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 3.187
tāvat* māṇavaka muhūrtaṃ śītalake gamiṣyasi // atha khalu upako māṇavako rājānaṃ brahmadattaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
yehi artho ayānasya ūrdhvaṃ tiṣṭhanti tiṣṭhato /
yāne tu vahyamānasya purato dhāvanti dhāvato /
gaṃsāmy ahaṃ mahārāja tasya māṣasya kāraṇā //
(atha khalu rājā brahmadatto upakaṃ māṇavakaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe)
sace te artho māṣeṇa ahaṃ māṣaṃ dadāmi te /
karohi kṛtyaṃ māṣeṇa uṣṇe māṇava mā vraja //
upako māṇavako āha // yadi vedo māṣaṃ dāsyati etaṃ dvitīyaṃ māṣaṃ etehi māṣehi tuṣṭā bhave pi vṛṣalī kaumudīyaṃ ca avighnaṃ bhaviṣyati // atha khalu upako māṇavako rājānaṃ brahmadattaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
yaṃ ca māṣaṃ devo dadyāt taṃ dvitīyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
etehi dvīhi māṣehi tuṣṭā sā vṛṣalī bhave //
rājā āha // ahan te māṇava duve māṣāṇi dāsyāmi mā ca uṣṇena pacyanto gacchāhi // rājā brahmadatto upakaṃ māṇavakaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
sace te artho māṣehi duve māṣā dadāmi te /
karohi kṛtyaṃ māṣehi uṣṇe māṇava mā vraja //
yehi artho ayānasya ūrdhvaṃ tiṣṭhanti tiṣṭhato /
yāne tu vahyamānasya purato dhāvanti dhāvato /
gaṃsāmy ahaṃ mahārāja tasya māṣasya kāraṇā //
(atha khalu rājā brahmadatto upakaṃ māṇavakaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe)
sace te artho māṣeṇa ahaṃ māṣaṃ dadāmi te /
karohi kṛtyaṃ māṣeṇa uṣṇe māṇava mā vraja //
upako māṇavako āha // yadi vedo māṣaṃ dāsyati etaṃ dvitīyaṃ māṣaṃ etehi māṣehi tuṣṭā bhave pi vṛṣalī kaumudīyaṃ ca avighnaṃ bhaviṣyati // atha khalu upako māṇavako rājānaṃ brahmadattaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
yaṃ ca māṣaṃ devo dadyāt taṃ dvitīyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
etehi dvīhi māṣehi tuṣṭā sā vṛṣalī bhave //
rājā āha // ahan te māṇava duve māṣāṇi dāsyāmi mā ca uṣṇena pacyanto gacchāhi // rājā brahmadatto upakaṃ māṇavakaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
sace te artho māṣehi duve māṣā dadāmi te /
karohi kṛtyaṃ māṣehi uṣṇe māṇava mā vraja //