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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 2.105
yadi eṣyati lubdhakaputrā dāsyātha imaṃ abhijñānaṃ //
imam aṅgulīyakaṃ imāṃ ca tālīsagandhīkāṃ mālāṃ /
dāsyātha lubdhakaputrā bhartā mama svāmikasvāmi //
abhivādanaṃ ca lubdhakā mama vacanā svāmikaṃ bhaṇeyātha /
pratigaccha hastināpuraṃ niyato niyamo vinābhāvo //
pratyagrahesi mālāṃ ālambesi mudrikāṃ pramodanto /
api maraṇaṃ abhyupemi manoharāye va samāgamaṃ //
te taṃ bhaṇanti lubdhakā sudhanuṃ ito eva tvaṃ nivartehi /
hastināpurasmiṃ nagare kā tuhyam abhukta varteyā //
taṃ tasya naiva hṛdaye nāpi ca teṣāṃ śṛṇoti so vacanaṃ /
gantuṃ yevādhyavasito śatadruṃ ca mahānadīṃ tīrṇo //
lubdhakā pi te vyavasthitā rājāmarṣo bhaveyā asmākaṃ /
yadi sudhanum evaṃrūpe atyayasmiṃ parityajeyāmaḥ //
avatīrṇā te pi nadiṃ vyāghragaṇasiṃhavāraṇasaṃghoṣāṃ /
mṛgavihaṃgamānuyātāṃ manoramāṃ ca cakravākarutāṃ //
tān tatkṣaṇena tīrṇā mahānadīṃ hansasārasābhirutāṃ /
vyāḍehi kinnarehi ca prapātajālāṃ suramaṇīyāṃ //
tatra dāni kumāro ca vasantako ca paricārako utpalako ca lubdhakaputro mālako ca lubdhakaputro evaṃkṛtādhyavasāyā manoharāye padehi himavantaṃ parvatarājaṃ praviśanti /
imam aṅgulīyakaṃ imāṃ ca tālīsagandhīkāṃ mālāṃ /
dāsyātha lubdhakaputrā bhartā mama svāmikasvāmi //
abhivādanaṃ ca lubdhakā mama vacanā svāmikaṃ bhaṇeyātha /
pratigaccha hastināpuraṃ niyato niyamo vinābhāvo //
pratyagrahesi mālāṃ ālambesi mudrikāṃ pramodanto /
api maraṇaṃ abhyupemi manoharāye va samāgamaṃ //
te taṃ bhaṇanti lubdhakā sudhanuṃ ito eva tvaṃ nivartehi /
hastināpurasmiṃ nagare kā tuhyam abhukta varteyā //
taṃ tasya naiva hṛdaye nāpi ca teṣāṃ śṛṇoti so vacanaṃ /
gantuṃ yevādhyavasito śatadruṃ ca mahānadīṃ tīrṇo //
lubdhakā pi te vyavasthitā rājāmarṣo bhaveyā asmākaṃ /
yadi sudhanum evaṃrūpe atyayasmiṃ parityajeyāmaḥ //
avatīrṇā te pi nadiṃ vyāghragaṇasiṃhavāraṇasaṃghoṣāṃ /
mṛgavihaṃgamānuyātāṃ manoramāṃ ca cakravākarutāṃ //
tān tatkṣaṇena tīrṇā mahānadīṃ hansasārasābhirutāṃ /
vyāḍehi kinnarehi ca prapātajālāṃ suramaṇīyāṃ //
tatra dāni kumāro ca vasantako ca paricārako utpalako ca lubdhakaputro mālako ca lubdhakaputro evaṃkṛtādhyavasāyā manoharāye padehi himavantaṃ parvatarājaṃ praviśanti /