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 3.110
na so bhīto nāpi bhayaṃ upeti
eko pi so ramati vṛkṣamūle //
udāyī āha //
yasyāntike pravrajito smi rāja
śraddhāya so carati brahmacaryaṃ /
na so bhīto nāpi bhayaṃ upeti
eko pi so ramati vṛkṣamūle //
ekaṃ varan taṃ munim apramattaṃ
nindāpraśaṃsāsu avepamānaṃ /
siṃho va śabdeṣu asantrasantaṃ
vātaṃ va jālasmiṃ asajjamānaṃ /
netāraṃ anyeṣu ananyaneyaṃ
bhīraṃ jinaṃ śākya kathaṃ vadesi //
yaṃ vedayasi anopamaprajñaṃ
mahyaṃ putraṃ tasya pitā ti brūmi /
putrasya tasya mahya putro bhosi
bhuktvāna bhikṣu hara piṇḍapātraṃ //
eṣyāma vayaṃ api darśanāya
buddhaṃ anativaraṃ vitīrṇakāṃkṣaṃ /
loke udapāsi sa satvasāro
putraṃ mahyaṃ yathā vadesi bhikṣu //
bhuktvāna bhojanaṃ yāvadarthaṃ
śuciṃ praṇītaṃ rasasvādupetaṃ /
eko pi so ramati vṛkṣamūle //
udāyī āha //
yasyāntike pravrajito smi rāja
śraddhāya so carati brahmacaryaṃ /
na so bhīto nāpi bhayaṃ upeti
eko pi so ramati vṛkṣamūle //
ekaṃ varan taṃ munim apramattaṃ
nindāpraśaṃsāsu avepamānaṃ /
siṃho va śabdeṣu asantrasantaṃ
vātaṃ va jālasmiṃ asajjamānaṃ /
netāraṃ anyeṣu ananyaneyaṃ
bhīraṃ jinaṃ śākya kathaṃ vadesi //
yaṃ vedayasi anopamaprajñaṃ
mahyaṃ putraṃ tasya pitā ti brūmi /
putrasya tasya mahya putro bhosi
bhuktvāna bhikṣu hara piṇḍapātraṃ //
eṣyāma vayaṃ api darśanāya
buddhaṃ anativaraṃ vitīrṇakāṃkṣaṃ /
loke udapāsi sa satvasāro
putraṃ mahyaṃ yathā vadesi bhikṣu //
bhuktvāna bhojanaṃ yāvadarthaṃ
śuciṃ praṇītaṃ rasasvādupetaṃ /