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 3.82
varāhamatsyā mahiṣā ajeḍakaśāvakakukkuṭamayūrā /
tittiravartakalābaka kapiṃjalasārasa pi prabhūtā //
yā tatra prajānanti mṛdaṅgamāliṃgasaindhavāṃ paṇavāṃ /
ekādaśīṃ ca vīṇāṃ vādenti vallakiguṇakāṃ ca //
vallakitūlāṃ nakulakāṃ parivādinīgomukhīṃ atha pi veṇuṃ /
apare ca pravādayanti madhuraṃ ca pragāyanti apare //
viśvastā ca tāṃ jñātvā udyānavarāṇi saṃpradarśenti /
ratnāṃ ca suprabhūtāṃ śayyāsanabhojanavidhānaṃ //
etaṃ ca vo vayaṃ ca abhiramatha nandane va marutsaṃghāḥ /
api tu pramattakehi dakṣiṇamārgaṃ na gantavyaṃ //
yo teṣāṃ sārthavāho saprajño sakuśalo sabuddhīko /
eko raho niṣaṇṇo kiṃ nu khu paṃthāto vārenti //
yaṃ nūnāhaṃ suptāye sahasopinīye asiṃ gṛhītvāna /
nagarasya dakṣiṇena taṃ panthalikaṃ upanayehaṃ //
so tāye prasuptāye sahasopinīye asiṃ grahetvāna /
nagarasya dakṣiṇena taṃ panthalikaṃ upagamāsi //
yatha yatha upeti panthaṃ atha śṛṇvati dūrato va utkrośaṃ /
so śabdam anusaranto atha saṃpaśyati nagaraṃ tāmramayaṃ //
saṃprāpto ca samantato mārgati dvāraṃ na ca kaṃci paśyati /
tittiravartakalābaka kapiṃjalasārasa pi prabhūtā //
yā tatra prajānanti mṛdaṅgamāliṃgasaindhavāṃ paṇavāṃ /
ekādaśīṃ ca vīṇāṃ vādenti vallakiguṇakāṃ ca //
vallakitūlāṃ nakulakāṃ parivādinīgomukhīṃ atha pi veṇuṃ /
apare ca pravādayanti madhuraṃ ca pragāyanti apare //
viśvastā ca tāṃ jñātvā udyānavarāṇi saṃpradarśenti /
ratnāṃ ca suprabhūtāṃ śayyāsanabhojanavidhānaṃ //
etaṃ ca vo vayaṃ ca abhiramatha nandane va marutsaṃghāḥ /
api tu pramattakehi dakṣiṇamārgaṃ na gantavyaṃ //
yo teṣāṃ sārthavāho saprajño sakuśalo sabuddhīko /
eko raho niṣaṇṇo kiṃ nu khu paṃthāto vārenti //
yaṃ nūnāhaṃ suptāye sahasopinīye asiṃ gṛhītvāna /
nagarasya dakṣiṇena taṃ panthalikaṃ upanayehaṃ //
so tāye prasuptāye sahasopinīye asiṃ grahetvāna /
nagarasya dakṣiṇena taṃ panthalikaṃ upagamāsi //
yatha yatha upeti panthaṃ atha śṛṇvati dūrato va utkrośaṃ /
so śabdam anusaranto atha saṃpaśyati nagaraṃ tāmramayaṃ //
saṃprāpto ca samantato mārgati dvāraṃ na ca kaṃci paśyati /