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 2.102
utpalako nāma dvitīyo lubdhakaputro mālako nāma // tehi dṛṣṭā manoharā kinnarī dūrato āgacchantī sarvālaṃkāravibhūṣitā akṣudrānulepanā amilānagandhamālyā punar punaḥ pṛṣṭhatomukhī avalokayantī āgacchantī // tehi sā kinnarī pratyabhijñātā // te kṛtāṃjalipuṭā pranipatitā pṛcchanti //
gacchanti avalokesi avalokenti gacchasi /
kiṃ bhadre avalokesi kahiṃ vā tvaṃ gamiṣyasi //
manoharā āha //
ubhayaṃ abhiprārthemi . . . . kiṃpuruṣanagaraṃ /
sudhanuṃ cāvalokemi niratiṃ cābhiprārthaye //
te dāni lubdhakaputrā āhaṃsuḥ //
sudhanusya kumārasya kurupaṃcāleṣu nāriyo /
tāhi sārdhaṃ ramamāṇo na so tubhyaṃ smariṣyati //
manoharā āha //
ānayiṣyāmy ahaṃ sudhanuṃ prekṣitena smitena ca /
kocid dṛddho va mātaṃgo vaśe eṣo bhaviṣyati //
tāye teṣāṃ lubdhakaputrāṇāṃ haste śatasahasramūlyā ca aṃgulikā dinnā tālīsamālā ca / yadi mama pṛṣṭhato sudhanukumāro āgaccheya mama mārgamāṇo imaṃ abhijñānaṃ dāsyatha mama vacanā abhivādanaṃ pṛccheyātha / vaktavyo / ito evaṃ nivartāhi durgamo
gacchanti avalokesi avalokenti gacchasi /
kiṃ bhadre avalokesi kahiṃ vā tvaṃ gamiṣyasi //
manoharā āha //
ubhayaṃ abhiprārthemi . . . . kiṃpuruṣanagaraṃ /
sudhanuṃ cāvalokemi niratiṃ cābhiprārthaye //
te dāni lubdhakaputrā āhaṃsuḥ //
sudhanusya kumārasya kurupaṃcāleṣu nāriyo /
tāhi sārdhaṃ ramamāṇo na so tubhyaṃ smariṣyati //
manoharā āha //
ānayiṣyāmy ahaṃ sudhanuṃ prekṣitena smitena ca /
kocid dṛddho va mātaṃgo vaśe eṣo bhaviṣyati //
tāye teṣāṃ lubdhakaputrāṇāṃ haste śatasahasramūlyā ca aṃgulikā dinnā tālīsamālā ca / yadi mama pṛṣṭhato sudhanukumāro āgaccheya mama mārgamāṇo imaṃ abhijñānaṃ dāsyatha mama vacanā abhivādanaṃ pṛccheyātha / vaktavyo / ito evaṃ nivartāhi durgamo