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 3.372
vyasanasmiṃ satkṛtya karoti kāryaṃ
tathāvidhaṃ satpuruṣaṃ vademi //
etehi dharmehi trihi yo upeto
saṃmodako sakhilo ślakṣṇavāco /
sagāravo sapratīśo hirīmāṃ
tathāvidhaṃ va śiri na jahāti //
rājāno āhansuḥ //
subhāṣitan te anumodayāma
anyan te pṛcchāmi tad iha brūhi /
śīlaprajñāśirikṛtajñatānāṃ
kiṃ va nu śreṣṭhaṃ kuśalā vadanti //
sarabhaṃgo āha //
prajñāṃ khu śreṣṭhāṃ kuśalā vadanti
nakṣatrarājā iva tārakānāṃ /
śīlaṃ śiri caiva kṛtajñatā ca
prajñopakā tu pravarā bhavanti //
rājāno āhansuḥ //
subhāṣitan te anumodayāmaḥ
anyan te pṛcchāmi tad iha brūhi //
kim ācaranto kim āsevamāno
kathaṃkaro prajñāvāṃ bhoti manye //
tathāvidhaṃ satpuruṣaṃ vademi //
etehi dharmehi trihi yo upeto
saṃmodako sakhilo ślakṣṇavāco /
sagāravo sapratīśo hirīmāṃ
tathāvidhaṃ va śiri na jahāti //
rājāno āhansuḥ //
subhāṣitan te anumodayāma
anyan te pṛcchāmi tad iha brūhi /
śīlaprajñāśirikṛtajñatānāṃ
kiṃ va nu śreṣṭhaṃ kuśalā vadanti //
sarabhaṃgo āha //
prajñāṃ khu śreṣṭhāṃ kuśalā vadanti
nakṣatrarājā iva tārakānāṃ /
śīlaṃ śiri caiva kṛtajñatā ca
prajñopakā tu pravarā bhavanti //
rājāno āhansuḥ //
subhāṣitan te anumodayāmaḥ
anyan te pṛcchāmi tad iha brūhi //
kim ācaranto kim āsevamāno
kathaṃkaro prajñāvāṃ bhoti manye //