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 3.359
kṣāntivādī smi nandatāṃ // tena tasya dvitīyo karṇo chinno tato pi kṣīraṃ prasravati apraduṣṭacittasya // bhūyo rājā ṛṣiṃ pṛcchati / kiṃvādī bhavāṃ // ṛṣiḥ kṣāntim eva vyākaroti / kṣāntivādī smi nandatāṃ // tena tasya ṛṣisya nāsā chinnā tato pi apraduṣṭasya kṣīraṃ sravati // bhūyo rājā ṛṣiṃ pṛcchati / kiṃvādī bhavāṃ // ṛṣi kṣāntim eva vyākaroti / kṣāntivādī smi nandatāṃ / yadi me imaṃ śarīraṃ paṭṭaśataṃ nikṣipesi pīluśataṃ chittvā praduṣṭacitto tadāpi kṣāntiṃ na vijaheyaṃ //
___ṛṣiṇā khaṇḍakhaṇḍakṛtena devanāgayakṣā kṣubhitā bhūtā ninādam akarensuḥ satvā ca mahābhayaṃ uttrāsaṃ janayensuḥ / naigamajānapadā bhūtānāṃ mahābhayaṃ dṛṣṭvā ninādaṃ nadantāṃ śrutvā ṛṣiṃ praṇipatitvā kṣamāpenti //
yo te hastāṃ ca pādāṃ ca karṇanāsāṃ ca cchindati /
tasya kupya mahābrahme svasty astu itarā prajāḥ //
ṛṣi āha //
yo me hastāṃ ca pādāṃ ca karṇanāsāṃ ca cchindati /
tasyāpy ahaṃ na kupyāmi prāg eva itarā prajāḥ //
devanāgayakṣagandharvā āhansuḥ // ṛṣiṃ kṣāntivādiṃ uttejema imaṃ kalabhasya rājño rājyaṃ sarāṣṭraṃ sajanapadaṃ ṛddhīkartuṃ na labhyati /
uddahyatu janapado sphīto rāṣṭraṃ vinasyatu /
ṛṣiṃ yatra viheṭhensuḥ kṣāntivādim ahiṃsakaṃ //
___ṛṣiṇā khaṇḍakhaṇḍakṛtena devanāgayakṣā kṣubhitā bhūtā ninādam akarensuḥ satvā ca mahābhayaṃ uttrāsaṃ janayensuḥ / naigamajānapadā bhūtānāṃ mahābhayaṃ dṛṣṭvā ninādaṃ nadantāṃ śrutvā ṛṣiṃ praṇipatitvā kṣamāpenti //
yo te hastāṃ ca pādāṃ ca karṇanāsāṃ ca cchindati /
tasya kupya mahābrahme svasty astu itarā prajāḥ //
ṛṣi āha //
yo me hastāṃ ca pādāṃ ca karṇanāsāṃ ca cchindati /
tasyāpy ahaṃ na kupyāmi prāg eva itarā prajāḥ //
devanāgayakṣagandharvā āhansuḥ // ṛṣiṃ kṣāntivādiṃ uttejema imaṃ kalabhasya rājño rājyaṃ sarāṣṭraṃ sajanapadaṃ ṛddhīkartuṃ na labhyati /
uddahyatu janapado sphīto rāṣṭraṃ vinasyatu /
ṛṣiṃ yatra viheṭhensuḥ kṣāntivādim ahiṃsakaṃ //