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 1.366
nyagrodham eva seveyā na viśākham abhiprārthayet* /
nyagrodhasmiṃ mṛtaṃ śreyo na viśākham asmiṃ jīvitaṃ //
jānapadā rājaṃ vijñāpenti //
udajyate janapado rāṣṭraṃ sphītaṃ vinaśyati /
mṛgā dhānyāni khādanti taṃ niṣedha janādhipa //
udajyatu janapado sphītaṃ rāṣṭraṃ vinaśyatu /
na tu evaṃ mṛgarājasya varaṃ dattvā mṛṣaṃ bhaṇe //
mṛgāṇāṃ dāyo dinno mṛgadāyo ti ṛṣipattano //
___dvādaśehi varṣehi bodhisatvo tuṣitabhavanāto cyaviṣyatīti śuddhāvāsā devā brāhmaṇaveśaṃ nirmiṇiya vedāṃ ca mantrāṃ ca dvātriṃśa mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇāṃ brāhmaṇāṃ vācenti yathā bodhisatvam ihāgataṃ vyākarensuḥ //
nyagrodhasmiṃ mṛtaṃ śreyo na viśākham asmiṃ jīvitaṃ //
jānapadā rājaṃ vijñāpenti //
udajyate janapado rāṣṭraṃ sphītaṃ vinaśyati /
mṛgā dhānyāni khādanti taṃ niṣedha janādhipa //
udajyatu janapado sphītaṃ rāṣṭraṃ vinaśyatu /
na tu evaṃ mṛgarājasya varaṃ dattvā mṛṣaṃ bhaṇe //
mṛgāṇāṃ dāyo dinno mṛgadāyo ti ṛṣipattano //
___dvādaśehi varṣehi bodhisatvo tuṣitabhavanāto cyaviṣyatīti śuddhāvāsā devā brāhmaṇaveśaṃ nirmiṇiya vedāṃ ca mantrāṃ ca dvātriṃśa mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇāṃ brāhmaṇāṃ vācenti yathā bodhisatvam ihāgataṃ vyākarensuḥ //