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 2.192
tāsāṃ ca nṛtyamānānāṃ divyakanyā kānane //
divyo niścarate sabdo dvijakanyāgaṇe yathā /
suvarṇapāde paryaṃke nirmite ratanāmaye //
saṃskṛte suvisṛṣṭe svargakāyasmi modasi /
suvarṇapāde paryaṃke nirmite ratanāmaye //
prekṣamāṇo diśā sarvāṃ brahmā ca upaśobhasi /
tasmiṃ . . . . paryaṃke tūlikāstṛte //
alaṃkṛtā devakanyā vījanti cāmarehi te /
tavam ete apsarasaṃghā hemajālā alaṃkṛtā //
bāhāṃ vikīrya nṛtyanti gāyanti ca suvāditaṃ /
kācit tatra upagāyanti upavādenti apsarā //
kācic ca upanṛtyanti saṃgītasmiṃ suvādite /
kācit te ruciraṃ śabdaṃ muṃcanty aṃgehi sarvaśo //
kāsāṃcit sarvaromehi vānti gandhā amānuṣā /
taṃ devakanyāhi upetarūpaṃ
niveśanaṃ te padumuttarāhi //
suvarṇakaṃcukakṛtabhūtim etaṃ
bhavanamaho laṃkṛtam apsarohi /
kiṃ tvaṃ karma karitvāna pūrva anyāsu jātiṣu /
kena kuśalamūlena trāyastriṃśopapadyatha //
kiṃ tvaṃ karma karitvāna pūrve mānuṣyake bhave /
divyo niścarate sabdo dvijakanyāgaṇe yathā /
suvarṇapāde paryaṃke nirmite ratanāmaye //
saṃskṛte suvisṛṣṭe svargakāyasmi modasi /
suvarṇapāde paryaṃke nirmite ratanāmaye //
prekṣamāṇo diśā sarvāṃ brahmā ca upaśobhasi /
tasmiṃ . . . . paryaṃke tūlikāstṛte //
alaṃkṛtā devakanyā vījanti cāmarehi te /
tavam ete apsarasaṃghā hemajālā alaṃkṛtā //
bāhāṃ vikīrya nṛtyanti gāyanti ca suvāditaṃ /
kācit tatra upagāyanti upavādenti apsarā //
kācic ca upanṛtyanti saṃgītasmiṃ suvādite /
kācit te ruciraṃ śabdaṃ muṃcanty aṃgehi sarvaśo //
kāsāṃcit sarvaromehi vānti gandhā amānuṣā /
taṃ devakanyāhi upetarūpaṃ
niveśanaṃ te padumuttarāhi //
suvarṇakaṃcukakṛtabhūtim etaṃ
bhavanamaho laṃkṛtam apsarohi /
kiṃ tvaṃ karma karitvāna pūrva anyāsu jātiṣu /
kena kuśalamūlena trāyastriṃśopapadyatha //
kiṃ tvaṃ karma karitvāna pūrve mānuṣyake bhave /