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 3.134
śobhanti ca kvacikvacit padmasarā rājahaṃsaparipūrṇā /
kalahaṃsalīlagalitā gajayūthavilolitāś ca pure //
kvacid bhramaramadhukaribhiś cūrṇitakusumehi pādapasamīpaṃ /
kṛtasaṃstarā vicitrā hariṇaśakunalīlitā sthānti //
kvacid vṛddhatāpasehi dhyānaratiratehi nirjharagatehi /
saṃśobhate vanavaraṃ svādhyāyaratehi ca parehi //
kvaci dṛṣṭakumārehi dīrghajaṭā-ajinavalkaladharehi /
saṃśobhate vanavaraṃ vicitraphalamūlahastehi //
tasmiṃ pravaṇe bhirāme pariharati janetrīṃ netraprahīṇāṃ /
jīrṇāṃ durbalagātrāṃ gajottamo sarvabhāvena //
so gajagaṇena sārdhaṃ ramanto apanirgato mahaddūraṃ /
rājā ca saha balena gajagrahaṇakāraṇaṃ prāpto //
dṛṣṭvāna taṃ gajavaraṃ rājñaḥ sūto pi harṣito avaci /
gajavaro lakṣaṇupapeto gajottamo pārthiva yūthe //
gajagaṇagataṃ gajendraṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā vāhanaṃ udāraṃ taṃ /
saṃgṛhṇi kāśirājā vanāt puravaraṃ nibandhitvā //
so naiva pibati pānaṃ na ca bhuṃjati śvasati ca so bhīkṣṇaṃ /
taṃ avaca madhuragirayā sa hastiratnaṃ pṛthivīpālo //
nāgavara mā kṛśo bhava pratīccha bhaktaṃ pibāhi pānīyaṃ /
abhirāmayiṣyāmi idha purottame khu śociṣṭhāḥ //
kalahaṃsalīlagalitā gajayūthavilolitāś ca pure //
kvacid bhramaramadhukaribhiś cūrṇitakusumehi pādapasamīpaṃ /
kṛtasaṃstarā vicitrā hariṇaśakunalīlitā sthānti //
kvacid vṛddhatāpasehi dhyānaratiratehi nirjharagatehi /
saṃśobhate vanavaraṃ svādhyāyaratehi ca parehi //
kvaci dṛṣṭakumārehi dīrghajaṭā-ajinavalkaladharehi /
saṃśobhate vanavaraṃ vicitraphalamūlahastehi //
tasmiṃ pravaṇe bhirāme pariharati janetrīṃ netraprahīṇāṃ /
jīrṇāṃ durbalagātrāṃ gajottamo sarvabhāvena //
so gajagaṇena sārdhaṃ ramanto apanirgato mahaddūraṃ /
rājā ca saha balena gajagrahaṇakāraṇaṃ prāpto //
dṛṣṭvāna taṃ gajavaraṃ rājñaḥ sūto pi harṣito avaci /
gajavaro lakṣaṇupapeto gajottamo pārthiva yūthe //
gajagaṇagataṃ gajendraṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā vāhanaṃ udāraṃ taṃ /
saṃgṛhṇi kāśirājā vanāt puravaraṃ nibandhitvā //
so naiva pibati pānaṃ na ca bhuṃjati śvasati ca so bhīkṣṇaṃ /
taṃ avaca madhuragirayā sa hastiratnaṃ pṛthivīpālo //
nāgavara mā kṛśo bhava pratīccha bhaktaṃ pibāhi pānīyaṃ /
abhirāmayiṣyāmi idha purottame khu śociṣṭhāḥ //