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 3.270
ucchiṣṭaṃ bhoktavyaṃ api rāhula kumbhadāsīye //
tuvaṃ suvarṇanūpuro . . . . . . . . . . . /
uttaptakāṃcanasabalo jñātī tuhyaṃ abhiramenti //
kin tava putra araṇyena śrutvā tāsāṃ ghoṣaṃ vīṇānāṃ /
madhuramaṃjūghoṣāṇāṃ . . . . . . nakulakānāṃ //
na dhāresi imasmiṃ prāvacane . . . . . . ehi putra /
pratigaccha parāṅmukhyo na hi sulabhaṃ acyutaṃ sthānaṃ //
rāhula āha //
yadi mātaḥ kecid udghaṭitajñā mamāpi tatra gaṇayāhi /
aham api hi kleśamathano anugaṃsaṃ paitṛkaṃ mārgaṃ //
niśiśāti nāpito khuraṃ rāhulo ca maṇicūḍaṃ muṃceti /
tadā abhimano . . . . . anusmaranto dvipadaśreṣṭhaṃ //
dṛṣṭvā ca naṃ abhimanaṃ udyuktaṃ śāsane daśabalasya /
taṃ prāpuṇāhi kṣipraṃ sphṛśa nirvāṇaṃ sukhaṃ śāntaṃ //
ye te putraka dharmā jātiṃ ca jarāṃ ca vītivartenti /
tāṃ prāpuṇāhi kṣipraṃ iti rāhulaṃ api so avaca //
tāṃ śirasijasallekhāṃ āvallitanīlakaṇṭhasahavarṇāṃ /
tuvaṃ suvarṇanūpuro . . . . . . . . . . . /
uttaptakāṃcanasabalo jñātī tuhyaṃ abhiramenti //
kin tava putra araṇyena śrutvā tāsāṃ ghoṣaṃ vīṇānāṃ /
madhuramaṃjūghoṣāṇāṃ . . . . . . nakulakānāṃ //
na dhāresi imasmiṃ prāvacane . . . . . . ehi putra /
pratigaccha parāṅmukhyo na hi sulabhaṃ acyutaṃ sthānaṃ //
rāhula āha //
yadi mātaḥ kecid udghaṭitajñā mamāpi tatra gaṇayāhi /
aham api hi kleśamathano anugaṃsaṃ paitṛkaṃ mārgaṃ //
niśiśāti nāpito khuraṃ rāhulo ca maṇicūḍaṃ muṃceti /
tadā abhimano . . . . . anusmaranto dvipadaśreṣṭhaṃ //
dṛṣṭvā ca naṃ abhimanaṃ udyuktaṃ śāsane daśabalasya /
taṃ prāpuṇāhi kṣipraṃ sphṛśa nirvāṇaṃ sukhaṃ śāntaṃ //
ye te putraka dharmā jātiṃ ca jarāṃ ca vītivartenti /
tāṃ prāpuṇāhi kṣipraṃ iti rāhulaṃ api so avaca //
tāṃ śirasijasallekhāṃ āvallitanīlakaṇṭhasahavarṇāṃ /