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 3.2
purohitasy'; imaṃ karmaṃ yaṃ rājā kartum icchati //
so ca jīrṇo bhavitvāna bhagno daṇḍaparāyaṇo /
vepamānehi gātrehi rājadvāram upāgataḥ //
tato saṃcārakaṃ dūtaṃ brāhmaṇo etad abravīt* //
prativedehi me kṣipraṃ draṣṭuṃ icche narādhipaṃ //
tataḥ saṃcārako dūtaḥ rājānam etad abravīt* /
brāhmaṇo devam anuprāpto rājānaṃ draṣṭum icchati //
svāgataṃ te mahābrahma atha te anurāgataṃ /
kim icchasi kim eṣāṇo kenārtho kiṃ dadāmi te //
śrutaṃ me evaṃ ikṣvāku janasya iha bhāṣato /
rājā stryāgāram osirati triḥ pakṣasya narādhipa //
caturdaśiṃ paṃcadaśiṃ yāva pakṣasya aṣṭamiṃ /
putrārthiko naraśreṣṭho evaṃ me śruta bhāṣitaṃ //
so haṃ ca taṃ ghoṣaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭapramuditendriyaḥ /
stryārthiko iha gaccheyaṃ tena me pratimānaya //
rājā āha //
ehi kṣipraṃ kaṃcukīya nārīyo darśaye lahuṃ /
yāya se syād abhiprāyo tāyadya tam anugrahe //
so dāni kaṃcukīyena brāhmaṇo tam antaḥpuraṃ //
praveśito tasya devī aliṃdā tada vuccati //
so ca jīrṇo bhavitvāna bhagno daṇḍaparāyaṇo /
vepamānehi gātrehi rājadvāram upāgataḥ //
tato saṃcārakaṃ dūtaṃ brāhmaṇo etad abravīt* //
prativedehi me kṣipraṃ draṣṭuṃ icche narādhipaṃ //
tataḥ saṃcārako dūtaḥ rājānam etad abravīt* /
brāhmaṇo devam anuprāpto rājānaṃ draṣṭum icchati //
svāgataṃ te mahābrahma atha te anurāgataṃ /
kim icchasi kim eṣāṇo kenārtho kiṃ dadāmi te //
śrutaṃ me evaṃ ikṣvāku janasya iha bhāṣato /
rājā stryāgāram osirati triḥ pakṣasya narādhipa //
caturdaśiṃ paṃcadaśiṃ yāva pakṣasya aṣṭamiṃ /
putrārthiko naraśreṣṭho evaṃ me śruta bhāṣitaṃ //
so haṃ ca taṃ ghoṣaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭapramuditendriyaḥ /
stryārthiko iha gaccheyaṃ tena me pratimānaya //
rājā āha //
ehi kṣipraṃ kaṃcukīya nārīyo darśaye lahuṃ /
yāya se syād abhiprāyo tāyadya tam anugrahe //
so dāni kaṃcukīyena brāhmaṇo tam antaḥpuraṃ //
praveśito tasya devī aliṃdā tada vuccati //