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 2.229
nacirasya taṃ pradeśaṃ agami yahiṃ so ṛṣikumāro //
taṃ paśyiyāna patitaṃ śayamānaṃ mūrchitaṃ nadītīre /
mukharatanam asya mātā kareṇa parimārjati rudantī //
hā dayita ekaputra akiṃcanānāṃ tuvaṃ daridrāṇāṃ /
bandhu abandhūnāṃ tvaṃ kathaṃ asi viheṭhito vatsa //
vanadevatā pi satye na kiṃcid artho yamamanuṣyabhūteṣu /
paśyanti kiṃcit* śyāmo stokaṃ pi na vārito vatso //
duḥsoḍhaṃ yātrānnaṃ vidyate . . . . . bahudalaśatāni /
bhavyena dhārmikena yahiṃ vihīnā priyaputreṇa //
te nūnaṃ karuṇakaruṇaṃ mṛgā ca pakṣī ca āśramapadasmiṃ /
śyāmakaśirim apaśyantā garjanti ratiṃ alabhamānā //
mā śoca pārage tvaṃ na pi ruṇḍaśocitena kocārtho /
jātena jīvaloke sarveṇa avaśyaṃ martavyaṃ //
vayabhapi ca brahmacārī ciraviratā maithunehi yogehi / {vayam api?}
kāhāma satyavākyaṃ tenāsya viṣaṃ haniṣyāmaḥ //
yatha tuhya syāma sundara pāpe cittaṃ na sajjati kadācit* /
tatha tava hataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ utthehi ca satyavacanena //
yatha tava mātāpitarau śīlaṃ rakṣanti nityapariśuddhaṃ /
tatha tava hataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ utthehi ca satyavacanena //
yathā tava bhavanettī māno ca mado ca nāsti mrakṣo vā /
tatha tava hataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ utthehi ca satyavacanena //
taṃ paśyiyāna patitaṃ śayamānaṃ mūrchitaṃ nadītīre /
mukharatanam asya mātā kareṇa parimārjati rudantī //
hā dayita ekaputra akiṃcanānāṃ tuvaṃ daridrāṇāṃ /
bandhu abandhūnāṃ tvaṃ kathaṃ asi viheṭhito vatsa //
vanadevatā pi satye na kiṃcid artho yamamanuṣyabhūteṣu /
paśyanti kiṃcit* śyāmo stokaṃ pi na vārito vatso //
duḥsoḍhaṃ yātrānnaṃ vidyate . . . . . bahudalaśatāni /
bhavyena dhārmikena yahiṃ vihīnā priyaputreṇa //
te nūnaṃ karuṇakaruṇaṃ mṛgā ca pakṣī ca āśramapadasmiṃ /
śyāmakaśirim apaśyantā garjanti ratiṃ alabhamānā //
mā śoca pārage tvaṃ na pi ruṇḍaśocitena kocārtho /
jātena jīvaloke sarveṇa avaśyaṃ martavyaṃ //
vayabhapi ca brahmacārī ciraviratā maithunehi yogehi / {vayam api?}
kāhāma satyavākyaṃ tenāsya viṣaṃ haniṣyāmaḥ //
yatha tuhya syāma sundara pāpe cittaṃ na sajjati kadācit* /
tatha tava hataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ utthehi ca satyavacanena //
yatha tava mātāpitarau śīlaṃ rakṣanti nityapariśuddhaṃ /
tatha tava hataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ utthehi ca satyavacanena //
yathā tava bhavanettī māno ca mado ca nāsti mrakṣo vā /
tatha tava hataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ utthehi ca satyavacanena //