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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 2.214
kim aṃga punaḥ asmadvidhānāṃ bālānāṃ // yena bhagavān āha ekena iṣuṇā trivargaṃ hatanti etaṃ na vijānāmi / bhagavān eko na trivargo / kathaṃ ekena iṣuṇā trayo janā hatāḥ // ṛṣikumāra āha // mahārāja mama mātāpitau jīrṇā vṛddhā durbalaśarīrā cakṣuhīnā brahmacārī mahābhāgā sadevakasya lokasya dakṣiṇīyā paraprāṇeyā ahaṃ ca teṣām upasthāyako / prathamaṃ teṣām āhāravidhānaṃ karomi paścād ātmano yaṃ kaṃcit teṣāṃ upasthānaparyantaṃ ahaṃ sarvaṃ karomi nāsti teṣāṃ anyo kocid yo sānaṃ upasthiheya tataḥ mayā hatena te pi hatā / nāsti mayā mṛtena teṣāṃ jīvitaṃ / tad etena kāraṇena jalpāmi ekeṣuṇā trayo janā hatā ti // kāśirājā śyāmaśirim ṛṣikumāraṃ āha // tīkṣṇaviṣakṛtena iṣuṇā hṛdayasmiṃ āhato so mayā ajānamānena jānāmahaṃ yathā tava jīvitaṃ nāsti / taṃ care ekaṃ satyaṃ pratiśruṇāmi / rājyaṃ ṛddhaṃ sphītam avahāya tava gurumātāpitaraṃ ahaṃ paricariṣyaṃ // yathā paricīrṇaṃ tathā paricariṣyaṃ // ṛṣikumāro āha / mahārāja tena me śokaśalyo hṛdayāto apagataḥ // etaṃ vacanaṃ pratiśrutvā yathā satyapratijño bhavesi me guruṣu tathā karohi mahīpāla mahāntaṃ te kuśalaṃ bhaviṣyati / teṣāṃ mahābhāgānāṃ upasthānaparicaryaṃ kṛtvā etaṃ mahārāja udakaghaṭam ādāya etāye ekapadikāye mama mātāpitṝṇām āśramapadaṃ gacchesi / mama vacanena abhivādanaṃ pṛcchesi / śyāmaśiri abhivādanaṃ pṛcchati evaṃ cāha / mṛto vo ekaputrako tan na śocitavyaṃ na roditavyaṃ jātena jīvaloke avaśyaṃ martavyaṃ albhanīyaṃ sthānaṃ tan na śakyaṃ roditena vā śocitena vā labdhuṃ na śakyaṃ svayaṃkṛtānāṃ