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 3.22
ṣaṣṭi nagarasahasrāṇi sphītaṃ rājyam akaṇṭhakaṃ /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
ṣaṣṭi nāgasahasrāṇi suvarṇālaṃkārabhūṣitā /
suvarṇacchadamātaṃgā iṣādantā samudgatāḥ //
ārūḍhā grāmaṇīyehi khaḍgatomarapāṇibhiḥ /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
ṣaṣṭi rathasahasrāṇī sanandighoṣālaṃkṛtā /
ayosubaddhanemikā dvīpicarmaparicchadā //
ārūḍhā grāmaṇīyehi cāpahastehi varmihi /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
ṣaṣṭi aśvasahasrāṇi ājāneyā hayottamāḥ /
suvarṇamekhalādharā khalīnaratanāmayā //
ārūḍhā grāmaṇīyehi kaśāhastehi varmibhiḥ /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
viṃśa brāhmaṇasahasrāṇī rājño bhuṃjanti nityakaṃ /
divā vā yadi vā rātrau sadā satkṛtapūjitā /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
kumārāṇāṃ śatā paṃca upetā mātṛpitṛto /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
rājā dāni śṛṇoti devīye jāmātā āgato tti ihaiva antaḥpure ti // so dāni bhīto ca yaṃ vāhire rājehi bhayaṃ bhaveyā imaṃ abhyantare bhayaṃ jātaṃ / kuśo kiṃ kariṣyati //
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
ṣaṣṭi nāgasahasrāṇi suvarṇālaṃkārabhūṣitā /
suvarṇacchadamātaṃgā iṣādantā samudgatāḥ //
ārūḍhā grāmaṇīyehi khaḍgatomarapāṇibhiḥ /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
ṣaṣṭi rathasahasrāṇī sanandighoṣālaṃkṛtā /
ayosubaddhanemikā dvīpicarmaparicchadā //
ārūḍhā grāmaṇīyehi cāpahastehi varmihi /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
ṣaṣṭi aśvasahasrāṇi ājāneyā hayottamāḥ /
suvarṇamekhalādharā khalīnaratanāmayā //
ārūḍhā grāmaṇīyehi kaśāhastehi varmibhiḥ /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
viṃśa brāhmaṇasahasrāṇī rājño bhuṃjanti nityakaṃ /
divā vā yadi vā rātrau sadā satkṛtapūjitā /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
kumārāṇāṃ śatā paṃca upetā mātṛpitṛto /
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi //
rājā dāni śṛṇoti devīye jāmātā āgato tti ihaiva antaḥpure ti // so dāni bhīto ca yaṃ vāhire rājehi bhayaṃ bhaveyā imaṃ abhyantare bhayaṃ jātaṃ / kuśo kiṃ kariṣyati //