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 3.459
na hi na saṃgataṃ tena mahāsainyena mṛtyunā /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vasam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭi pārisahasrāṇi sauvarṇarūpyamayāni ca /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
na hi na saṃgataṃ tena mahāsainyena mṛtyunā /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭi nidhānasahasrāṇi jātarūpamanalpakaṃ /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
na hi na saṃgataṃ tena mahāsainyena mṛtyunā /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭiṃ nidhisahasrāṇi saptaratnam analpakaṃ /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
na hi na saṃgataṃ tena mahāsainyena mṛtyunā /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vasam anvagā //
atha khalu dīrghāyu kumāro rājānaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
pure śrutaṃ mayā etaṃ mātā kālagatā mama /
naivāhaṃ śakto bheṣyāmi devena vinā jīvituṃ //
yathā āraṇyakaṃ nāgaṃ pṛṣṭhato nveti pāyako /
evaṃ te anvayiṣyāmi ādāya tava suṃbhakaṃ //
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vasam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭi pārisahasrāṇi sauvarṇarūpyamayāni ca /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
na hi na saṃgataṃ tena mahāsainyena mṛtyunā /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭi nidhānasahasrāṇi jātarūpamanalpakaṃ /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
na hi na saṃgataṃ tena mahāsainyena mṛtyunā /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭiṃ nidhisahasrāṇi saptaratnam analpakaṃ /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
na hi na saṃgataṃ tena mahāsainyena mṛtyunā /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vasam anvagā //
atha khalu dīrghāyu kumāro rājānaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
pure śrutaṃ mayā etaṃ mātā kālagatā mama /
naivāhaṃ śakto bheṣyāmi devena vinā jīvituṃ //
yathā āraṇyakaṃ nāgaṃ pṛṣṭhato nveti pāyako /
evaṃ te anvayiṣyāmi ādāya tava suṃbhakaṃ //