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 2.61
tatrāpinaddhaprāvṛto kuśāmayo
supuṇyagandho ajinopasevito /
āśītakurvī harate niṣaṇṇo
niṣīda kalyāṇasukhena āsane //
tasyetavāye kuṣicāya kauśikaḥ
jayettamānaye jaṭāyantaṃ dhanena /
nehi pātrehi sudhāṃ svayaṃ dade
sā adhyabhāṣi tvaritā mahāmuniṃ //
taṃ saṃprati gṛhyāṇa prītamānasā
ityabravī āttamanā jaṭādharaṃ /
kṛtā tvayā kauśika mahya pūjā
gacchāmi dāni tridaśāna sevituṃ //
sā kauśikenānumatā dyutīmatā
jigīṣamāṇā tridaśāṃ upāgami /
gatvāna sā avaca sahasradarśanaṃ
iyaṃ sudhā vāsava yo hi me jayo //
so tatra yo preṣita eva mātali
parivṛtto devasabhāya agrato /
hirī sudhāṃ kenabhilabdhe hetunā
ityabravī tvaṃ punar evam āhūya //
taṃ so vatārād vinivartayed rathaṃ
supuṇyagandho ajinopasevito /
āśītakurvī harate niṣaṇṇo
niṣīda kalyāṇasukhena āsane //
tasyetavāye kuṣicāya kauśikaḥ
jayettamānaye jaṭāyantaṃ dhanena /
nehi pātrehi sudhāṃ svayaṃ dade
sā adhyabhāṣi tvaritā mahāmuniṃ //
taṃ saṃprati gṛhyāṇa prītamānasā
ityabravī āttamanā jaṭādharaṃ /
kṛtā tvayā kauśika mahya pūjā
gacchāmi dāni tridaśāna sevituṃ //
sā kauśikenānumatā dyutīmatā
jigīṣamāṇā tridaśāṃ upāgami /
gatvāna sā avaca sahasradarśanaṃ
iyaṃ sudhā vāsava yo hi me jayo //
so tatra yo preṣita eva mātali
parivṛtto devasabhāya agrato /
hirī sudhāṃ kenabhilabdhe hetunā
ityabravī tvaṃ punar evam āhūya //
taṃ so vatārād vinivartayed rathaṃ