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).

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ṛṣi mahābhāgo mahāmaitrīvihārī kāruṇiko / tasya bhavati // se kumārasya agamyaṃ deśaṃ gacchantasya śarīravināśo bhaveyā // so ṛṣi āha // kumāra imāṃ rātriṃ iha āśrame vītināmehi yāva iha uddeśe vānarā prativasanti / yo teṣāṃ yūthapati so mama abhiprasanno nityakālaṃ mama pādavanto āgacchati kṣudramadhusadṛśāni phalāni ādāya / tam ahaṃ vānararājaṃ adhyeṣiṣyaṃ / so tava drumasya kinnararājño niratiṃ nāma kinnaranagaraṃ neṣyati // kumāro ṛṣisya vacanena tahiṃ āśrame tāṃ rātriṃ sthito rātriye ca prabhātāye kumāro siṃhasya ca osarantasya śabdaṃ śṛṇvati / kumāro ṛṣikumārāṇāṃ pṛcchati / kasya eṣa osaraṇaśabdo // ṛṣikuṃāro āha // evaṃ vānarādhipatisya osarantasya śabdo nityaṃ eṣo iha velāye kṣudramadhusadṛśāni phalāni ādāya taṃ osaranto drumāt* drumaṃ saṃkramanto asmākam upādhyāyasya pādavanto āgacchati // tadāni kautūhaleva utthāya yato taṃ vānarasya osarantasya śabdaṃ tataḥ nidhyāyati // tena so vānararājā dṛṣṭo drumāto drumaṃ saṃkramanto āgacchanto // so vānararājā taṃ āśramam āgatvā kṣudramadhusadṛśāni phalāni ṛṣisya purato nikṣipitvā niṣaṇṇo // ṛṣi āha // vānararāja karohi me vyāpāraṃ // vānararājā āha // bhagavaṃ kariṣyāmi / āṇapehi // ṛṣi āha // imaṃ kumāraṃ ātmanā caturthaṃ drumasya kinnararājño niratiṃ nāma kinnaranagaraṃ tahiṃ tehi // vānaro āha // bhagavan nemi //
___so dāni vānarādhipati tato eva āśramāto ātmanā caturthaṃ kumāraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ ārohayitvā parvatānāṃ śṛṃgato śṛṃgaṃ saṃkramanto drumāto drumaṃ nacirasyaiva drumasya kinnararājño

Last Updated: 02 August, 2021