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 3.271
utsaṃgena grahetvāna mātāsya praticchupati keśāṃ //
sā aśrupūrṇanayanā yaśodharā dharmavegasaṃjātaṃ /
putraṃ svaṃ rāhulaśiriṃ apagatakeśaśiraṃ dṛṣṭvāna //
taṃ apagatagṛhiliṃgaṃ drumaraktaṃ kāṣāyaprāvṛtakaṃ /
maudgalyānupatiṣyā pravrājayi rāhulakumāraṃ //
sa pravrajito tato vai putro dvātriṃśallakṣadharasya /
viharati śikṣākāmo upatiṣyaṃ niśrāya sthaviraṃ //
evaṃ tvayi pratirūpaṃ yo tvaṃ śraddhāya pravrajitvāna /
kāmaguṇeṣv anapekṣo carase aliptamano . . . //
śālīnamodanaṃ śuci anekasūparasavyaṃjanopetaṃ /
bhuṃjitva śākiyakule piṇḍāye rāhulo carati //
tamatimirapaṭalamathanaṃ putraṃ buddhasya rāhulaṃ nāma /
sarvāśravaprahīnaṃ vandatha śirasā ca manasā ca //
atha khalu yaśodharā rāhulamātā yadā bhagavān antaḥpurikānāṃ mūle bhujitvā tataḥ yaśodharā rāhulamātā tāsāṃ jyeṣṭhikānāṃ gauraveṇa paścimake divase yena bhagavāns tenāṃjaliṃ praṇāmayitvā bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ śuvetanāya bhaktena nimantreti / adhivāsaye bhagavāṃ tūṣṇībhāvena // atha khalu yaśodharā bhagavatas tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā hṛṣṭā prītisaumanasyajātā saṃvṛttā // tasyā eva rātryā
sā aśrupūrṇanayanā yaśodharā dharmavegasaṃjātaṃ /
putraṃ svaṃ rāhulaśiriṃ apagatakeśaśiraṃ dṛṣṭvāna //
taṃ apagatagṛhiliṃgaṃ drumaraktaṃ kāṣāyaprāvṛtakaṃ /
maudgalyānupatiṣyā pravrājayi rāhulakumāraṃ //
sa pravrajito tato vai putro dvātriṃśallakṣadharasya /
viharati śikṣākāmo upatiṣyaṃ niśrāya sthaviraṃ //
evaṃ tvayi pratirūpaṃ yo tvaṃ śraddhāya pravrajitvāna /
kāmaguṇeṣv anapekṣo carase aliptamano . . . //
śālīnamodanaṃ śuci anekasūparasavyaṃjanopetaṃ /
bhuṃjitva śākiyakule piṇḍāye rāhulo carati //
tamatimirapaṭalamathanaṃ putraṃ buddhasya rāhulaṃ nāma /
sarvāśravaprahīnaṃ vandatha śirasā ca manasā ca //
atha khalu yaśodharā rāhulamātā yadā bhagavān antaḥpurikānāṃ mūle bhujitvā tataḥ yaśodharā rāhulamātā tāsāṃ jyeṣṭhikānāṃ gauraveṇa paścimake divase yena bhagavāns tenāṃjaliṃ praṇāmayitvā bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ śuvetanāya bhaktena nimantreti / adhivāsaye bhagavāṃ tūṣṇībhāvena // atha khalu yaśodharā bhagavatas tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā hṛṣṭā prītisaumanasyajātā saṃvṛttā // tasyā eva rātryā