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 2.196
āsīnaṃ munim avyagraṃ nirvātam iva sāgaraṃ //
abhigamya ca dharmātmā naṃ muniṃ śākyapuṃgavo /
anujñāto praviṣṭāya bhūmiyāṃ upaviśya sa //
samudra iva gambhīro vīryavā himavān iva /
śākyarājasutaṃ dṛṣṭvā maharṣi vismito abhūt* //
ko nvayaṃ vapuṣā śrīmān* jvalaty anupamadyuti /
suvarṇo dhūmāpagataḥ jotimāno yathānalaḥ //
vyūḍhoraskyo mahābāhuḥ supraśastakarāṃguli /
samantakukṣiś ca ślakṣṇo eṇavṛtti kaṭīmahān* //
kāṃcanastambhasadṛśo govṛṣākṣo mahādyutiḥ /
śārdūlavṛṣabhaskandhaḥ padmapādakaro naghaḥ //
śarīralakṣaṇair asya jātiśataguṇācitaiḥ /
śobhato śarīraṃ tasya nakṣatrair iva candramāḥ //
vibhūṣaṇā naiva gātreṣu racitā anurūpikā /
śarīraṃ bhūṣayanty asya lakṣaṇāni mahātmanaḥ //
merumaṇḍalasāreṇa gacchatā gajagāminā /
ākrāntā sahasā padbhyāṃ raṇatīva vasundharā //
snigdhagambhīraśabdena svareṇa anunādinā /
trilokam arhate kṛtsnam ājñāpayitum ojasā //
vyaṃjanāni hi yā yasya lakṣaṇāni ca lakṣaye /
abhigamya ca dharmātmā naṃ muniṃ śākyapuṃgavo /
anujñāto praviṣṭāya bhūmiyāṃ upaviśya sa //
samudra iva gambhīro vīryavā himavān iva /
śākyarājasutaṃ dṛṣṭvā maharṣi vismito abhūt* //
ko nvayaṃ vapuṣā śrīmān* jvalaty anupamadyuti /
suvarṇo dhūmāpagataḥ jotimāno yathānalaḥ //
vyūḍhoraskyo mahābāhuḥ supraśastakarāṃguli /
samantakukṣiś ca ślakṣṇo eṇavṛtti kaṭīmahān* //
kāṃcanastambhasadṛśo govṛṣākṣo mahādyutiḥ /
śārdūlavṛṣabhaskandhaḥ padmapādakaro naghaḥ //
śarīralakṣaṇair asya jātiśataguṇācitaiḥ /
śobhato śarīraṃ tasya nakṣatrair iva candramāḥ //
vibhūṣaṇā naiva gātreṣu racitā anurūpikā /
śarīraṃ bhūṣayanty asya lakṣaṇāni mahātmanaḥ //
merumaṇḍalasāreṇa gacchatā gajagāminā /
ākrāntā sahasā padbhyāṃ raṇatīva vasundharā //
snigdhagambhīraśabdena svareṇa anunādinā /
trilokam arhate kṛtsnam ājñāpayitum ojasā //
vyaṃjanāni hi yā yasya lakṣaṇāni ca lakṣaye /