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 2.230
atha so vijṛmbhamāṇo samutthito apagate mṛgaviṣasmiṃ /
mātāpitṛtejena ca sucaritatejena ca svakena //
taṃ paśyiyāna rājā samutthitaṃ tena satyavacanena /
saṃhṛṣṭaromakūpo nipati caraṇeṣu kṣamāpayasi //
taṃ avaca bodhisatvo sayugyabalavāhano sadevīko /
sanagaranigamajanapado sukhī bhavāhi mahārāja //
paśyāhi kāśivardhana mātāpitugāravasya niṣyandaṃ /
yathā samūhataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ sucaritatejena suvakena //
yeṣāṃ mātāpitarau suśrūṣā aṃjaliṃ praṇāmaḥ ca /
kartavyaṃ kāśivardhana yadi icchanti svargaṃ gantuṃ // {Senart: svagaṃ gantuṃ}
asmiṃ jambudvīpe ratnāni āharitvā sarvāṇi /
pūjaya mātāpitaraṃ mātāpitṝṣu na pratikuryāt* //
evaṃ na supratikaraṃ bhaṇāmi mātāpituṃ mahārāja /
anukampāhi ete pūrvācāryā va lokasya //
devānām iva teṣāṃ sannamitavyaṃ manuṣyadevānāṃ /
yeṣāṃ mātāpirau labhanti pūjāṃ na te śocyā //
yā sā abhūṣi mātā taṃ kālaṃ sā abhūt tadā māyā /
śuddhodano sa rājā pitā bhagavato tadā āsi //
yo so mahānubhāvo samutthito tena satyavākyena /
mātāpitṛtejena ca sucaritatejena ca svakena //
taṃ paśyiyāna rājā samutthitaṃ tena satyavacanena /
saṃhṛṣṭaromakūpo nipati caraṇeṣu kṣamāpayasi //
taṃ avaca bodhisatvo sayugyabalavāhano sadevīko /
sanagaranigamajanapado sukhī bhavāhi mahārāja //
paśyāhi kāśivardhana mātāpitugāravasya niṣyandaṃ /
yathā samūhataṃ mṛgaviṣaṃ sucaritatejena suvakena //
yeṣāṃ mātāpitarau suśrūṣā aṃjaliṃ praṇāmaḥ ca /
kartavyaṃ kāśivardhana yadi icchanti svargaṃ gantuṃ // {Senart: svagaṃ gantuṃ}
asmiṃ jambudvīpe ratnāni āharitvā sarvāṇi /
pūjaya mātāpitaraṃ mātāpitṝṣu na pratikuryāt* //
evaṃ na supratikaraṃ bhaṇāmi mātāpituṃ mahārāja /
anukampāhi ete pūrvācāryā va lokasya //
devānām iva teṣāṃ sannamitavyaṃ manuṣyadevānāṃ /
yeṣāṃ mātāpirau labhanti pūjāṃ na te śocyā //
yā sā abhūṣi mātā taṃ kālaṃ sā abhūt tadā māyā /
śuddhodano sa rājā pitā bhagavato tadā āsi //
yo so mahānubhāvo samutthito tena satyavākyena /