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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 2.68
ca sukhibahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāntadaṇḍaḍamaraṃ sunigṛhītataskaraṃ vyavahārasaṃpannaṃ // tasya dāni rājño pañcaśatam antaḥpuraṃ / tasya yā agramahiṣī sā sarvasyāntaḥpurasyātīva prāsādikā ca darśanīyā ca paṇḍitā ca vidhijñā ca sarvakalāsamanvāgatā ca // so rājā abhīkṣṇaṃ antaḥpurasya vastrāṇi ca ābharaṇāni ca viśrāṇeti / tasyāpi rājño śatasahasramūlyo hāro ābaddhako tasya ca hārasya madhye maṇiratnaṃ yatra catvāri mahādvīpā dṛśyanti jambudvīpo pūrvavideho aparagodānīyo uttarakuruḥ sumeruś ca parvarājā / anekaśatasahasramūlyaṃ taṃ maṇiratnaṃ tasya mahāhārasya madhye // tāṃ devīṃ pṛcchati ābharaṇāni viśrāṇento // devi atīva tvaṃ me manaṃ harasi / ko tra upāyo yena devī me manaṃ harati // sā dāni hevī taṃ rājānaṃ gāthayādhyabhāṣati /
ceṣṭālīlāsamācārā nimittasya ca grāhaṇaṃ /
kautūhālena capalāstribhir ārajyanti pārthiva //
syāt khalu punar bhikṣavaḥ yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena kāśirājā abhūṣi / na khālv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / ahaṃ sa bhikṣavas tena kālena tena samayena kāśirājā abhūṣi / anyā sā tena kālena tena samayena kāśirājasyāgramahiṣī / na khalv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / eṣā sā bhagavatī yaśodharā tena kālena tena samayena kāśirājasyāgramahiṣī abhūṣi / tadāpi etasyā mayā bahuṃ dinnaṃ //
_____iti śrīyaśodharāye hārapradānajātakaṃ samāptaṃ //
yadā bodhisatvo akāmakānāṃ mātāpitṝṇām aśrukaṇṭānāṃ rudan mukhānāṃ hastoktaṃ
ceṣṭālīlāsamācārā nimittasya ca grāhaṇaṃ /
kautūhālena capalāstribhir ārajyanti pārthiva //
syāt khalu punar bhikṣavaḥ yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena kāśirājā abhūṣi / na khālv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / ahaṃ sa bhikṣavas tena kālena tena samayena kāśirājā abhūṣi / anyā sā tena kālena tena samayena kāśirājasyāgramahiṣī / na khalv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / eṣā sā bhagavatī yaśodharā tena kālena tena samayena kāśirājasyāgramahiṣī abhūṣi / tadāpi etasyā mayā bahuṃ dinnaṃ //
_____iti śrīyaśodharāye hārapradānajātakaṃ samāptaṃ //
yadā bodhisatvo akāmakānāṃ mātāpitṝṇām aśrukaṇṭānāṃ rudan mukhānāṃ hastoktaṃ