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 3.215
pravrajiṣyāmi dāni haṃbho mahābrahma agārasyānagāriyaṃ sacet* me bhagavāṃ mahābrahmā anuśāseya // evam ukte bhavanto mahābrahmā mahāgovindaṃ brāhmaṇam etad avocat* // tena hi bho mahāgovinda sukhībhava yasyedāniṃ kālaṃ manyasi //
___śrutaṃ ca me taṃ bhagavāṃ kila tena samayena mahāgovindo nāma brāhmaṇo abhūṣi smarati bhagavāṃ // evam ukte bhagavāṃ paṃcaśikhaṃ gandharvaputram etad avocat* // evam etaṃ paṃcaśikha ahaṃ tena samayena mahāgoviṃdo nāma brāhmaṇo abhūṣi smarāmi cāhaṃ na ca te punaḥ paṃcaśikha śrutaṃ yathā so mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo agārasyānagāriyaṃ pravrajito // ahaṃ khalu so paṃcaśikha mahāgovindaḥ brāhmaṇo yena reṇurājā tenopasaṃkramitvā reṇuṃ rājānaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣi //
āmantremi mahārāja reṇu bhūmipate tava /
pravrajāmi prajahitvā rājyaṃ paurohityaṃ ca me //
evam ukte paṃcaśikha reṇurājā mahāgovindaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gāthāya pratyabhāṣati //
saced asti ūnaṃ kāmehi vayan te pūrayāmatha /
ko vā bhavantaṃ heṭheti vayan te dhārayāmatha /
bhavāṃ pitā vayaṃ putro mā govinda pravrajāhi //
evam ukte paṃcaśikha mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo yena reṇurājā tenopasaṃkramitvā reṇuṃ rājānaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣati //
na asti ūnaṃ kāmehi heṭhayitā na vidyati /
amanuṣyavacanaṃ śrutvā kathaṃ vartema anyathā //
___śrutaṃ ca me taṃ bhagavāṃ kila tena samayena mahāgovindo nāma brāhmaṇo abhūṣi smarati bhagavāṃ // evam ukte bhagavāṃ paṃcaśikhaṃ gandharvaputram etad avocat* // evam etaṃ paṃcaśikha ahaṃ tena samayena mahāgoviṃdo nāma brāhmaṇo abhūṣi smarāmi cāhaṃ na ca te punaḥ paṃcaśikha śrutaṃ yathā so mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo agārasyānagāriyaṃ pravrajito // ahaṃ khalu so paṃcaśikha mahāgovindaḥ brāhmaṇo yena reṇurājā tenopasaṃkramitvā reṇuṃ rājānaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣi //
āmantremi mahārāja reṇu bhūmipate tava /
pravrajāmi prajahitvā rājyaṃ paurohityaṃ ca me //
evam ukte paṃcaśikha reṇurājā mahāgovindaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gāthāya pratyabhāṣati //
saced asti ūnaṃ kāmehi vayan te pūrayāmatha /
ko vā bhavantaṃ heṭheti vayan te dhārayāmatha /
bhavāṃ pitā vayaṃ putro mā govinda pravrajāhi //
evam ukte paṃcaśikha mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo yena reṇurājā tenopasaṃkramitvā reṇuṃ rājānaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣati //
na asti ūnaṃ kāmehi heṭhayitā na vidyati /
amanuṣyavacanaṃ śrutvā kathaṃ vartema anyathā //