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 2.38
vardhāpaye jayena phalāni upanāmaye asitanāmo /
pratyagrahesi rājā svāgataṃ bhagavato ti ca avocat* //
atha kanakam aṣṭapādaṃ suvicitrakilañjakaṃ maṇivicitraṃ /
prakṣaptam āsanavaraṃ tatra niṣīde anujñāto //
paryaṃkasmiṃ niṣaṇṇo paṃcābhijño ṛṣī maharddhīko /
bhaktena nimantreti svāmaṃ śuddhodano rājā //
bhaktaṃ kṛtaṃ prabhūtaṃ pratiśruṇu taṃ anāmayan tu te bhagavan* /
icchāma te kumāraṃ draṣṭuṃ yadi te anumataṃ syāta //
svāgatam anurāgataṃ te supto tāvat priyadarśi kumāro /
drakṣyasi tvaṃ prativibuddhaṃ vigrahaṃ iva jātarūpasya //
pratibuddhaṃ ca kumāraṃ praveṇiyaṃ aṣṭamaṃgalakṛtāyaṃ /
upanāmayi mātusmā ghanavivarakṛtaṃ ca ādityaṃ //
dṛṣṭvāna taṃ ṛṣivaro kuṇḍalam iva paṭṭakambalanyastaṃ /
abhyutthahitva tvaritaṃ aṃkena pratīcchati kumāraṃ //
aṅkena gṛhya niśāmya dvātriṃśallakṣaṇeṣu upāgataṃ /
tathā anuvyaṃjanehi prarodi ākhaṇḍalasamāno //
taṃ aśrupūrṇanayanaṃ rājā śuddhodano idam avocat* /
kiṃ dāni te kumāraṃ dṛṣṭvā daurmanasyam utpannaṃ //
yo tadaho jātamātro sapta padān uttarāmukho agami /
taṃ tuvaṃ brāhmaṇa dṛṣṭvā kiṃ rodiṣi śrotum icchāmi //
pratyagrahesi rājā svāgataṃ bhagavato ti ca avocat* //
atha kanakam aṣṭapādaṃ suvicitrakilañjakaṃ maṇivicitraṃ /
prakṣaptam āsanavaraṃ tatra niṣīde anujñāto //
paryaṃkasmiṃ niṣaṇṇo paṃcābhijño ṛṣī maharddhīko /
bhaktena nimantreti svāmaṃ śuddhodano rājā //
bhaktaṃ kṛtaṃ prabhūtaṃ pratiśruṇu taṃ anāmayan tu te bhagavan* /
icchāma te kumāraṃ draṣṭuṃ yadi te anumataṃ syāta //
svāgatam anurāgataṃ te supto tāvat priyadarśi kumāro /
drakṣyasi tvaṃ prativibuddhaṃ vigrahaṃ iva jātarūpasya //
pratibuddhaṃ ca kumāraṃ praveṇiyaṃ aṣṭamaṃgalakṛtāyaṃ /
upanāmayi mātusmā ghanavivarakṛtaṃ ca ādityaṃ //
dṛṣṭvāna taṃ ṛṣivaro kuṇḍalam iva paṭṭakambalanyastaṃ /
abhyutthahitva tvaritaṃ aṃkena pratīcchati kumāraṃ //
aṅkena gṛhya niśāmya dvātriṃśallakṣaṇeṣu upāgataṃ /
tathā anuvyaṃjanehi prarodi ākhaṇḍalasamāno //
taṃ aśrupūrṇanayanaṃ rājā śuddhodano idam avocat* /
kiṃ dāni te kumāraṃ dṛṣṭvā daurmanasyam utpannaṃ //
yo tadaho jātamātro sapta padān uttarāmukho agami /
taṃ tuvaṃ brāhmaṇa dṛṣṭvā kiṃ rodiṣi śrotum icchāmi //