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 3.452
kṛpaṇo va kathaṃ bhikṣo muṇḍasaṃghāṭiko dhano /
samātāpitṛko dhyāyaṃ vṛkṣamūle pi tiṣṭhasi //
atha khalu bhikṣavo śroṇako ṛṣi rājānam arindamaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
na rāja kṛpaṇo bhavati dharmakāyasya śriyāpi ca /
yo ca dharmaṃ samupakramya taddharme na rato naro /
sa rāja kṛpaṇo bhavati jyotiṣṭomaparāyaṇo //
atha khalu bhikṣavo rājā arindamo śroṇakaṃ ṛṣiṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
kathaṃ bhavāṃ sukhaṃ śayati vanaprāntasmiṃ śroṇaka /
kathaṃ araṇye viharanto ekākī ramase kathaṃ //
kathaṃ bhagavaṃ kāyasya paritāpo na vidyate /
rakṣāṃ va te saṃvidhemi atha nagaraṃ nayāmi te //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śroṇako ṛṣi rājānam arindamaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
ekasya carato rāja kiṃ me rāṣṭraṃ kariṣyati /
prathamaṃ khu bhadram adhanasya anāgārasya bhikṣuṇo //
yo haṃ grāmāto prakramāmi rāṣṭrāṇi nigamā tathā /
anapekṣo va prakramāmi na kocid uparudhyati /
dvitīyaṃ khu bhadram adhanasya anāgārasya bhikṣuṇo //
panthena gacchamānasya ye bhonti paripanthakā /
pātracīvaram ādāya sukhaṃ gacchati sarvato /
tṛtīyaṃ khu bhadram adhanasya anāgārasya bhikṣuṇo //
samātāpitṛko dhyāyaṃ vṛkṣamūle pi tiṣṭhasi //
atha khalu bhikṣavo śroṇako ṛṣi rājānam arindamaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
na rāja kṛpaṇo bhavati dharmakāyasya śriyāpi ca /
yo ca dharmaṃ samupakramya taddharme na rato naro /
sa rāja kṛpaṇo bhavati jyotiṣṭomaparāyaṇo //
atha khalu bhikṣavo rājā arindamo śroṇakaṃ ṛṣiṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
kathaṃ bhavāṃ sukhaṃ śayati vanaprāntasmiṃ śroṇaka /
kathaṃ araṇye viharanto ekākī ramase kathaṃ //
kathaṃ bhagavaṃ kāyasya paritāpo na vidyate /
rakṣāṃ va te saṃvidhemi atha nagaraṃ nayāmi te //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śroṇako ṛṣi rājānam arindamaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
ekasya carato rāja kiṃ me rāṣṭraṃ kariṣyati /
prathamaṃ khu bhadram adhanasya anāgārasya bhikṣuṇo //
yo haṃ grāmāto prakramāmi rāṣṭrāṇi nigamā tathā /
anapekṣo va prakramāmi na kocid uparudhyati /
dvitīyaṃ khu bhadram adhanasya anāgārasya bhikṣuṇo //
panthena gacchamānasya ye bhonti paripanthakā /
pātracīvaram ādāya sukhaṃ gacchati sarvato /
tṛtīyaṃ khu bhadram adhanasya anāgārasya bhikṣuṇo //