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 3.105
taṃ avaca satyavardhano putra bhuṃjāhi praṇītakāmaguṇaṃ /
vaiśravaṇabhavanasadṛśe amarabhavanasannibhe veśme //
taṃ avaca matisāro daśāṃguliṃ praṇāmayitvā /
naitāni dharaṇipāla dhanāni paṇḍitasya bhāvyāni //
abudhajanasamarthitāni sarāgavaśāni hi tāni vidyanti /
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
kiṃ kāraṇaṃ anandho andhasya vaśena utpathaṃ gṛhṇe /
vuhyaṃtasya velagato kathaṃ spṛheyā atrāṇasya //
baddhasya kathaṃ mukto vacanena kārādhvam abhikrameya /
viṣamasthasya samāgamaṃ kathaṃ spṛheyā naro vijño //
pratibhāsi me narapati andho vuhyanto ciranaṣṭo ca /
vuhyasi kāmoghena ahaṃ ca kāmāṃ jugupsāmi //
tasya ca balavantasya pituno ājñāye sa matisāro /
pravraje jahitva rājyaṃ kumāro kāmāṃ ca anapekṣo //
urago vā jīrṇatvacaṃ pakvakheṭapiṇḍam iva tyaje rājyaṃ /
sāgarāntamahiṃ sarvāṃ so kāmeṣu doṣadarśāvī //
atikramya kāmadhātuṃ matisāro brahmavihāram ācare /
. . . . . . . kumāro brahmatvagamanāye //
pravrajitasmiṃ kumāre anuvrato sya purohitakumāro /
nāmena somadatto anupravrajesi matisāraṃ //
vaiśravaṇabhavanasadṛśe amarabhavanasannibhe veśme //
taṃ avaca matisāro daśāṃguliṃ praṇāmayitvā /
naitāni dharaṇipāla dhanāni paṇḍitasya bhāvyāni //
abudhajanasamarthitāni sarāgavaśāni hi tāni vidyanti /
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
kiṃ kāraṇaṃ anandho andhasya vaśena utpathaṃ gṛhṇe /
vuhyaṃtasya velagato kathaṃ spṛheyā atrāṇasya //
baddhasya kathaṃ mukto vacanena kārādhvam abhikrameya /
viṣamasthasya samāgamaṃ kathaṃ spṛheyā naro vijño //
pratibhāsi me narapati andho vuhyanto ciranaṣṭo ca /
vuhyasi kāmoghena ahaṃ ca kāmāṃ jugupsāmi //
tasya ca balavantasya pituno ājñāye sa matisāro /
pravraje jahitva rājyaṃ kumāro kāmāṃ ca anapekṣo //
urago vā jīrṇatvacaṃ pakvakheṭapiṇḍam iva tyaje rājyaṃ /
sāgarāntamahiṃ sarvāṃ so kāmeṣu doṣadarśāvī //
atikramya kāmadhātuṃ matisāro brahmavihāram ācare /
. . . . . . . kumāro brahmatvagamanāye //
pravrajitasmiṃ kumāre anuvrato sya purohitakumāro /
nāmena somadatto anupravrajesi matisāraṃ //