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 3.120
śvetaṃ ca cchattraṃ maṇikhaḍgacāmaraṃ
dhruvaṃ grahensu te diśaṃ prayāyataḥ //
purā tava vātajavo udagro
hayottamo kaṇṭhako śīghravego /
ājāneyo kañcanajālacchanno
abhīkṣṇa so vahati yena kāmaṃ //
yo yugyayānehi tuvaṃ upeto
rathehi aśvehi ca kuṃjarehi ca /
rāṣṭreṇa rāṣṭraṃ anucaṃkramanto
kaccin na śrānto si tad adya brūhi //
bhagavān āha //
ratho me ṛddhipādo svacittavāhano
dhṛtī ca prajñā ca smṛtī ca sārathī /
samyakpradhānā caturo me aśvā
samaṃ prayāto haṃ padaṃ susaṃskṛtaṃ //
rājā āha //
purā tuvaṃ rūpiyabhājaneṣu
suvarṇapātreṣu ca bhuṃjiyāna /
śuciṃ praṇītarasakaṃ ca bhojanaṃ
rājānubhāvena upasthihensu //
so dāni loṇaṃ ca aloṇakaṃ ca
lūkhaṃ alūkhaṃ arasaṃ sarasaṃ ca /
dhruvaṃ grahensu te diśaṃ prayāyataḥ //
purā tava vātajavo udagro
hayottamo kaṇṭhako śīghravego /
ājāneyo kañcanajālacchanno
abhīkṣṇa so vahati yena kāmaṃ //
yo yugyayānehi tuvaṃ upeto
rathehi aśvehi ca kuṃjarehi ca /
rāṣṭreṇa rāṣṭraṃ anucaṃkramanto
kaccin na śrānto si tad adya brūhi //
bhagavān āha //
ratho me ṛddhipādo svacittavāhano
dhṛtī ca prajñā ca smṛtī ca sārathī /
samyakpradhānā caturo me aśvā
samaṃ prayāto haṃ padaṃ susaṃskṛtaṃ //
rājā āha //
purā tuvaṃ rūpiyabhājaneṣu
suvarṇapātreṣu ca bhuṃjiyāna /
śuciṃ praṇītarasakaṃ ca bhojanaṃ
rājānubhāvena upasthihensu //
so dāni loṇaṃ ca aloṇakaṃ ca
lūkhaṃ alūkhaṃ arasaṃ sarasaṃ ca /