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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 2.170
āha // ānehi ahaṃ gamiṣyāmi mā tvaṃ svayaṃ gacchāsi // sā dāni bhūyasyā mātrayā māyāṃ darśayati / āha // na hoti mā āryaputro gacchatu ahaṃ gamiṣyāmi // śreṣṭhiputro pi āha // na hi mā tvaṃ gaccha ahaṃ gamiṣyāmi // gaṇikā āha // yathā āryaputrasya abhiprāyo bhavatu ahaṃ vā gaccheya āryaputro vā // so dāni śreṣṭhiputro taṃ bhojanam ādāya prasthito // tāye dāni gaṇikāye ceṭī uktā // gaccha yadā eṣo śreṣṭhiputro ghātito bhavati tataḥ taṃ puruṣaṃ praticchannaṃ ānayāhi yathā na kocit paśyeyā yāva dāni sūryo astameti // sarvo janakāyo nivṛttaḥ te ca vadhyaghātāḥ śmaśānam anuprāptāḥ so ca śreṣṭhiputro taṃ bhojanam ādāya upagato / tena so bhojano tasya vadhyasya upanāmito / tehi dāni vadhyaghātehi taṃ śreṣṭhiputraṃ ghātetvā so aśvavāṇijako osṛṣṭaḥ //
___so dāni tāye ceṭikāye pracchannaṃ taṃ gaṇikākulaṃ praveśito // so dāni aśvavāṇijako tatmuhūrtake ucchāpito snāpito mahārahaṃ vastraṃ parihāpito mahārahe paryaṃke upaviśāpito gandhamālyaṃ ca upanāmitaṃ bhojanam upanāmitaṃ / paṃcahi kāmaguṇehi samarpitaḥ samagrībhūto // ubhau krīḍanti ramanti pravicārayanti // so dāni prathamako śreṣṭhiputro daśavarṣapraviṣṭo āsi / yadā ghātāpito tadāpi dve varṣāṇi sarvopakaraṇaṃ mātāpitṝṇāṃ sakāśāto ānīyati // so dāni aśvavāṇijako taṃ vartanaṃ tādṛśaṃ paśyiya śokasamarpito pāṇḍuvarṇo bhave / na bhuktaṃ pi yaṃ bhojanaṃ taṃ chaḍḍeti mā haivaṃ ahaṃ pi tathā eva haniṣyāmi yathā so purimako śreṣṭhiputro // sā dāni gaṇikā taṃ aśvavāṇijakaṃ pṛcchati // āryaputra ettako kālo
___so dāni tāye ceṭikāye pracchannaṃ taṃ gaṇikākulaṃ praveśito // so dāni aśvavāṇijako tatmuhūrtake ucchāpito snāpito mahārahaṃ vastraṃ parihāpito mahārahe paryaṃke upaviśāpito gandhamālyaṃ ca upanāmitaṃ bhojanam upanāmitaṃ / paṃcahi kāmaguṇehi samarpitaḥ samagrībhūto // ubhau krīḍanti ramanti pravicārayanti // so dāni prathamako śreṣṭhiputro daśavarṣapraviṣṭo āsi / yadā ghātāpito tadāpi dve varṣāṇi sarvopakaraṇaṃ mātāpitṝṇāṃ sakāśāto ānīyati // so dāni aśvavāṇijako taṃ vartanaṃ tādṛśaṃ paśyiya śokasamarpito pāṇḍuvarṇo bhave / na bhuktaṃ pi yaṃ bhojanaṃ taṃ chaḍḍeti mā haivaṃ ahaṃ pi tathā eva haniṣyāmi yathā so purimako śreṣṭhiputro // sā dāni gaṇikā taṃ aśvavāṇijakaṃ pṛcchati // āryaputra ettako kālo