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 2.200
mahyaṃ pi dharmaṃ kathayesi gautama
yam ahaṃ śrutvāna vrajeya svargatiṃ //
bodhisatva āha //
taṃ kho mahārāja tathā bhaviṣyati
bodhiṃ spṛśiṣyāmi na me tra saṃśayo /
prāpto ca bodhiṃ punar āgamiṣyaṃ
dharmaṃ ca te deśayiṣyaṃ pratiśṛṇomīti //
bodhisatva udrakaṃ rāmaputraṃ allīno nāyaṃ mārgo niryāṇiko ti / tato pasaṃkramya gayāṃ gato // gayāśīrṣe parvate tisro upamā pratibhāyensuḥ // tato uruvilvāṃ gato piṇḍāya praviṣṭo // kāśyapo pūraṇo uruvilvāṃ piṇḍāye praviṣṭo //
nīvaraṇaṃ vijahitvā śṛṇotha ekāgramānasā sarve /
yathā purimajinasaṃgamo yaśasvino bodhisatvasya //
pravrajyāyabhyupetvā arāḍa-udrakaṃ vane aparituṣṭo /
prakrami diśaṃ pradakṣiṇāṃ purimajinanisevitaṃ deśaṃ //
piṇḍāye praticaranto uruvilvāṃ prāpto kanakaniṣkanibho /
grāmikagharaṃ āgami naranārisamākulaṃ kāle //
atha grāmikasya dhītā nāmena sujātā paṇḍitā kulīnā /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājaputraṃ prakampitā prītivegena //
aśrūṇi pravartayanti purato sthitā hi sapatis sagauravā /
yam ahaṃ śrutvāna vrajeya svargatiṃ //
bodhisatva āha //
taṃ kho mahārāja tathā bhaviṣyati
bodhiṃ spṛśiṣyāmi na me tra saṃśayo /
prāpto ca bodhiṃ punar āgamiṣyaṃ
dharmaṃ ca te deśayiṣyaṃ pratiśṛṇomīti //
bodhisatva udrakaṃ rāmaputraṃ allīno nāyaṃ mārgo niryāṇiko ti / tato pasaṃkramya gayāṃ gato // gayāśīrṣe parvate tisro upamā pratibhāyensuḥ // tato uruvilvāṃ gato piṇḍāya praviṣṭo // kāśyapo pūraṇo uruvilvāṃ piṇḍāye praviṣṭo //
nīvaraṇaṃ vijahitvā śṛṇotha ekāgramānasā sarve /
yathā purimajinasaṃgamo yaśasvino bodhisatvasya //
pravrajyāyabhyupetvā arāḍa-udrakaṃ vane aparituṣṭo /
prakrami diśaṃ pradakṣiṇāṃ purimajinanisevitaṃ deśaṃ //
piṇḍāye praticaranto uruvilvāṃ prāpto kanakaniṣkanibho /
grāmikagharaṃ āgami naranārisamākulaṃ kāle //
atha grāmikasya dhītā nāmena sujātā paṇḍitā kulīnā /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājaputraṃ prakampitā prītivegena //
aśrūṇi pravartayanti purato sthitā hi sapatis sagauravā /