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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 2.153
vyasanaṃ balasya mathanaṃ sarvendriyāṇāṃ vadhaḥ śokānāṃ prabhavo rativyupasamo cittāśrayāṇāṃ nidhi dharmasyopaśamaḥ gātrāśritānāṃ gṛhaṃ yo lokaṃ pibate vapuś ca grasati vyādhisya ko nodvijet* // kumāro āha // sārathi nivartehi rathaṃ alaṃ me udyānagamanāye // kumāro punaḥ nivartitvā gṛhaṃ praviṣṭaḥ // rājā śuddhodano amātyāṃ pṛcchati // bho bhaṇe kiṃ kumāro nivṛtto udyānabhūmiṃ na nirgato // amātyā āhansuḥ // mahārāja kumāro vyādhitaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā nivṛtto na bhūyo udyānabhūmiṃ nirgato // rājño bhavati // mā hevaṃ yathā asitena ṛṣiṇā kumāro vyākṛto tathā bhaviṣyati // rājñā kumārasya antaḥpuraṃ saṃdiṣṭaṃ // suṣṭu kumāraṃ krīḍāpetha rāmāpetha nāṭyehi gītehi vāditehi yathā kumāro gṛhe abhirameyā // evaṃ kumārasya yathā devaloke evaṃrūpā antaḥpure saṃgīti vartanti / na ca kumārasya saṃgītiṣu manaṃ gacchati tam eva jīrṇaṃ ca vyādhitaṃ ca puruṣaṃ samanusmarati //
___aparakālena kumāro bhūyo pitaram āpṛcchati / tāta udyānabhūmiṃ niryāsyāmi darśanāye // rājñā amātyānām āṇatti dinnā / kumāro udyānabhūmiṃ niryāsyati udyānabhūmim alaṃkārāpetha mārgaṃ pratijāgaretha nagaraṃ ca alaṃkārāpetha yāvac ca rājakulaṃ yāvac ca rājakumārasya udyānabhūmiṃ siktasaṃsṛṣṭaṃ vitatavitānaṃ citraduṣyaparikṣiptaṃ osaktapaṭṭadāmakalāpaṃ dhūpitadhūpanaṃ muktapuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ deśedeśeṣu ca puṣpayantrāṇi naṭanartaka-ṛllamallapāṇisvaryākumbhatūṇikā mānāpikāni ca rūpāni śabdāni gandhāni upasthāpetha yathā kumāro udyānabhūmiṃ niryānto na kiṃcid amanāpaṃ paśyeyā jīrṇaṃ vyādhitaṃ vā kāṇaṃ vā khoḍaṃ vā dadruraṃ vā kaṇḍūlaṃ vā kacchulaṃ vā andhaṃ vā gilānaṃ vā // yathā kumāro na kiṃcid amanāpaṃ pśyeyā tathā karotha // vacanamātreṇa ca rājño
___aparakālena kumāro bhūyo pitaram āpṛcchati / tāta udyānabhūmiṃ niryāsyāmi darśanāye // rājñā amātyānām āṇatti dinnā / kumāro udyānabhūmiṃ niryāsyati udyānabhūmim alaṃkārāpetha mārgaṃ pratijāgaretha nagaraṃ ca alaṃkārāpetha yāvac ca rājakulaṃ yāvac ca rājakumārasya udyānabhūmiṃ siktasaṃsṛṣṭaṃ vitatavitānaṃ citraduṣyaparikṣiptaṃ osaktapaṭṭadāmakalāpaṃ dhūpitadhūpanaṃ muktapuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ deśedeśeṣu ca puṣpayantrāṇi naṭanartaka-ṛllamallapāṇisvaryākumbhatūṇikā mānāpikāni ca rūpāni śabdāni gandhāni upasthāpetha yathā kumāro udyānabhūmiṃ niryānto na kiṃcid amanāpaṃ paśyeyā jīrṇaṃ vyādhitaṃ vā kāṇaṃ vā khoḍaṃ vā dadruraṃ vā kaṇḍūlaṃ vā kacchulaṃ vā andhaṃ vā gilānaṃ vā // yathā kumāro na kiṃcid amanāpaṃ pśyeyā tathā karotha // vacanamātreṇa ca rājño