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 3.108
lābhas te rāṣṭrādhipate śirīmato
yasya tava putra narāṇam uttamaḥ /
tejena obhāsati sarvalokaṃ
sahasrarasmīva udetva medinīṃ //
evaṃ dāni sthavireṇa udāyinā tālamātraṃ vaihāyasam antarīkṣe sthitena bahūni buddhamāhātmyāni parikīrtitāni tāni ca rājā śuddhodano śrutvā prīto saṃvṛtto // so dāni śākyā śākyāyinyaś ca āmantrayati // sayyathāpi nāma vāsiṣṭhāho sūryasya abhyudentasya etaṃ pūrvaṃgamam etan nimittaṃ yad idaṃ aruṇo udāyī no sarvasaṃśayacchettā sugatasya śrāvako //
buddhasya putro paramārthadarśī
upāgato śākyākulaṃ tadantaḥ /
prasādaye satyamahaṃ ity evaṃ
. . . . . . . . . . . .
āśāya kṛṣyate kṣetraṃ bījam āśāya vapyate /
āśāya vāṇijā yānti samudraṃ dhanahārakā /
yo yasya āśāya tiṣṭhāmi sā me āśā samṛdhyatu //
punarpunaḥ kṣipra vapanti bījaṃ
punarpunaḥ varṣati devarājaḥ /
punarpunaḥ vardhati bījagrāmaṃ
punarpunar lābhaṃ labhanti karṣikā //
yasya tava putra narāṇam uttamaḥ /
tejena obhāsati sarvalokaṃ
sahasrarasmīva udetva medinīṃ //
evaṃ dāni sthavireṇa udāyinā tālamātraṃ vaihāyasam antarīkṣe sthitena bahūni buddhamāhātmyāni parikīrtitāni tāni ca rājā śuddhodano śrutvā prīto saṃvṛtto // so dāni śākyā śākyāyinyaś ca āmantrayati // sayyathāpi nāma vāsiṣṭhāho sūryasya abhyudentasya etaṃ pūrvaṃgamam etan nimittaṃ yad idaṃ aruṇo udāyī no sarvasaṃśayacchettā sugatasya śrāvako //
buddhasya putro paramārthadarśī
upāgato śākyākulaṃ tadantaḥ /
prasādaye satyamahaṃ ity evaṃ
. . . . . . . . . . . .
āśāya kṛṣyate kṣetraṃ bījam āśāya vapyate /
āśāya vāṇijā yānti samudraṃ dhanahārakā /
yo yasya āśāya tiṣṭhāmi sā me āśā samṛdhyatu //
punarpunaḥ kṣipra vapanti bījaṃ
punarpunaḥ varṣati devarājaḥ /
punarpunaḥ vardhati bījagrāmaṃ
punarpunar lābhaṃ labhanti karṣikā //