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 3.185
madhyāhne vartamāne harṣeṇa madhurāṇi kinnarīya gītāni gāyanto gaṃgākūle [tasya māṣasya arthāye] gacchati //
___adrākṣīd bhikṣavaḥ rājā brahmadatto upariprāsādavaragataḥ upakaṃ māṇavakaṃ madhyāhne vighane madhureṇa svareṇa gāyantaṃ antonagarāto vahirnagaraṃ gacchantaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca punarmasya upake māṇavake premnaṃ nipatitaṃ // yathoktaṃ bhagavatā //
pūrve vāsanivāsena pratyutpanne hitena vā /
evan taṃ jāyate premnaṃ utpalaṃ vā yathodake //
yatra mano niviśati cittaṃ vāpi prasīdati /
niṣṭhāṃ paṇḍitā gaccheyuḥ saṃvutthā me purā bhave //
evaṃ tasya rājño brahmadattasya tatra upake māṇavake saha darśanena premnaṃ nipatitaṃ // tana rājñā brahmadattena upakasya māṇavakasya dūto preṣito // gacchatha yo eṣo māṇavako gāyanto antarnagarāto vahirnagaraṃ gacchati etaṃ ānetha // so tehi gatvā uccati // āgaccha māṇavaka rājā te śabdāpetīti // so dāni tehi rājapuruṣehi rājño sakāśam upanīto // deva ayaṃ so māṇavako ānīto // atha khalu rājā brahmadatto upakaṃ māṇavakaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
madhyantike vītinate kukkulavattato mahī /
atha gāyasi vaktrāṇi na tāpayati ātapo //
upari tapati ādityo heṣṭā tapati vālikā /
udagracitto sumano atha vaktrāṇi gāyasi //
___adrākṣīd bhikṣavaḥ rājā brahmadatto upariprāsādavaragataḥ upakaṃ māṇavakaṃ madhyāhne vighane madhureṇa svareṇa gāyantaṃ antonagarāto vahirnagaraṃ gacchantaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca punarmasya upake māṇavake premnaṃ nipatitaṃ // yathoktaṃ bhagavatā //
pūrve vāsanivāsena pratyutpanne hitena vā /
evan taṃ jāyate premnaṃ utpalaṃ vā yathodake //
yatra mano niviśati cittaṃ vāpi prasīdati /
niṣṭhāṃ paṇḍitā gaccheyuḥ saṃvutthā me purā bhave //
evaṃ tasya rājño brahmadattasya tatra upake māṇavake saha darśanena premnaṃ nipatitaṃ // tana rājñā brahmadattena upakasya māṇavakasya dūto preṣito // gacchatha yo eṣo māṇavako gāyanto antarnagarāto vahirnagaraṃ gacchati etaṃ ānetha // so tehi gatvā uccati // āgaccha māṇavaka rājā te śabdāpetīti // so dāni tehi rājapuruṣehi rājño sakāśam upanīto // deva ayaṃ so māṇavako ānīto // atha khalu rājā brahmadatto upakaṃ māṇavakaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
madhyantike vītinate kukkulavattato mahī /
atha gāyasi vaktrāṇi na tāpayati ātapo //
upari tapati ādityo heṣṭā tapati vālikā /
udagracitto sumano atha vaktrāṇi gāyasi //