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 3.124
rājā āha //
pṛthivī ca te vijitā sarvakalpā
putrāṇa te pūrasahasram asya /
ratnāni ca sapta parityajitvā
śrāmaṇyam evābhigato si vīrā //
bhagavān āha //
pṛthivī ca me vijitā sarvakalpā
putrāṇa me pūrasahasram asti /
ratnāni ca aṣṭa imāni santi
etādṛśaṃ ratnam anyaṃ na asti //
taṃ vītarāgaṃ susamāhitendriyaṃ
samyakpramuktaṃ akhilaṃ anaśravaṃ /
putraṃ pitā prāṃjaliko upāgame
deśehi me mārgaṃ manuṣyahitāye //
tam enaṃ jñānena pharitva śāstā
śuddhodanaṃ pitaraṃ etad abravīt* //
abhīkṣṇaṃ so locaya bhikṣudarśanaṃ
mā pramādyi bheṣyati tuhyaṃ dharmo //
athāprameyasya pitu abhūṣi
saṃvarṇitaṃ tāyino bhikṣudarśanaṃ /
samanantaraṃ satpuruṣo bhajanto
athottarīdharmacakṣuṃ viśodhaye //
etādṛśo āsi tadā samāgamo
pṛthivī ca te vijitā sarvakalpā
putrāṇa te pūrasahasram asya /
ratnāni ca sapta parityajitvā
śrāmaṇyam evābhigato si vīrā //
bhagavān āha //
pṛthivī ca me vijitā sarvakalpā
putrāṇa me pūrasahasram asti /
ratnāni ca aṣṭa imāni santi
etādṛśaṃ ratnam anyaṃ na asti //
taṃ vītarāgaṃ susamāhitendriyaṃ
samyakpramuktaṃ akhilaṃ anaśravaṃ /
putraṃ pitā prāṃjaliko upāgame
deśehi me mārgaṃ manuṣyahitāye //
tam enaṃ jñānena pharitva śāstā
śuddhodanaṃ pitaraṃ etad abravīt* //
abhīkṣṇaṃ so locaya bhikṣudarśanaṃ
mā pramādyi bheṣyati tuhyaṃ dharmo //
athāprameyasya pitu abhūṣi
saṃvarṇitaṃ tāyino bhikṣudarśanaṃ /
samanantaraṃ satpuruṣo bhajanto
athottarīdharmacakṣuṃ viśodhaye //
etādṛśo āsi tadā samāgamo