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 2.166
cūḍāmahaṃ ca vartati // samasamaṃ kaṇṭhako bodhisatvasya pādāṃ lihati / bodhisatvo anapekṣo prakramati //
pravrajyāṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi yathā pravraji cakṣumāṃ //
jīrṇaṃ kālagataṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃvegam alabhe muniḥ //
yoniśo labdhasaṃvego mahāprajño vipaśyako //
dṛṣṭvā ādīnavaṃ loke pravraji anagāriyaṃ //
avahāya mātāpitaraṃ jñātisaṃgamanaṃ tathā //
niryāsi kapilavastuto aśvam abhiruhya kaṇṭhakaṃ //
avahāyāśvacchandake chittvāna gṛhabāndhanāṃ //
sarvam etam avasṛjya anapekṣo eva prakramet* //
yaṃ dāni bodhisatvena abhiniṣkramitvā anomiyāto adhiṣṭhānāto vaśiṣṭhasya ṛṣisya āśramasya nātidūrato chandako nivartitaḥ sakaṇṭhako ābharaṇāni ca visarjitāni rājño śuddhodanasya kauśalyaṃ saṃdiṣṭaṃ mahāprajāpatīye gautamīye tathānyeṣām api jñātīnāṃ / yaśodharāye na saṃdiśati // yadā bhagavāṃ pravṛttavaradharmacakraḥ taṃ bhikṣūhi śrutaṃ / bhikṣū bhagavantam āhansuḥ // kathaṃ yaśodharāye anapekṣo prakrānto // bhagavān āha // nāhaṃ bhikṣavaḥ etarahiṃ evānapekṣo prakrānto / anyadāpi ahaṃ yaśodharāye anapekṣo prakrāntaḥ // bhikṣū āhansuḥ // anyadāpi bhagavan* // bhagavān āha // anyadāpi bhikṣavaḥ //
___bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'tītamadhvāne uttarāpathe takṣaśilā nāma nagaraṃ tatra vajraseno
pravrajyāṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi yathā pravraji cakṣumāṃ //
jīrṇaṃ kālagataṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃvegam alabhe muniḥ //
yoniśo labdhasaṃvego mahāprajño vipaśyako //
dṛṣṭvā ādīnavaṃ loke pravraji anagāriyaṃ //
avahāya mātāpitaraṃ jñātisaṃgamanaṃ tathā //
niryāsi kapilavastuto aśvam abhiruhya kaṇṭhakaṃ //
avahāyāśvacchandake chittvāna gṛhabāndhanāṃ //
sarvam etam avasṛjya anapekṣo eva prakramet* //
yaṃ dāni bodhisatvena abhiniṣkramitvā anomiyāto adhiṣṭhānāto vaśiṣṭhasya ṛṣisya āśramasya nātidūrato chandako nivartitaḥ sakaṇṭhako ābharaṇāni ca visarjitāni rājño śuddhodanasya kauśalyaṃ saṃdiṣṭaṃ mahāprajāpatīye gautamīye tathānyeṣām api jñātīnāṃ / yaśodharāye na saṃdiśati // yadā bhagavāṃ pravṛttavaradharmacakraḥ taṃ bhikṣūhi śrutaṃ / bhikṣū bhagavantam āhansuḥ // kathaṃ yaśodharāye anapekṣo prakrānto // bhagavān āha // nāhaṃ bhikṣavaḥ etarahiṃ evānapekṣo prakrānto / anyadāpi ahaṃ yaśodharāye anapekṣo prakrāntaḥ // bhikṣū āhansuḥ // anyadāpi bhagavan* // bhagavān āha // anyadāpi bhikṣavaḥ //
___bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'tītamadhvāne uttarāpathe takṣaśilā nāma nagaraṃ tatra vajraseno