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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 2.6
abravīt mahīpatisutaṃ āditye astamitamātre //
eṣā samādiyāmi prāṇeṣu avihiṃsaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca /
viramāmi cāpy adinnād madyād anibaddhavacanāc ca //
akhilavacanāc ca naravara viramāmi tathaivaṃ paiśunyāc ca/
paruṣavacanāc ca narapati viramāmi ayaṃ mama chando //
parakāmeṣu ca īrṣyāṃ no saṃjāneyyaṃ nāpy abhidrohaṃ /
bhūteṣu upajaneṣyaṃ viparītamatiṃ ca vijahāmi //
ekādaśaprakāraṃ śīlaṃ sevāmy ahaṃ pṛthivipāla /
rajanīm imāṃ anūnāṃ evaṃ mama jāyate chando //
mā suda khu bhūmipāla kāmavitarko mā mayi pratikāṃkṣi /
preṣaya mā ti apuṇyaṃ bhaveyā mayi brahmacāriṇiye //
sarve tava saṃkalpāṃ paripūremīti pārthivo avaca /
abhirama bhavanavaragatā ahaṃ ca rājyaṃ ca tava vaśyaṃ //
sā strīsahasrasamagrā anantaraṃ gṛhya taṃ vimānavaraṃ /
abhiruhiya abhiniṣīde manāpaparipūrṇasaṃkalpā //
sā kiṃcid eva kālaṃ tasmiṃ himakumudapuṇḍarīkanibhe /
śayane praśamadamaratā tūṣṇīṃbhāvena kṣepayati //
sā dāniṃ dakṣiṇena pārśvena parinyāsi śarīravaraṃ /
kusumalatā va drumavaraṃ śayanaṃ parivelliyāśayitā //
atha tāṃ niśāmya śayanopagatāṃ devīṃ divyapramadārūpanibhāṃ /
tuṣitālayā cyaviya devagaṇā prāsādamūrdhni pratiṣṭhihinsu //
eṣā samādiyāmi prāṇeṣu avihiṃsaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca /
viramāmi cāpy adinnād madyād anibaddhavacanāc ca //
akhilavacanāc ca naravara viramāmi tathaivaṃ paiśunyāc ca/
paruṣavacanāc ca narapati viramāmi ayaṃ mama chando //
parakāmeṣu ca īrṣyāṃ no saṃjāneyyaṃ nāpy abhidrohaṃ /
bhūteṣu upajaneṣyaṃ viparītamatiṃ ca vijahāmi //
ekādaśaprakāraṃ śīlaṃ sevāmy ahaṃ pṛthivipāla /
rajanīm imāṃ anūnāṃ evaṃ mama jāyate chando //
mā suda khu bhūmipāla kāmavitarko mā mayi pratikāṃkṣi /
preṣaya mā ti apuṇyaṃ bhaveyā mayi brahmacāriṇiye //
sarve tava saṃkalpāṃ paripūremīti pārthivo avaca /
abhirama bhavanavaragatā ahaṃ ca rājyaṃ ca tava vaśyaṃ //
sā strīsahasrasamagrā anantaraṃ gṛhya taṃ vimānavaraṃ /
abhiruhiya abhiniṣīde manāpaparipūrṇasaṃkalpā //
sā kiṃcid eva kālaṃ tasmiṃ himakumudapuṇḍarīkanibhe /
śayane praśamadamaratā tūṣṇīṃbhāvena kṣepayati //
sā dāniṃ dakṣiṇena pārśvena parinyāsi śarīravaraṃ /
kusumalatā va drumavaraṃ śayanaṃ parivelliyāśayitā //
atha tāṃ niśāmya śayanopagatāṃ devīṃ divyapramadārūpanibhāṃ /
tuṣitālayā cyaviya devagaṇā prāsādamūrdhni pratiṣṭhihinsu //