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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mithilāyāṃ dahyamānāyāṃ nāsya dahyati kiṃcana /
caturthaṃ khu bhadram adhanasya anāgārasya bhikṣuṇo //
nate koṣṭhasmiṃ osaranti na kuṃbhena kulopakaṃ /
paritiṣṭhati eṣāṇo tena yāyanti suvratā /
paṃcamaṃ bhadram adhanasya anāgārasya bhikṣuṇo //
nānākule pravrajitā nānājanapadāśritā /
anyamanyaṃ priyāyanti paśya dharmasya dharmatāṃ //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ rājā arindamo śroṇakaṃ ṛṣiṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
nityaṃ khalu teṣāṃ bhadraṃ yeṣāṃ kīrtesi śroṇaka /
vayan tu gṛddhā kāmeṣu kiṃ kariṣyāmi śroṇaka //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śroṇako ṛṣī rājānaṃ arindamaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
upamān te mahārāja kariṣyan taṃ śṛṇohi me /
upamāye ihaikatyā arthaṃ jānanti paṇḍitā //
bhūtapūrvaṃ mahārāja kuṃjaro ṣaṣṭihāyano /
patito giridurgeṣu gaṃgāvegena vuhyate //
tatra kālo vicinteti alpaprajño acetaso /
yānaṃ imaṃ labdhaṃ bhadraṃ bhadro vyāyāma alpako //
tasya rātriṃ divaṃ vāpi tatrāsi niyato mano /
khādanto nāgamānsāni pibanto bhāgīrathījalaṃ /
paśyanto varacitrāṇi upayāti vihaṃgamo /
caturthaṃ khu bhadram adhanasya anāgārasya bhikṣuṇo //
nate koṣṭhasmiṃ osaranti na kuṃbhena kulopakaṃ /
paritiṣṭhati eṣāṇo tena yāyanti suvratā /
paṃcamaṃ bhadram adhanasya anāgārasya bhikṣuṇo //
nānākule pravrajitā nānājanapadāśritā /
anyamanyaṃ priyāyanti paśya dharmasya dharmatāṃ //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ rājā arindamo śroṇakaṃ ṛṣiṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
nityaṃ khalu teṣāṃ bhadraṃ yeṣāṃ kīrtesi śroṇaka /
vayan tu gṛddhā kāmeṣu kiṃ kariṣyāmi śroṇaka //
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śroṇako ṛṣī rājānaṃ arindamaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
upamān te mahārāja kariṣyan taṃ śṛṇohi me /
upamāye ihaikatyā arthaṃ jānanti paṇḍitā //
bhūtapūrvaṃ mahārāja kuṃjaro ṣaṣṭihāyano /
patito giridurgeṣu gaṃgāvegena vuhyate //
tatra kālo vicinteti alpaprajño acetaso /
yānaṃ imaṃ labdhaṃ bhadraṃ bhadro vyāyāma alpako //
tasya rātriṃ divaṃ vāpi tatrāsi niyato mano /
khādanto nāgamānsāni pibanto bhāgīrathījalaṃ /
paśyanto varacitrāṇi upayāti vihaṃgamo /