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 3.440
yannūnaṃ asyāhaṃ purato rājagṛhasya nagarasya varṇaṃ bhāṣeyaṃ // atha khalu so rājāmātyo rājaṃ śreṇyaṃ biṃbisāraṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
parvatā ime salīlā ime ramyā śiloccayā /
ye ime rājagṛhasmiṃ siktā divijena vāriṇā //
bhinnakaṭakā ca śravanti . . . . . . . . . . . .
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atha khalu rājā śreṇyo bimbisāro taṃ rājāmātyaṃ apasādaye // asti nāma tvaṃ mohapuruṣo yaṃ yad eva vayaṃ vigarhāma tad eva tvaṃ praśaṃsitavyaṃ manyasi // atha khalu rājño śreṇyasya bimbisārasya bhūyasyā mātrayā kāmeṣu vyākutsanā utpadye cittasya duḥkhadaurmanasyaṃ yoniso manasikāro // atha khalu brāhmaṇasya purohitasya rājācāryasyaitad abhūṣi // rājño śreṇyasya biṃbisārasya duḥkhadaurmanasyam utpannaṃ ko nu khalv asyāt paryāyo yenāhaṃ rājño śreṇyasya bimbisārasya duḥkhadaurmanasyaṃ prativinodayeyaṃ // atha khalu brāhmaṇasya purohitasya rājācāryasya etad abhūṣi // rājño khalu śreṇyasya bimbisārasya buddho bhagavān priyo manāpo ca yaṃ nūnāhaṃ tasya purato buddhasya varṇaṃ bhāṣeyaṃ // atha khalu brāhmaṇo purohito rājācāryo rājānaṃ śreṇiyaṃ bimbisāraṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣa //
lābho sti rāṣṭrādhipate śirīmato
āṃgasya rājño magadhādhipasya /
yasyodapāsi vijite tathāgato
vighuṣṭaśabdo himavāṃ va parvato //
parvatā ime salīlā ime ramyā śiloccayā /
ye ime rājagṛhasmiṃ siktā divijena vāriṇā //
bhinnakaṭakā ca śravanti . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
atha khalu rājā śreṇyo bimbisāro taṃ rājāmātyaṃ apasādaye // asti nāma tvaṃ mohapuruṣo yaṃ yad eva vayaṃ vigarhāma tad eva tvaṃ praśaṃsitavyaṃ manyasi // atha khalu rājño śreṇyasya bimbisārasya bhūyasyā mātrayā kāmeṣu vyākutsanā utpadye cittasya duḥkhadaurmanasyaṃ yoniso manasikāro // atha khalu brāhmaṇasya purohitasya rājācāryasyaitad abhūṣi // rājño śreṇyasya biṃbisārasya duḥkhadaurmanasyam utpannaṃ ko nu khalv asyāt paryāyo yenāhaṃ rājño śreṇyasya bimbisārasya duḥkhadaurmanasyaṃ prativinodayeyaṃ // atha khalu brāhmaṇasya purohitasya rājācāryasya etad abhūṣi // rājño khalu śreṇyasya bimbisārasya buddho bhagavān priyo manāpo ca yaṃ nūnāhaṃ tasya purato buddhasya varṇaṃ bhāṣeyaṃ // atha khalu brāhmaṇo purohito rājācāryo rājānaṃ śreṇiyaṃ bimbisāraṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣa //
lābho sti rāṣṭrādhipate śirīmato
āṃgasya rājño magadhādhipasya /
yasyodapāsi vijite tathāgato
vighuṣṭaśabdo himavāṃ va parvato //