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).
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dharmalabdho āha //
appehi yasya se bhāryā aputre putraṃ bhāṣasi /
mānuṣā na tuvaṃ rakṣī na māṃ śakṣyasi khādituṃ //
sā ca grāmeṣu nigameṣu rāṣṭre janapadeṣu ca /
janajanasya ākhyāti ayaṃ ujjhati me pati //
mahājano samāgamya striyaś ca puruṣā pi ca /
puruṣaṃ paribhāṣanti kasmād ujjhesi bhāryarāṃ //
kṣatriyā brāhmaṇā vaiśyā śūdrā cātra samāgatā /
paruṣaṃ paribhāṣanti kasya ujjhesi bhāryarāṃ //
dharmalabdho āha //
na me eṣā māriṣa bhāryā rākṣasy eṣā bhayānikā /
manuṣyakhādikā raudrā evaṃ jānethanattave //
yatra kālaṃ mahājanena upalabhyamāno dharmalabdho na icchati naiva me eṣa putro naiva me eṣā bhāryā rākṣasī eṣā niśācarā rākṣasī taṃ janakāyaṃ saṃjñāpayati / edṛśā ete arthalabdhā puruṣā tatraiva sārajyanti tatraiva virajyanti / yatra kālaṃ arthikā bhavanti strībhiḥ satataṃ priyaśatāni mantrenti yatra kālaṃ viraktā bhavanti tataḥ rākṣasīyo ca kriyāma piśācinīyo ca duḥkulīnā ca kriyāma apriyaśatena ākruṣyāmaḥ // sā dāni strī dharmalabdhena anicchiyati // amātyehi rājño brahmadattasya
appehi yasya se bhāryā aputre putraṃ bhāṣasi /
mānuṣā na tuvaṃ rakṣī na māṃ śakṣyasi khādituṃ //
sā ca grāmeṣu nigameṣu rāṣṭre janapadeṣu ca /
janajanasya ākhyāti ayaṃ ujjhati me pati //
mahājano samāgamya striyaś ca puruṣā pi ca /
puruṣaṃ paribhāṣanti kasmād ujjhesi bhāryarāṃ //
kṣatriyā brāhmaṇā vaiśyā śūdrā cātra samāgatā /
paruṣaṃ paribhāṣanti kasya ujjhesi bhāryarāṃ //
dharmalabdho āha //
na me eṣā māriṣa bhāryā rākṣasy eṣā bhayānikā /
manuṣyakhādikā raudrā evaṃ jānethanattave //
yatra kālaṃ mahājanena upalabhyamāno dharmalabdho na icchati naiva me eṣa putro naiva me eṣā bhāryā rākṣasī eṣā niśācarā rākṣasī taṃ janakāyaṃ saṃjñāpayati / edṛśā ete arthalabdhā puruṣā tatraiva sārajyanti tatraiva virajyanti / yatra kālaṃ arthikā bhavanti strībhiḥ satataṃ priyaśatāni mantrenti yatra kālaṃ viraktā bhavanti tataḥ rākṣasīyo ca kriyāma piśācinīyo ca duḥkulīnā ca kriyāma apriyaśatena ākruṣyāmaḥ // sā dāni strī dharmalabdhena anicchiyati // amātyehi rājño brahmadattasya