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 2.193
kena kuśalamūlena vipākam anubhosimaṃ //
kena tvayā ayaṃ labdho āyurvaśo yaśo balaṃ /
ṛddhiṃ ca parivāraṃ ca anubhosi amānuṣaṃ //
kiṃ tvayā kalyāṇaṃ karma karitvā anyāsu jātiṣu /
kena kuśalakarmeṇa vipākam anubhosimaṃ //
kena te brahmacaryeṇa saṃyamena damena ca /
kena kuśalakarmeṇa svargakāyasmi modasi //
kenāpi evaṃ jvalito anubhāvo varṇo ca te /
kena kuśalakarmeṇa sarvāṃ diśāṃ prabhāsasi //
pṛcchito devaputra brūhi kasya karmasyidaṃ phalaṃ /
so devaputro ātmanā maudgalyāyanena pṛcchito /
praśnaṃ pṛṣṭo viyākarṣi sthavirasyeti me śrutaṃ //
ahaṃ kapilavastusmiṃ śākyānāṃ nagarottame /
aṭṭālakoṭṭaracite dṛḍhaprākāratoraṇe //
godhāmukhaniryūhadṛḍhārgalakapāṭatoraṇe /
hayagajarathācīrṇe āvāse śākyaśreṣṭhino //
ākīrṇajanamanuṣye nagare sādhunirmite /
śuddhodanasya putrasya sahajo āsi kaṇṭhako //
yadā cābhiniṣkramesi pravrajyāye narottamo /
tadā sa vacanam āha bahusamyaggirāṃ bravīt* //
kena tvayā ayaṃ labdho āyurvaśo yaśo balaṃ /
ṛddhiṃ ca parivāraṃ ca anubhosi amānuṣaṃ //
kiṃ tvayā kalyāṇaṃ karma karitvā anyāsu jātiṣu /
kena kuśalakarmeṇa vipākam anubhosimaṃ //
kena te brahmacaryeṇa saṃyamena damena ca /
kena kuśalakarmeṇa svargakāyasmi modasi //
kenāpi evaṃ jvalito anubhāvo varṇo ca te /
kena kuśalakarmeṇa sarvāṃ diśāṃ prabhāsasi //
pṛcchito devaputra brūhi kasya karmasyidaṃ phalaṃ /
so devaputro ātmanā maudgalyāyanena pṛcchito /
praśnaṃ pṛṣṭo viyākarṣi sthavirasyeti me śrutaṃ //
ahaṃ kapilavastusmiṃ śākyānāṃ nagarottame /
aṭṭālakoṭṭaracite dṛḍhaprākāratoraṇe //
godhāmukhaniryūhadṛḍhārgalakapāṭatoraṇe /
hayagajarathācīrṇe āvāse śākyaśreṣṭhino //
ākīrṇajanamanuṣye nagare sādhunirmite /
śuddhodanasya putrasya sahajo āsi kaṇṭhako //
yadā cābhiniṣkramesi pravrajyāye narottamo /
tadā sa vacanam āha bahusamyaggirāṃ bravīt* //