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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 3.269
śāriputro gṛhītvā vāmato maudgalyāyano tṛṇasaṃstarakaṃ upaviśensuḥ // evaṃ dāni bhagavāṃ kartavya . . . . .
divi bhuvi ca viśrutayaśaṃ vinītagaṇaśrāvakaṃ vipulaprajñaṃ /
śrāvakayugaṃ daśabalo āmantraye karakandikaro //
tīkṣṇā hi indriyāṇi ājñāsyati rāhulo imaṃ dharmaṃ /
pravrajatu kumāro so kṛtānukārī bhavatu mahyaṃ //
kālajño śārisuto . . . . . lokanāyakaṃ avaci /
pravrājemi katham ahaṃ rāhulaśiri mānsajaṃ jinasya //
lokam anukampamāno brahmasvaro nāyako samākhyāti /
yatha āryadharmavinaye pravrajyā kumārabhūtasya //
vāmena grahetvā maudgalyāyano dakṣiṇena upatiṣyo /
pravrājetvā etaṃ tṛṇasaṃstarakaṃ upaviśensuḥ //
so valayakāni suvarṇasūtraṃ ca yasya kāye oharati /
na bhūyo care duḥkhārtto ārttā smaranti daśabalasya //
vāraṇacakoranayanaṃ mātā putraṃ viśālatāmrākṣaṃ /
utsaṃge sthāpayitvā imāhi gāthāhi adhyabhāṣi //
uttamaprāvāradharo anulepanarāgavāsitaśarīraḥ /
duḥcarakaṃ srāmaṇyaṃ atyantasukhocitena tvayā //
tāyīnāṃ pramuditavyaṃ colakakhaṇḍā varce khanitvāna /
divi bhuvi ca viśrutayaśaṃ vinītagaṇaśrāvakaṃ vipulaprajñaṃ /
śrāvakayugaṃ daśabalo āmantraye karakandikaro //
tīkṣṇā hi indriyāṇi ājñāsyati rāhulo imaṃ dharmaṃ /
pravrajatu kumāro so kṛtānukārī bhavatu mahyaṃ //
kālajño śārisuto . . . . . lokanāyakaṃ avaci /
pravrājemi katham ahaṃ rāhulaśiri mānsajaṃ jinasya //
lokam anukampamāno brahmasvaro nāyako samākhyāti /
yatha āryadharmavinaye pravrajyā kumārabhūtasya //
vāmena grahetvā maudgalyāyano dakṣiṇena upatiṣyo /
pravrājetvā etaṃ tṛṇasaṃstarakaṃ upaviśensuḥ //
so valayakāni suvarṇasūtraṃ ca yasya kāye oharati /
na bhūyo care duḥkhārtto ārttā smaranti daśabalasya //
vāraṇacakoranayanaṃ mātā putraṃ viśālatāmrākṣaṃ /
utsaṃge sthāpayitvā imāhi gāthāhi adhyabhāṣi //
uttamaprāvāradharo anulepanarāgavāsitaśarīraḥ /
duḥcarakaṃ srāmaṇyaṃ atyantasukhocitena tvayā //
tāyīnāṃ pramuditavyaṃ colakakhaṇḍā varce khanitvāna /