyehi // mahatā janakāyena agratokṛto gacchati yāvad abhyantaraṃ nagaraṃ praviṣṭo nāgarehi dṛṣṭo abhijñāto so mṛgarājā so mṛgarājā mahato janakāyasya // te taṃ paśyitvā mṛgarājam utkaṇṭhitā
___so mṛgarājā tato vanaṣaṇḍāto pantham otaritvā vārāṇasīṃ gacchati // yo yo puruṣo taṃ mṛgarājaṃ paśyati gacchantaṃ so so etam anugacchati // mṛgo darśanīyo rūpeṇa citropacitro raktehi khurehi añjanehi akṣīhi prabhāsvarehi darśanīyehi // mahatā janakāyena agratokṛto gacchati yāvad abhyantaraṃ nagaraṃ praviṣṭo nāgarehi dṛṣṭo abhijñāto so mṛgarājā so mṛgarājā mahato janakāyasya // te taṃ paśyitvā mṛgarājam utkaṇṭhitā