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 2.34
paśyati asito ca nabhe ābharaṇaśaṭāni viprakīrṇāni /
sahasrā pradhāvitānāṃ gaganatale devakanyānāṃ //
madhuraṃ ca kiṃnarīṇāṃ śṛṇoti gītasvaraṃ giriguhāsu /
girinadiyo kūlavahāṃ śamayati kusumākulajaloghāṃ //
obhāsaṃ pi ca vipulaṃ samantato paśyati daśadiśāsu /
sahasā samutpatantaṃ ravitaruṇamarīcisaṃkāśaṃ //
etāni ca anyāni ca bahūni āścaryakāni dṛṣṭvāna /
uddharṣitaromakūpo asito cintāmano āsi //
kin tu khu mahī pracalitā gaganatale dundubhino ca nadanti /
obhāsito ca loko pravarṣati ca puṣpavarṣāṇi //
na vibhānti candrasūryā lavaṇajalo kṣubhyate asitatoyo /
padmottarīyapaṭalā dṛśyanti kusumākulajalaughā //
sarve c'; ime drumavarā akālakusumehi . . . . cchāditā /
adya phalakusumabharitā surabhī gandhā pravāyanti //
na ca prajvalate agniḥ nirayasahasreṣu adya divasena /
na ca vedayanti duḥkhaṃ lokāntarikā vipadyamānā //
na cāpi kṣudhāpipāsā yathā pure jāyate śarīrasmiṃ /
hṛdayaṃ ca me pramuditaṃ kin tu khalu bhaviṣyati adya //
atibalam udīrṇahāsā kiṃ tu khalu purastime diśābhāge /
dhāvanti devakanyā candanacūrṇaṃ grahetvāna //
sahasrā pradhāvitānāṃ gaganatale devakanyānāṃ //
madhuraṃ ca kiṃnarīṇāṃ śṛṇoti gītasvaraṃ giriguhāsu /
girinadiyo kūlavahāṃ śamayati kusumākulajaloghāṃ //
obhāsaṃ pi ca vipulaṃ samantato paśyati daśadiśāsu /
sahasā samutpatantaṃ ravitaruṇamarīcisaṃkāśaṃ //
etāni ca anyāni ca bahūni āścaryakāni dṛṣṭvāna /
uddharṣitaromakūpo asito cintāmano āsi //
kin tu khu mahī pracalitā gaganatale dundubhino ca nadanti /
obhāsito ca loko pravarṣati ca puṣpavarṣāṇi //
na vibhānti candrasūryā lavaṇajalo kṣubhyate asitatoyo /
padmottarīyapaṭalā dṛśyanti kusumākulajalaughā //
sarve c'; ime drumavarā akālakusumehi . . . . cchāditā /
adya phalakusumabharitā surabhī gandhā pravāyanti //
na ca prajvalate agniḥ nirayasahasreṣu adya divasena /
na ca vedayanti duḥkhaṃ lokāntarikā vipadyamānā //
na cāpi kṣudhāpipāsā yathā pure jāyate śarīrasmiṃ /
hṛdayaṃ ca me pramuditaṃ kin tu khalu bhaviṣyati adya //
atibalam udīrṇahāsā kiṃ tu khalu purastime diśābhāge /
dhāvanti devakanyā candanacūrṇaṃ grahetvāna //