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 2.198
bodhisatvo dāni vaiśāliṃ gato ārāḍaṃ kālāmaṃ allīno / nirveditvā nāyaṃ mārgo nairyāṇiko tato rājagṛhaṃ gato //
gatvā ca so rājagṛhaṃ māgadhānāṃ girigahvare /
piṇḍāye abhisaresi ākīrṇavaralakṣaṇaḥ //
tam adṛśāsi prāsādāt* śreṇiyo magadhādhipaḥ /
prasannacitto dṛṣṭvā ca amātyāṃ idam abravīt* //
imaṃ bhavanto paśyantu ākīrṇavaralakṣaṇaṃ /
āroheṇa ca sampannaṃ yugamātraṃ ca prekṣati //
utkṣiptacakṣur medhāvī nāyam ūnakulodito /
rājadūtānubandhantu kahiṃ vāsam upeṣyati //
tato taṃ saṃdiśitā dūtā pṛṣṭhato anubandhiṣu /
gamiṣyati kahiṃ bhikṣuḥ kahiṃ vāsam upeṣyati //
piṇḍāye cāraṃ caritvāna niṣkramye nagarān muniḥ /
pāṇḍavaṃ abhisaresi atra vāso bhaviṣyati //
jñātvā ca bāsopagataṃ eko dūto upāviśat* /
aparo kṣipram āgamya rājño ārocaye tadā //
eṣa bhikṣuḥ mahārāja pāṇḍavasmiṃ puras tataḥ /
niṣaṇṇo vṛkṣamūlasmiṃ ekāgro susamāhitaḥ //
dvīpīva sutanuṃ vittaṃ vyāghraṃ vā girisānugaṃ /
siṃhaṃ vā giridurgasmiṃ mahāsiṃho mṛgādhipaḥ //
tato ca rājā tvaramāno amātyāṃ adhyabhāṣati /
gatvā ca so rājagṛhaṃ māgadhānāṃ girigahvare /
piṇḍāye abhisaresi ākīrṇavaralakṣaṇaḥ //
tam adṛśāsi prāsādāt* śreṇiyo magadhādhipaḥ /
prasannacitto dṛṣṭvā ca amātyāṃ idam abravīt* //
imaṃ bhavanto paśyantu ākīrṇavaralakṣaṇaṃ /
āroheṇa ca sampannaṃ yugamātraṃ ca prekṣati //
utkṣiptacakṣur medhāvī nāyam ūnakulodito /
rājadūtānubandhantu kahiṃ vāsam upeṣyati //
tato taṃ saṃdiśitā dūtā pṛṣṭhato anubandhiṣu /
gamiṣyati kahiṃ bhikṣuḥ kahiṃ vāsam upeṣyati //
piṇḍāye cāraṃ caritvāna niṣkramye nagarān muniḥ /
pāṇḍavaṃ abhisaresi atra vāso bhaviṣyati //
jñātvā ca bāsopagataṃ eko dūto upāviśat* /
aparo kṣipram āgamya rājño ārocaye tadā //
eṣa bhikṣuḥ mahārāja pāṇḍavasmiṃ puras tataḥ /
niṣaṇṇo vṛkṣamūlasmiṃ ekāgro susamāhitaḥ //
dvīpīva sutanuṃ vittaṃ vyāghraṃ vā girisānugaṃ /
siṃhaṃ vā giridurgasmiṃ mahāsiṃho mṛgādhipaḥ //
tato ca rājā tvaramāno amātyāṃ adhyabhāṣati /