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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 2.47
ākruṣṭe śūram icchanti mantreṣu kuśalaṃ sadā /
sahāyaṃ arcayante khu annapānena supriyaṃ //
rājā bhaktavelāyāṃ kumāraṃ pṛcchati / kahiṃ kumāro āhāraṃ kariṣyati // rājño śrutvā kaṃcukīyā ca varṣavarā ca kirātā ca vāmanakā ca samantena pradhāvitā kumāraṃ mārgantā // kumāro jambucchāyāyāṃ dhyāyanto kaṃcukīyena dṛṣṭo parivṛtte divasakare jambucchāyā kumāraṃ na jahāti // kaṃcukīyo dṛṣṭvā vismito mahābhāgo kumāro yasya acetanā chāyā na jahāti // kaṃcukīyena rājño śuddhodanasya niveditaṃ //
vyāvṛtte timiranudasya maṇḍalasmiṃ
dhyāmābhaṃ śubhavaralakṣaṇāgradhāriṃ /
dhyāyantaṃ girim iva niścalaṃ narendra
siddhārthaṃ na jahati jambucchāyā //
rājā kaṃcukīyasya śrutvā yena kumāras tenopasaṃkramanto paśyati jambucchāyāntāṃ / rājā vismito āha //
hutāsano vā girimūrdhanasmiṃ
śaśīva nakṣatragaṇāvakīrṇo /
hlādeti gātrāṇi nirīkṣyamāṇo
dhyānasthito tailapradīpakalpo //
rājā āha // mahābhāgo ayaṃ yasya acetanavantā pi tāvā saṃnamanti // rājñā śuddhodanena bodhisatvasya jambucchāyāgatasya pādā vanditā //
sahāyaṃ arcayante khu annapānena supriyaṃ //
rājā bhaktavelāyāṃ kumāraṃ pṛcchati / kahiṃ kumāro āhāraṃ kariṣyati // rājño śrutvā kaṃcukīyā ca varṣavarā ca kirātā ca vāmanakā ca samantena pradhāvitā kumāraṃ mārgantā // kumāro jambucchāyāyāṃ dhyāyanto kaṃcukīyena dṛṣṭo parivṛtte divasakare jambucchāyā kumāraṃ na jahāti // kaṃcukīyo dṛṣṭvā vismito mahābhāgo kumāro yasya acetanā chāyā na jahāti // kaṃcukīyena rājño śuddhodanasya niveditaṃ //
vyāvṛtte timiranudasya maṇḍalasmiṃ
dhyāmābhaṃ śubhavaralakṣaṇāgradhāriṃ /
dhyāyantaṃ girim iva niścalaṃ narendra
siddhārthaṃ na jahati jambucchāyā //
rājā kaṃcukīyasya śrutvā yena kumāras tenopasaṃkramanto paśyati jambucchāyāntāṃ / rājā vismito āha //
hutāsano vā girimūrdhanasmiṃ
śaśīva nakṣatragaṇāvakīrṇo /
hlādeti gātrāṇi nirīkṣyamāṇo
dhyānasthito tailapradīpakalpo //
rājā āha // mahābhāgo ayaṃ yasya acetanavantā pi tāvā saṃnamanti // rājñā śuddhodanena bodhisatvasya jambucchāyāgatasya pādā vanditā //