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 3.266
putra tasmiṃ samaye duḥkhānupaśyinā viharitavyaṃ anityānupaśyinā viharitavyaṃ // yadi śaknosi putra rāhula pravrajyāto cittaṃ vinivartayituṃ tataḥ saprasādo bhavāhi //
___atha khalu rājñā śuddhodanena kapilavastunagare āṇattikā dinnā / yattakaṃ kapilavastusmiṃ nagare sāmantaṃ dvādaśa yojanāni yat kiṃcid gandhaṃ ca mālyaṃ ca puṣpaṃ ca cūrṇaṃ ca taṃ sarvaṃ samudānayatha / yattakā naṭanartaka-ṛllamallapāṇisvarikā saṃnipātetha //
manasā devānāṃ vacasā pārthivānāṃ
acireṇāḍhyānāṃ karmaṇā daridrāṇām iti //
rājño vacanamātreṇa taṃ nagaram alaṃkṛtaṃ śodhitaṃ apagataśarkarakaṭhallaṃ dhūpaghaṭikāvidhūpitaṃ avasaktapaṭṭadāmakalāpaṃ citraduṣyaparikṣiptaṃ vitatavitānaṃ muktapuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ //
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kiṃkāraṇā vividhamālyabhūṣaṇā prathamayauvanadharīyo /
śṛṃgāṭake sthitāni bahūni pramadāsahasrāṇi //
prāsādagarbhanilayā kumārikā . . . . tadā āsi /
mṛgikā va tvaritatvaritā olokanakā nidhāvanti //
śuddhodana-ātmajasya putro buddhasya rāhulo nāma /
vijahiya . . . . bhagavāṃ rājyaṃ cavahāya pravrajati //
___atha khalu rājñā śuddhodanena kapilavastunagare āṇattikā dinnā / yattakaṃ kapilavastusmiṃ nagare sāmantaṃ dvādaśa yojanāni yat kiṃcid gandhaṃ ca mālyaṃ ca puṣpaṃ ca cūrṇaṃ ca taṃ sarvaṃ samudānayatha / yattakā naṭanartaka-ṛllamallapāṇisvarikā saṃnipātetha //
manasā devānāṃ vacasā pārthivānāṃ
acireṇāḍhyānāṃ karmaṇā daridrāṇām iti //
rājño vacanamātreṇa taṃ nagaram alaṃkṛtaṃ śodhitaṃ apagataśarkarakaṭhallaṃ dhūpaghaṭikāvidhūpitaṃ avasaktapaṭṭadāmakalāpaṃ citraduṣyaparikṣiptaṃ vitatavitānaṃ muktapuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ //
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kiṃkāraṇā vividhamālyabhūṣaṇā prathamayauvanadharīyo /
śṛṃgāṭake sthitāni bahūni pramadāsahasrāṇi //
prāsādagarbhanilayā kumārikā . . . . tadā āsi /
mṛgikā va tvaritatvaritā olokanakā nidhāvanti //
śuddhodana-ātmajasya putro buddhasya rāhulo nāma /
vijahiya . . . . bhagavāṃ rājyaṃ cavahāya pravrajati //