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 2.51
yo atithismiṃ āsīne adattvā bhuṃjati bhojanaṃ //
natvāhaṃ kauśika brūmi bhuṃjāhi ca dadāhi ca /
āryamārgasamāpanno ekāṃśaṃ vindate sukhaṃ //
mātali pi upasaṃkrānto // kauśika āha //
nāhaṃ kriṇāmi nāpi vikriṇāmi
na cāpi me saṃnidhi asti kiṃci /
parīttarūpaṃ mama bhojanaṃ imaṃ
syāmākaprasthaṃ nalameṣo paṃcānāṃ //
mātali āha //
satyaṃ tasya hutaṃ bhoti satyaṃ cāpi samāhitaṃ /
yo atithismiṃ āsīne dattvā bhuṃjati bhojanaṃ //
natvāhaṃ kauśika brūmi bhuṃjāhi ca dadāhi ca /
āryamārgasamāpanno ekāṃśaṃ vindate sukhaṃ //
śakro pi upasaṃkrānto // kauśika āha //
nāhaṃ kriṇāmi nāpi vikriṇāmi
na cāpi me sannidhi asti kiṃcit* /
parīttarūpaṃ mama bhojanaṃ imaṃ
syāmākaprasthaṃ nalameṣo ṣaṇāṃ //
śakro āha //
sarasvatīṃ so juhoti cāhutāṃ gamaye api /
natvāhaṃ kauśika brūmi bhuṃjāhi ca dadāhi ca /
āryamārgasamāpanno ekāṃśaṃ vindate sukhaṃ //
mātali pi upasaṃkrānto // kauśika āha //
nāhaṃ kriṇāmi nāpi vikriṇāmi
na cāpi me saṃnidhi asti kiṃci /
parīttarūpaṃ mama bhojanaṃ imaṃ
syāmākaprasthaṃ nalameṣo paṃcānāṃ //
mātali āha //
satyaṃ tasya hutaṃ bhoti satyaṃ cāpi samāhitaṃ /
yo atithismiṃ āsīne dattvā bhuṃjati bhojanaṃ //
natvāhaṃ kauśika brūmi bhuṃjāhi ca dadāhi ca /
āryamārgasamāpanno ekāṃśaṃ vindate sukhaṃ //
śakro pi upasaṃkrānto // kauśika āha //
nāhaṃ kriṇāmi nāpi vikriṇāmi
na cāpi me sannidhi asti kiṃcit* /
parīttarūpaṃ mama bhojanaṃ imaṃ
syāmākaprasthaṃ nalameṣo ṣaṇāṃ //
śakro āha //
sarasvatīṃ so juhoti cāhutāṃ gamaye api /