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 2.104
sanigamajanapadāni vistīrṇaṃ ca antaḥpuraṃ manasi na vartati / manoharām eva kinnarīṃ śocati samanusmarati /
rājyaṃ rājaparidevavīkṣaṇakālena tan dadā sarvaṃ /
apavijjhiyāna prakrami adhautamalinaṃ paṭaṃ gṛhya //
anuraktabhaktibhāvaṃ caikaṃ paricārakaṃ grahetvāna /
parvatarājābhimukho so himavantam abhiprasaresi //
acireṇa gato sudhanū himavantaṃ ramyaparvatanitambaṃ /
tatrāddaśāsi lubdhakau uppalakaṃ mālakaṃ caiva //
paśyati ca śatadrunadīṃ śucivimalasphaṭikavikāśāṃ satataṃ /
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śubhā suśītalatoyā prasyandamānā mṛdutaruṇasujātā /
sā śādvalā pralulitā vahanti akṣauhinyo śatadrū //
sudhanū uvāca kāṃcil lubdhakā śyāmāṃ akṣudrānulepanāṃ /
nārīṃ amilānagandhamālyāṃ vikramantiṃ apaśyatha //
avoca lubdhakaputra yādṛśīṃ tvaṃ pṛcchasi sā ito ciraṃ /
uttīrya nadīṃ gatā sā imena kālena himavantaṃ //
pravyāhṛtaṃ hi tāye sudhanur nāmena pṛṣṭhato mahyaṃ /
rājyaṃ rājaparidevavīkṣaṇakālena tan dadā sarvaṃ /
apavijjhiyāna prakrami adhautamalinaṃ paṭaṃ gṛhya //
anuraktabhaktibhāvaṃ caikaṃ paricārakaṃ grahetvāna /
parvatarājābhimukho so himavantam abhiprasaresi //
acireṇa gato sudhanū himavantaṃ ramyaparvatanitambaṃ /
tatrāddaśāsi lubdhakau uppalakaṃ mālakaṃ caiva //
paśyati ca śatadrunadīṃ śucivimalasphaṭikavikāśāṃ satataṃ /
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
śubhā suśītalatoyā prasyandamānā mṛdutaruṇasujātā /
sā śādvalā pralulitā vahanti akṣauhinyo śatadrū //
sudhanū uvāca kāṃcil lubdhakā śyāmāṃ akṣudrānulepanāṃ /
nārīṃ amilānagandhamālyāṃ vikramantiṃ apaśyatha //
avoca lubdhakaputra yādṛśīṃ tvaṃ pṛcchasi sā ito ciraṃ /
uttīrya nadīṃ gatā sā imena kālena himavantaṃ //
pravyāhṛtaṃ hi tāye sudhanur nāmena pṛṣṭhato mahyaṃ /