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 2.481
atarjanto yathāgataṃ rātriṃdivaṃ anuvrajan* /
gaccha kuśaṃ svakaṃ rājyaṃ nechāmi durvarṇaṃ ahaṃ //
rājā āha //
ahaṃ khu bṛhati śyāme suśroṇi tanumadhyame /
tava kāmehi muhyanto rājyaṃ pi nābhiprārthaye //
nāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi susaṃvṛttoru
diśāṃ na jānāmi yato smi āgato /
saṃmūḍharūpo vicarāmi loke
matto smi kāmaiḥ mṛgamandalocane //
devī āha //
vikṣepo tava vittasya yam anicchantim icchasi /
akāmāṃ rāja kāmesi naitaṃ paṇḍitalakṣaṇaṃ //
kuśo āha //
akāmāṃ vā sakāmāṃ vā yo naro labhate priyāṃ /
lābhaṃ tatra praśaṃsanti alābho tatra pāpako //
devī āha //
prabhosi strīsahasraṃ pi ekarātreṇa rāmituṃ /
ekastriyāye kāmena mahaṃ duḥkhaṃ nigacchasi //
gaccha kuśaṃ svakaṃ rājyaṃ nechāmi durvarṇaṃ ahaṃ //
rājā āha //
ahaṃ khu bṛhati śyāme suśroṇi tanumadhyame /
tava kāmehi muhyanto rājyaṃ pi nābhiprārthaye //
nāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi susaṃvṛttoru
diśāṃ na jānāmi yato smi āgato /
saṃmūḍharūpo vicarāmi loke
matto smi kāmaiḥ mṛgamandalocane //
devī āha //
vikṣepo tava vittasya yam anicchantim icchasi /
akāmāṃ rāja kāmesi naitaṃ paṇḍitalakṣaṇaṃ //
kuśo āha //
akāmāṃ vā sakāmāṃ vā yo naro labhate priyāṃ /
lābhaṃ tatra praśaṃsanti alābho tatra pāpako //
devī āha //
prabhosi strīsahasraṃ pi ekarātreṇa rāmituṃ /
ekastriyāye kāmena mahaṃ duḥkhaṃ nigacchasi //