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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 2.107
kṛtvā saparivārasya agrato sthitā // ṛṣisya bhavati // mahātmanā imena kumāreṇa bhavitavyaṃ kṛtapuṇyena puṇyavantena yo eṣo imaṃ āśramaṃ praviṣṭaḥ / pradeśo na kṣemeṇānuprāpto // tena kumāro abhinandito // svāgataṃ kumārasya niṣīdāhi / etāni śivikāni // kumāro niṣaṇṇo saparivāro / ṛṣiṇā kṣudramadhusadṛśāni phalāni allīpitāni pānīyaṃ ca // yatra velāṃ kumāreṇa phalā paribhuktāni pānīyaṃ ca pītaṃ tato naṃ so ṛṣi pṛcchati // kiṃ kumārasya sukhasaṃvṛddhasya imahiṃ āgamanaprayojanaṃ // kumāro āha // kācit te bhagavaṃ evaṃrūpā nārī atikramantī dṛṣṭeti // ṛṣi āha // āma dṛṣṭā allīnā sā imaṃ āśramaṃ mama pādau vanditvā girivarasya anutaṭehi gatā / tat kumāro ito evaṃ āśramāto nivartatu / duṣkaraṃ kumāreṇa kṛtaṃ imaṃ tāvat pradeśaṃ gacchantena kiṃ puna ato paratareṇa gatena agamanaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ ito evaṃ nivartāhi // kumāro āha // na śakyāmi bhagavan nivartituṃ / yā tasyā manoharāye gati sā mama yenaiva mārgeṇa gatā tenaivāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi // ṛṣi āha // anyā kinnarīṇāṃ gatiḥ anyā manuṣyāṇāṃ / pakṣī pi kinnarāṇāṃ gatiṃ na saṃbhuṇanti kṛto manuṣyā / pakṣī pi taṃ pradeśaṃ kathaṃ cid gacchanti / kinnarā yatra gacchanti modamānā rativihāraṃ samanubhonto agamyan taṃ kumāra manuṣyāṇāṃ pathehi / ito evam āśramāto nivartāhi // pitā te ṣaṣṭīṇāṃ nagarahasrāṇāṃ īśvaro nanu udārehi paribhogehi kumāreṇa krīḍitavyaṃ ramitavyaṃ anubhavitavyaṃ etaṃ agamyaṃ deśaṃ na śakyasi gantuṃ // kumāro āha // bhagavaṃ maraṇaṃ vā sā vā paśyitavyā //