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 2.29
saṃvidyante imāni asmākaṃ āsanapradhānāni /
āstāṃ tāva bhavanto asmākam anugrahārthāye //
atha te teṣv āsaneṣu bahuratnaviśuddhacitrapādeṣu /
vigatamadamānadarpā niṣīdi anavadyakarmāntāḥ //
te kaṃcid eva kālaṃ āgamayitvā narādhipam avocat* /
śṛṇvatu bhavān prayojanaṃ yaṃ asmākam iha gamanāye //
sarva-m-anavadyagātro utpanno lokasundaro tuhyaṃ /
putro kila manujapate lakṣaṇaguṇapāramīprāpto //
vayam api lakṣaṇakuśalās samarthā guṇadoṣalakṣaṇaṃ jñātuṃ /
yadi na gurutvaṃ bhavato paśyema mahāpuruṣarūpaṃ //
so avaca hanta paśyatha suvyapadeśakṣemaṃ mama putraṃ /
marumanujaharṣajananaṃ lakṣaṇaguṇapāramīprāptaṃ //
atha sa mṛdukācalindikapraveṇiye guṇadharaṃ grahetvāna /
aṃkena vādicandraṃ upanāmayati suravarāṇāṃ //
ālokayitva dūrā maheśvarā parākramaṃ daśabalasya /
mūrdhani vigalitamakuṭā nipatanti mahītale hṛṣṭāḥ //
te dāni rājānam ārocenti / lābhā te mahārāja sulabdhā yasya te yaṃ mahāpuruṣo kule utpanno dvātriṃśatīhi mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇehi samanvāgato // tadyathā //
samā heṣṭā ca dīrghā ca āyatā utsaṃgapaṃcamā /
āstāṃ tāva bhavanto asmākam anugrahārthāye //
atha te teṣv āsaneṣu bahuratnaviśuddhacitrapādeṣu /
vigatamadamānadarpā niṣīdi anavadyakarmāntāḥ //
te kaṃcid eva kālaṃ āgamayitvā narādhipam avocat* /
śṛṇvatu bhavān prayojanaṃ yaṃ asmākam iha gamanāye //
sarva-m-anavadyagātro utpanno lokasundaro tuhyaṃ /
putro kila manujapate lakṣaṇaguṇapāramīprāpto //
vayam api lakṣaṇakuśalās samarthā guṇadoṣalakṣaṇaṃ jñātuṃ /
yadi na gurutvaṃ bhavato paśyema mahāpuruṣarūpaṃ //
so avaca hanta paśyatha suvyapadeśakṣemaṃ mama putraṃ /
marumanujaharṣajananaṃ lakṣaṇaguṇapāramīprāptaṃ //
atha sa mṛdukācalindikapraveṇiye guṇadharaṃ grahetvāna /
aṃkena vādicandraṃ upanāmayati suravarāṇāṃ //
ālokayitva dūrā maheśvarā parākramaṃ daśabalasya /
mūrdhani vigalitamakuṭā nipatanti mahītale hṛṣṭāḥ //
te dāni rājānam ārocenti / lābhā te mahārāja sulabdhā yasya te yaṃ mahāpuruṣo kule utpanno dvātriṃśatīhi mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇehi samanvāgato // tadyathā //
samā heṣṭā ca dīrghā ca āyatā utsaṃgapaṃcamā /