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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so taṃ ṛṣiṃ pāṃśunā ākrameti //
tasyaiva rājño abhu agramātyo
nāmena vighuṣṭo abhūṣi rājye /
so taṃ ṛṣiṃ uddhariya avocat*
na me priyaṃ sādhu kṣamāhi brahme //
vatso ṛṣī taṃ avaca amātyaṃ
gaccha ito mā te siyā anarthaḥ /
saptarātrīyena ito tyayena
mahad bhayaṃ bhaviṣyati ghorarūpaṃ //
ṛṣisya ca kālagatasya tatra
bhūtānāṃ saṃkṣobho mahā abhūṣi /
tantasya rājyaṃ sadhanaṃ sarāṣṭraṃ
ekāya rātrīya karensu bhasmaṃ //
athābravīc charabhaṃgo tapasvī
samāgatā ṛṣayo . . . . /
na sādhurūpaṃ kṛtaṃ daṇḍakīnā
gacchāma vatsasya karoma pūjāṃ //
athāṣṭamako bhīmaratho ca rājā
kaliṃgarājā atha udgato ca /
saṃvignā saṃhṛṣṭā idaṃ uvāca
gacchāmatha ṛṣayo darśanāya
pṛcchāmatha yena hi taṃ bhaveya //
te dāni allīnā trayo narendrā
saṃtuṣṭā saṃvignā ṛṣīṇāṃ samīpaṃ /
tasyaiva rājño abhu agramātyo
nāmena vighuṣṭo abhūṣi rājye /
so taṃ ṛṣiṃ uddhariya avocat*
na me priyaṃ sādhu kṣamāhi brahme //
vatso ṛṣī taṃ avaca amātyaṃ
gaccha ito mā te siyā anarthaḥ /
saptarātrīyena ito tyayena
mahad bhayaṃ bhaviṣyati ghorarūpaṃ //
ṛṣisya ca kālagatasya tatra
bhūtānāṃ saṃkṣobho mahā abhūṣi /
tantasya rājyaṃ sadhanaṃ sarāṣṭraṃ
ekāya rātrīya karensu bhasmaṃ //
athābravīc charabhaṃgo tapasvī
samāgatā ṛṣayo . . . . /
na sādhurūpaṃ kṛtaṃ daṇḍakīnā
gacchāma vatsasya karoma pūjāṃ //
athāṣṭamako bhīmaratho ca rājā
kaliṃgarājā atha udgato ca /
saṃvignā saṃhṛṣṭā idaṃ uvāca
gacchāmatha ṛṣayo darśanāya
pṛcchāmatha yena hi taṃ bhaveya //
te dāni allīnā trayo narendrā
saṃtuṣṭā saṃvignā ṛṣīṇāṃ samīpaṃ /