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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kaumārabrahmacārī daśakuśalapathasamādāyavartī devapārago parivrājakaśāstreṣu gatiṃgato // so dāni rājaputro rājyaprāpto so naṃ asthisenaṃ purohitaputraṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
naiva dviṣanti saprajñā asthisena vanīpakaṃ /
brahmacāri priyo me si yāce brahme yad icchasi //
atha khalu bhikṣavo asthiseno vanīpako gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
yācento apriyo bhavati adento bhavati apriyo /
tasmād bhavantaṃ na yācāmi mā me vidveṣaṇā bhavet* //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ sa kāśirājā asthisenaṃ vanīpakaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
yo hi yācanako santo yācitavyaṃ na yācati /
paraṃ ca puṇyaṃ tyājeti ātmanā ca vihanyati //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ asthiseno vanīpako taṃ kāśirājaṃ pratyabhāṣe //
yācanāṃ rodanam āhu adānaṃ pratirodanaṃ /
tasmād bhavantaṃ na yācāmi mā me ārodanaṃ bhavet* //
na vai yācati saprajño nāryo veditum arhati /
uddeśa āryā tiṣṭhanti eṣā āryāṇa yācanā //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ sa kāśirājā asthisenaṃ vanīpakaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
dadāmi te brāhmaṇa rohiṇīnāṃ
pūrṇaṃ sahasraṃ saha puṅgavena /
naiva dviṣanti saprajñā asthisena vanīpakaṃ /
brahmacāri priyo me si yāce brahme yad icchasi //
atha khalu bhikṣavo asthiseno vanīpako gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
yācento apriyo bhavati adento bhavati apriyo /
tasmād bhavantaṃ na yācāmi mā me vidveṣaṇā bhavet* //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ sa kāśirājā asthisenaṃ vanīpakaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
yo hi yācanako santo yācitavyaṃ na yācati /
paraṃ ca puṇyaṃ tyājeti ātmanā ca vihanyati //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ asthiseno vanīpako taṃ kāśirājaṃ pratyabhāṣe //
yācanāṃ rodanam āhu adānaṃ pratirodanaṃ /
tasmād bhavantaṃ na yācāmi mā me ārodanaṃ bhavet* //
na vai yācati saprajño nāryo veditum arhati /
uddeśa āryā tiṣṭhanti eṣā āryāṇa yācanā //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ sa kāśirājā asthisenaṃ vanīpakaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
dadāmi te brāhmaṇa rohiṇīnāṃ
pūrṇaṃ sahasraṃ saha puṅgavena /