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 2.483
mahantaṃ ca mama rājyaṃ bahvaśvaṃ bahupūruṣaṃ /
anantabahuprapaṃcaṃ bahvāchādanabhojanaṃ //
so haṃ rājyaṃ ca rāṣṭraṃ ca cchorayitvā ihāgataḥ /
tava kāmahi muhyanto rājyaṃ pi nābhiprārthaye //
devī āha //
pāṣāṇe khanase kūpaṃ karṇakāre ca karṇikāṃ /
tvaṃ vātaṃ jālena bandhesi yaṃ anicchantim icchasi //
anicchantīṃ mām icchesi akāmentīṃ ca kāmasi /
gaccha tuvaṃ svakaṃ rājyaṃ ātmānaṃ kiṃ kilāmasi //
rājā āha //
na etaṃ kilam athaṃ mahyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ idaṃ mama /
paratra evaṃ tuvaṃ bhāryā mahyaṃ bhadre bhaviṣyasi //
devī āha //
etaṃ tava brahmacaryaṃ upāttaṃ bhotu pāpakaṃ /
sunakhiṃ vā śṛgāliṃ vā gardabhāṃ vāpi prārthaye //
tato so rājaputro śūro yuddhe apratipudgalaḥ /
kuśo yam ārūḍhaprajño idaṃ vacanam abravīt* //
anantabahuprapaṃcaṃ bahvāchādanabhojanaṃ //
so haṃ rājyaṃ ca rāṣṭraṃ ca cchorayitvā ihāgataḥ /
tava kāmahi muhyanto rājyaṃ pi nābhiprārthaye //
devī āha //
pāṣāṇe khanase kūpaṃ karṇakāre ca karṇikāṃ /
tvaṃ vātaṃ jālena bandhesi yaṃ anicchantim icchasi //
anicchantīṃ mām icchesi akāmentīṃ ca kāmasi /
gaccha tuvaṃ svakaṃ rājyaṃ ātmānaṃ kiṃ kilāmasi //
rājā āha //
na etaṃ kilam athaṃ mahyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ idaṃ mama /
paratra evaṃ tuvaṃ bhāryā mahyaṃ bhadre bhaviṣyasi //
devī āha //
etaṃ tava brahmacaryaṃ upāttaṃ bhotu pāpakaṃ /
sunakhiṃ vā śṛgāliṃ vā gardabhāṃ vāpi prārthaye //
tato so rājaputro śūro yuddhe apratipudgalaḥ /
kuśo yam ārūḍhaprajño idaṃ vacanam abravīt* //