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 3.6
śakro āha //
sunivastrā bhavitvāna ehi bhadre ramāmatha //
abhimukhī ramāpehi mā bhavāhi parāṅmukhī /
prahṛṣṭā me ramāpehi varan te rāmito ahaṃ //
hasantī me ramāpehi varan te rāmito ahaṃ /
ehi bhadre ramāpehi varaṃ te rāmito ahaṃ //
vinā tandrāya utthehi alinde pūjito ahaṃ /
gatvā rājānaṃ vedesi prīto bhohi jitaṃ mayā //
śakreṇa taṃ brāhmaṇaveṣam antarahāyitvā svakena rūpeṇa sthito // sarvāṃ diśāṃ varṇena obhāsayitvā sthito / aliṃdāye dṛṣṭvātha viparyayāvasthānam utpannaṃ // sā dāni śakreṇa vareṇa pravāritā / tāye pi putro varito putraṃ me varaṃ dehi // śakro āha //
śakro ham asmi devendro trayastriṃśānam īśvaraḥ /
varaṃ varehi kalyāṇi yat kiṃcit* manasīcchasi //
devī āha //
śakraś ce me varaṃ dadyāt trayastriṃśānam īśvaraḥ /
putraṃ ahaṃ varaṃ yācāmi etaṃ śakra varaṃ dada //
śakra āha //
sacet sumanasā . . . alindā ramayāsi me /
utpadye yācito putro sujāto rāṣṭravardhano //
siṃhabāhu subalavāṃ varṇarūpeṇa śobhanaḥ /
sunivastrā bhavitvāna ehi bhadre ramāmatha //
abhimukhī ramāpehi mā bhavāhi parāṅmukhī /
prahṛṣṭā me ramāpehi varan te rāmito ahaṃ //
hasantī me ramāpehi varan te rāmito ahaṃ /
ehi bhadre ramāpehi varaṃ te rāmito ahaṃ //
vinā tandrāya utthehi alinde pūjito ahaṃ /
gatvā rājānaṃ vedesi prīto bhohi jitaṃ mayā //
śakreṇa taṃ brāhmaṇaveṣam antarahāyitvā svakena rūpeṇa sthito // sarvāṃ diśāṃ varṇena obhāsayitvā sthito / aliṃdāye dṛṣṭvātha viparyayāvasthānam utpannaṃ // sā dāni śakreṇa vareṇa pravāritā / tāye pi putro varito putraṃ me varaṃ dehi // śakro āha //
śakro ham asmi devendro trayastriṃśānam īśvaraḥ /
varaṃ varehi kalyāṇi yat kiṃcit* manasīcchasi //
devī āha //
śakraś ce me varaṃ dadyāt trayastriṃśānam īśvaraḥ /
putraṃ ahaṃ varaṃ yācāmi etaṃ śakra varaṃ dada //
śakra āha //
sacet sumanasā . . . alindā ramayāsi me /
utpadye yācito putro sujāto rāṣṭravardhano //
siṃhabāhu subalavāṃ varṇarūpeṇa śobhanaḥ /