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 2.28
anyaṃ ca dāni adbhutaṃ śarīracchāyā na dṛśyate teṣāṃ /
teṣāṃ ca sandhiśabdo caṃkramatāṃ na śruyate kaścit* //
niḥsaṃśayaṃ upagatā putravaraṃ naravarādhipa draṣṭuṃ /
abhinandaṃ abhivādaya paśyāhi ayonijāṃ devāṃ //
varamālyagandhahastāṃ līlāceṣṭāṃ manoramaśarīrāṃ /
dīpyantāṃ iva śirīye asaṃśayaṃ pravaramarutas te //
śuddhodano niśāmya vacanam idaṃ harṣakampitaśarīro /
abravīt* bhaṇahi sucapalaṃ praviśantu niveśanam udāraṃ //
kiṃkāraṇaṃ na edṛśā prākṛtapuruṣāṇa bhonti ākārāḥ /
na pi mānuṣāṇa īdṛśī ṛddhi bhavati yādṛśīṃ bhaṇasi //
atha so pratihārarakṣo upagamya maheśvarāṃ idam avocat* /
prahvo kṛtāṃjalipuṭo praṇamya hṛṣṭo muditacitto //
abhinandato narapatiḥ praviśantu bhavanto divyapurakalpaṃ /
rājavṛṣabhasya veśmaṃ narādhipatinā anujñātāḥ //
etaṃ śrutvā vacanaṃ aṣṭasahasraṃ maheśvaravarāṇāṃ /
praviśanti pārthivakulaṃ anihatakulavaṃśamukhyasya //
śuddhodano pi rājā maheśvarāṃ dūrato niśāmetvā /
pratyutthito saparivāro gauravabalabhāvitaśarīro //
tāṃ avaca rājavṛṣabho svāgatam anurāgaṃ bhavi sarveṣāṃ /
prītā sma darśanena praśamadamabalena ca bhavatāṃ //
teṣāṃ ca sandhiśabdo caṃkramatāṃ na śruyate kaścit* //
niḥsaṃśayaṃ upagatā putravaraṃ naravarādhipa draṣṭuṃ /
abhinandaṃ abhivādaya paśyāhi ayonijāṃ devāṃ //
varamālyagandhahastāṃ līlāceṣṭāṃ manoramaśarīrāṃ /
dīpyantāṃ iva śirīye asaṃśayaṃ pravaramarutas te //
śuddhodano niśāmya vacanam idaṃ harṣakampitaśarīro /
abravīt* bhaṇahi sucapalaṃ praviśantu niveśanam udāraṃ //
kiṃkāraṇaṃ na edṛśā prākṛtapuruṣāṇa bhonti ākārāḥ /
na pi mānuṣāṇa īdṛśī ṛddhi bhavati yādṛśīṃ bhaṇasi //
atha so pratihārarakṣo upagamya maheśvarāṃ idam avocat* /
prahvo kṛtāṃjalipuṭo praṇamya hṛṣṭo muditacitto //
abhinandato narapatiḥ praviśantu bhavanto divyapurakalpaṃ /
rājavṛṣabhasya veśmaṃ narādhipatinā anujñātāḥ //
etaṃ śrutvā vacanaṃ aṣṭasahasraṃ maheśvaravarāṇāṃ /
praviśanti pārthivakulaṃ anihatakulavaṃśamukhyasya //
śuddhodano pi rājā maheśvarāṃ dūrato niśāmetvā /
pratyutthito saparivāro gauravabalabhāvitaśarīro //
tāṃ avaca rājavṛṣabho svāgatam anurāgaṃ bhavi sarveṣāṃ /
prītā sma darśanena praśamadamabalena ca bhavatāṃ //