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 2.320
sannaddhavarmā kavacitavarmā
saṃgrāmakāle bhavathāpramattā //
udyojayitvāna sa mārasenāṃ
upasaṃkramitvā varapādapendraṃ /
adrākṣīt kṛṣṇo tatha bodhisatvaṃ
sūryā sahasraṃ yatha antarīkṣe //
tasyaiva cittaṃ abhu vepamānaṃ
eṣo na śakyo maye dharṣaṇāye /
loke bhipretaṃ ratanaṃ grahetvā
rājyānapekṣaṃ janayitva chandaṃ //
divyaṃ ca cūrṇaṃ varacandanasya
jāmbūnadasya ratanāmayaṃ ca /
divyāṃ ca gṛhya varasāragandhāṃ
so bodhisatvam okire vegajāto //
ekāṃśaṃ kṛtvā vasanaṃ kṛtāṃjali
pradakṣiṇaṃ nidahya jānu bhūmyāṃ /
saṃharṣito'nimeṣaṃ prekṣamāṇaḥ
so bodhisatvaṃ stave tasmiṃ kāle //
rūpena tvaṃ asadṛśo puṇyavanto
varṇena tuhyaṃ sadṛśo na prāpto /
saṃgrāmakāle bhavathāpramattā //
udyojayitvāna sa mārasenāṃ
upasaṃkramitvā varapādapendraṃ /
adrākṣīt kṛṣṇo tatha bodhisatvaṃ
sūryā sahasraṃ yatha antarīkṣe //
tasyaiva cittaṃ abhu vepamānaṃ
eṣo na śakyo maye dharṣaṇāye /
loke bhipretaṃ ratanaṃ grahetvā
rājyānapekṣaṃ janayitva chandaṃ //
divyaṃ ca cūrṇaṃ varacandanasya
jāmbūnadasya ratanāmayaṃ ca /
divyāṃ ca gṛhya varasāragandhāṃ
so bodhisatvam okire vegajāto //
ekāṃśaṃ kṛtvā vasanaṃ kṛtāṃjali
pradakṣiṇaṃ nidahya jānu bhūmyāṃ /
saṃharṣito'nimeṣaṃ prekṣamāṇaḥ
so bodhisatvaṃ stave tasmiṃ kāle //
rūpena tvaṃ asadṛśo puṇyavanto
varṇena tuhyaṃ sadṛśo na prāpto /