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 3.106
pravrajitasmiṃ kumāre pitā akāsi tasmiṃ aprasādaṃ /
gatvāna somadatto prasādayesi dharaṇīpālaṃ //
tat kiṃ manyasi udāyi matisāro anyaḥ tena kālena /
tena samayena ham eva anarthiko kāmabhogehi //
tat kiṃ manyase udāyi anyo so satyavardhano āsi /
anyam eva so narapatiḥ śuddhodano so tadā āsi //
tat kiṃ manyase udāyi anyo so anuvrato somadatto /
tuvam eva so abhūṣi prasādaye satyamahaṃ nāma //
tasmād dānīṃ udāyi rājaṃ śuddhodanaṃ prasādehi /
bheṣyati mahāsamudayo prasanne tasmiṃ mahīpāle //
bheṣyati anantaphalasya upacayaḥ marumānuṣāṇāṃ kulaputra /
rājavaraprasādena naravaraṃ tvaritaṃ prasādehi //
saṃprati śākyādhipatī atimānahato vitarkamathito va /
tiṣṭhati saviṣaṇṇamatī giritaṭapatito yatha nāgo //
ojahareṇa balavanto puruṣo yatha rākṣasena parikṣipto /
naivātmānaṃ na prajā jānati param eva bhūmipatiḥ //
aiśvaryahānim anusmaranto aiśvaryaṃ ca vicintento /
mama kāsi aprasādaṃ gatvā tvaṃ lahu prasādehi //
atha khalu rājā śuddhodano kapilavastusya nagaradvārāto pratinivartitvā sarveṇa
gatvāna somadatto prasādayesi dharaṇīpālaṃ //
tat kiṃ manyasi udāyi matisāro anyaḥ tena kālena /
tena samayena ham eva anarthiko kāmabhogehi //
tat kiṃ manyase udāyi anyo so satyavardhano āsi /
anyam eva so narapatiḥ śuddhodano so tadā āsi //
tat kiṃ manyase udāyi anyo so anuvrato somadatto /
tuvam eva so abhūṣi prasādaye satyamahaṃ nāma //
tasmād dānīṃ udāyi rājaṃ śuddhodanaṃ prasādehi /
bheṣyati mahāsamudayo prasanne tasmiṃ mahīpāle //
bheṣyati anantaphalasya upacayaḥ marumānuṣāṇāṃ kulaputra /
rājavaraprasādena naravaraṃ tvaritaṃ prasādehi //
saṃprati śākyādhipatī atimānahato vitarkamathito va /
tiṣṭhati saviṣaṇṇamatī giritaṭapatito yatha nāgo //
ojahareṇa balavanto puruṣo yatha rākṣasena parikṣipto /
naivātmānaṃ na prajā jānati param eva bhūmipatiḥ //
aiśvaryahānim anusmaranto aiśvaryaṃ ca vicintento /
mama kāsi aprasādaṃ gatvā tvaṃ lahu prasādehi //
atha khalu rājā śuddhodano kapilavastusya nagaradvārāto pratinivartitvā sarveṇa