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 2.237
mṛgarājaṃ muktaṃ dṛṣtvā āttamanā pramuditā prītisaumanasyajātā lubdhakaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
evaṃ lubdhaka nandāhi saha sarvehi jñātihi //
yathāhaṃ adya nandāmi dṛṣṭvā muktaṃ mahāmṛgaṃ /
pūrvenivāsaṃ bhagavāṃ pūrvejātim anusmaran* /
jātakam idam ākhyāsi śāstā bhikṣūṇam antike //
te skandhā te ca dhātavaḥ tāni āyatanāni ca /
ātmānam adhikṛtya bhagavān etam arthaṃ viyākare //
anavarāgrasmiṃ saṃsāre yatra me uṣitaṃ purā /
śiriprabho ahaṃ āsi mṛgī āsi yaśodharā //
ānando lubdhako āsi evaṃ dhārayatha jātakaṃ /
evam imaṃ anuparītaṃ bahuduḥkhaṃ
uccanīcacaritaṃ idaṃ purāṇaṃ /
vigatajvaro vigatabhayo aśoko
svajātakaṃ bhāṣati bhikṣusaṃghamadhye //
_____samāptaṃ śiriprabhasya mṛgarājasya jātakaṃ //
atha bodhisatvaṃ dāni uruvilvāyāṃ tapovane nadyā nairaṃjanāyās tīre duṣkaracārikāṃ carantaṃ māro pāpīyāṃ upasaṃkramya vadayati // kiṃ prahāṇena kariṣyasi agāramadhye vasa / rājā bhaviṣyasi cakravarti / mahāyajñāni ca yajāhi aśvamedhaṃ puruṣamedhaṃ somaprāsaṃ nirargaḍaṃ padumaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ ca / etāni yajñāni yajitvā pretya svargeṣu modiṣyasi bahu ca puṇyaṃ prasaviṣyasi / prahāṇaṃ ca duṣkaraṃ durabhisaṃbhaṇaṃ anavadyapuṇyapārihāṇi
evaṃ lubdhaka nandāhi saha sarvehi jñātihi //
yathāhaṃ adya nandāmi dṛṣṭvā muktaṃ mahāmṛgaṃ /
pūrvenivāsaṃ bhagavāṃ pūrvejātim anusmaran* /
jātakam idam ākhyāsi śāstā bhikṣūṇam antike //
te skandhā te ca dhātavaḥ tāni āyatanāni ca /
ātmānam adhikṛtya bhagavān etam arthaṃ viyākare //
anavarāgrasmiṃ saṃsāre yatra me uṣitaṃ purā /
śiriprabho ahaṃ āsi mṛgī āsi yaśodharā //
ānando lubdhako āsi evaṃ dhārayatha jātakaṃ /
evam imaṃ anuparītaṃ bahuduḥkhaṃ
uccanīcacaritaṃ idaṃ purāṇaṃ /
vigatajvaro vigatabhayo aśoko
svajātakaṃ bhāṣati bhikṣusaṃghamadhye //
_____samāptaṃ śiriprabhasya mṛgarājasya jātakaṃ //
atha bodhisatvaṃ dāni uruvilvāyāṃ tapovane nadyā nairaṃjanāyās tīre duṣkaracārikāṃ carantaṃ māro pāpīyāṃ upasaṃkramya vadayati // kiṃ prahāṇena kariṣyasi agāramadhye vasa / rājā bhaviṣyasi cakravarti / mahāyajñāni ca yajāhi aśvamedhaṃ puruṣamedhaṃ somaprāsaṃ nirargaḍaṃ padumaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ ca / etāni yajñāni yajitvā pretya svargeṣu modiṣyasi bahu ca puṇyaṃ prasaviṣyasi / prahāṇaṃ ca duṣkaraṃ durabhisaṃbhaṇaṃ anavadyapuṇyapārihāṇi