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 3.369
yatropapannā ṛṣīṇāṃ vaheṭhakā //
ṛṣī pāṃśunākrami yena daṇḍakī
ucchinnamūlo sadhano sarāṣṭro /
kukkulaṃ nāma narakaṃ prapanno
sphuliṃgajālā va tato samucchrayāḥ //
arjuno narakaṃ śaktiśūlaṃ
adhośiro ūrdhapādo prapanno /
āṃgīrasaṃ gautamaṃ heṭhayitvā
ṛṣiṃ tapasviṃ cirabrahmacāriṃ //
yo saṃyatāṃ pravrajitāṃ vihiṃse
annena pānena nimantrayitvā /
taṃ nālikeraṃ śunakhā paratra
prasahya khādanti viceṣṭamānaṃ //
yo khaṇḍaso pravrajitaṃ praghātayed*
ṛṣiṃ kṣāntīvādiṃ śramanaṃ adūṣakaṃ /
kalabho avīciṃ narakaṃ prapanno
mahābhitāpaṃ kaṭukaṃ bhayānakaṃ //
etādṛśāni narakāni śrutvā
dṛṣṭvā ca rāṣṭrāṇi samūhatāni /
dharmaṃ care śramaṇabrāhmaṇeṣu
evaṃkaro svargam upeya sthānaṃ //
rājāno āhansuḥ //
yan te apṛcche ham abhibhavesi
anyan te pṛcchāmi tad iha brūhi /
ṛṣī pāṃśunākrami yena daṇḍakī
ucchinnamūlo sadhano sarāṣṭro /
kukkulaṃ nāma narakaṃ prapanno
sphuliṃgajālā va tato samucchrayāḥ //
arjuno narakaṃ śaktiśūlaṃ
adhośiro ūrdhapādo prapanno /
āṃgīrasaṃ gautamaṃ heṭhayitvā
ṛṣiṃ tapasviṃ cirabrahmacāriṃ //
yo saṃyatāṃ pravrajitāṃ vihiṃse
annena pānena nimantrayitvā /
taṃ nālikeraṃ śunakhā paratra
prasahya khādanti viceṣṭamānaṃ //
yo khaṇḍaso pravrajitaṃ praghātayed*
ṛṣiṃ kṣāntīvādiṃ śramanaṃ adūṣakaṃ /
kalabho avīciṃ narakaṃ prapanno
mahābhitāpaṃ kaṭukaṃ bhayānakaṃ //
etādṛśāni narakāni śrutvā
dṛṣṭvā ca rāṣṭrāṇi samūhatāni /
dharmaṃ care śramaṇabrāhmaṇeṣu
evaṃkaro svargam upeya sthānaṃ //
rājāno āhansuḥ //
yan te apṛcche ham abhibhavesi
anyan te pṛcchāmi tad iha brūhi /