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 3.195
vadesi tvaṃ gaṃgapāla hīnajātyo samāno rājānaṃ brahmadattaṃ nāmena samudācarasi // atha khalu rājā brahmadatto tāṃ amātyapāriṣadyāṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
mā kiṃci vadatha gaṃgapālaṃ
munināṃ maunapadehi śikṣamāṇaṃ /
eṣo atare tam arṇavoghaṃ
yaṃ taritvāna bhavanti vītarāgāḥ //
tapasā prajahanti pāpakāni
tapasā vidhamanti andhakāraṃ /
bhāvan tapasā abhibhūya gaṃgapālo
nāmena abhibhāṣe brahmadattaṃ //
sāṃdṛṣṭikaṃ paśyatha yāvad evaṃ
kṣāntisaurabhyasyidaṃ vipākaṃ /
lokasya sadevakasya pravrajyaṃ
devāna manujāna vandanīyaṃ //
atha khalu rājā brahmadatto sārdhaṃ amātyapāriṣadyehi teṣāṃ ṛṣīṇāṃ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣīde //
___tasya dāni gaṃgapālasya yā gṛhasthabhūtasya bhāryā abhūṣi sāpi pativratā anyaṃ puruṣaṃ manasāpi na prārthayati // tasyā gaṃgapālo jijñāsanārthaṃ divyena rūpeṇa nirmitena suvarṇabhājanam ādāya upasaṃkramya pralobhayati imaṃ sauvarṇaṃ bhājanaṃ gṛhṇāhi mayā sārdhaṃ paricārehi // sā dāni āha // na hi pativratā ahan ti //
mā kiṃci vadatha gaṃgapālaṃ
munināṃ maunapadehi śikṣamāṇaṃ /
eṣo atare tam arṇavoghaṃ
yaṃ taritvāna bhavanti vītarāgāḥ //
tapasā prajahanti pāpakāni
tapasā vidhamanti andhakāraṃ /
bhāvan tapasā abhibhūya gaṃgapālo
nāmena abhibhāṣe brahmadattaṃ //
sāṃdṛṣṭikaṃ paśyatha yāvad evaṃ
kṣāntisaurabhyasyidaṃ vipākaṃ /
lokasya sadevakasya pravrajyaṃ
devāna manujāna vandanīyaṃ //
atha khalu rājā brahmadatto sārdhaṃ amātyapāriṣadyehi teṣāṃ ṛṣīṇāṃ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣīde //
___tasya dāni gaṃgapālasya yā gṛhasthabhūtasya bhāryā abhūṣi sāpi pativratā anyaṃ puruṣaṃ manasāpi na prārthayati // tasyā gaṃgapālo jijñāsanārthaṃ divyena rūpeṇa nirmitena suvarṇabhājanam ādāya upasaṃkramya pralobhayati imaṃ sauvarṇaṃ bhājanaṃ gṛhṇāhi mayā sārdhaṃ paricārehi // sā dāni āha // na hi pativratā ahan ti //