Mahavastu [sanskrit verses and english]
by Émile Senart | 1882 | 56,574 words
This is the Sanskrit Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition only includes those metrical verses occuring in the various stories and Jatakas, as well as the corresponding English translation by J. J. Jones.
Chapter 17
tuṣitabhavanā śirighano purimakuśalamūlasaṃcayo vīraḥ |
avalokayati atiśayen' olokitāni cyavanakāle || 1 ||
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cintayati evaṃ hitakaro cintām arthāvahāṃ naramarūṇāṃ |
amaravarasaṃparivṛto devagaṇagurur mahāpuruṣo || 2 ||
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cyavituṃ samayo khu dāni me saṃprati satvā mahāndhakāragatā |
hatanayanā kaluṣanayanā māṃ prāpya tasmād vīmucyante || 3 ||
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kā dāni śīlasaṃvare evaṃ nārī ratā upaśame ca |
agrakulīnā suvacā tyāgarucimārdavavatī ca || 4 ||
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tejasvinī ca + + + kā nu khalu hatatamarāgadoṣā ca |
rūpaguṇapāramigatā ahīnavṛttā vipulapuṇyā || 5 ||
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kā māṃ samarthā dhārayituṃ daśa māsāṃ kā ca pratyarahasaukhyā |
bhave mama kā nu jananī kukṣim aham upaimi kasyādya || 6 ||
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paśyati vilokayanto rājño śuddhodanasya orodhe |
nārīm amaravadhunibhāṃ vidyullatānibhāṃ atha māyāṃ || 7 ||
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so tāṃ niśāmya jananīm āmantrayati amarān cyaviṣyāmi |
antimam upetya vāsaṃ garbhe suramānuṣahitārthaṃ || 8 ||
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taṃ avaca devasaṃgho kṛtāṃjalipuṭo varābharaṇadhārī |
ṛdhyatu uttamapudgala praṇidhi tava ahīnaguṇapuṇyā || 9 ||
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vayam api lokahitā bahu manoramāṃ ośiritvā kāmaratiṃ |
pūjārtham aninditasya manuṣyaloke vasiṣyāmo || 10 ||
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kiṃ cāpi viprayogaṃ tvayā na icchāma bhūtasaṃghaguru |
api tu aravindanayanā bhaviṣyasi gatī naramarūṇāṃ || 11 ||
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atha sā kamaladalanayana anubaddhā gandharvabahubhi śyāmā |
sahitaṃ pi taṃ sumadhuraṃ śuddhodanam abravīt māyā || 12 ||
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eṣā samādiyāmi prāṇehi ahiṃsaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca |
viramāmi cāpy adinnā madyād anibaddhavacanāc ca || 13 ||
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paruṣavacanāc ca naravara prativiramāmi tathaivaṃ paiśunyā |
anṛtavacanāc ca narapati viramāmi ayaṃ mama chando || 14 ||
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parakāmeṣu ca īrṣyāṃ na saṃjaneṣyaṃ nāpi abhidrohaṃ |
bhūteṣu maitracittā mithyādṛṣṭiṃ ca vijahāmi || 15 ||
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ekādaśaprakāraṃ śīlaṃ sevāmy ahaṃ pṛthivīpāla |
rajanīm imām anūnām evaṃ me jāyate chando || 16 ||
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api ca khalu bhūmipālā kāmavitarko mā māṃ pratikāṃkṣi |
prekṣasva mā ti adharmo bhaveya mayi brahmacāriṇiye || 17 ||
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saṃkalpaṃ prapūreṣyan ti pārthivo bhāriyām idam avocat |
abhirama bhavanavaragatā ahaṃ ca rājyaṃ ca te vaśyaṃ || 18 ||
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sā strīsahasram agryaṃ anuraktaṃ gṛhya taṃ vimānavaraṃ |
abhiruhya sanniṣīde manāpaparipūrṇaparivārā || 19 ||
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sā kaṃcid eva kālaṃ tasmiṃ himapāṇḍupuṇḍarīkanibhe |
śayane praśamadamaratā tuṣṇībhāvena kṣepayate || 20 ||
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atha kautūhalamano saṃjaniyā bahudevakanyā varamālyadharāḥ |
jinamātuḥ upagatā draṣṭumanā prāsādasundarāgreṇa sthitā || 21 ||
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upasaṃkramitva śayanopagatāṃ māyāṃ niśāmya varavidyunibhāṃ |
prītisukhaṃ vipulaṃ saṃjaniyā atha saṃpravarṣi divijaṃ kusumaṃ || 22 ||
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mānuṣyakaṃ pi kila īdṛśakaṃ rūpaṃ sujātam idam āścaryaṃ |
kiṃcit kālaṃ sthihiya antarato nāyaṃ samā maruvadhūhi bhave || 23 ||
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līlāṃ niśāmayatha he sakhikā pramadāye yādṛśīṃ yathopayikāṃ |
śayane virocati manaṃ harati vibhrājate kanakarītiḥ iva sā || 24 ||
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iyaṃ taṃ dhareṣyati mahāpuruṣaṃ atyantadānadamaśīlarataṃ |
sarvāśravāntakaraṇaṃ virajaṃ kiṃ hāyate tava narendravadhū || 25 ||
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cāpodare karatalapratime vararomarājini citrastavane |
iha vāsam abhyupagato varado avimrakṣito aśucinā bhagavāṃ || 26 ||
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anurūpā tvaṃ ca pramadā pravarā mātā sa caiva puruṣapravaro |
putro bhavāntakaraṇo bhagavāṃ kiṃ hāyate tava narendravadhū iti || 27 ||
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atha pratipūrṇe daśame māse mātā prabhūtapuṇyasya |
śuddhodanaṃ upagamya idam abravīt dṛṣṭasaṃkalpā || 28 ||
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udyānagamanabuddhī utpannā me narādhipā śīghraṃ |
sajjehi vāhanaṃ me yathocitāṃ caivam ārakṣāṃ || 29 ||
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etaṃ śrutvā vacanaṃ rājā śuddhodano suprītamano |
ālapati sābhilāṣaṃ parivāravaraṃ pṛthivipālo || 30 ||
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śīghraṃ gajaturagavatīṃ senāṃ padātisamākulāṃ vipulāṃ |
prāsaśaraśakticitrāṃ sajjiya prativedayadhvaṃ mama || 31 ||
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catughoṭāna tatha aśvarathāna daśaśatasahasrā yujyantu |
pravarā kāñcanaghaṇṭāravāṇi madhurānunādāni || 32 ||
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aṃjanaghanasadṛśānāṃ nāgānāṃ varmadhāriṇāṃ śīghraṃ |
pratidheyatha adhimātrā sajjāni daśaśatasahasrāṇi || 33 ||
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āyuktavarmakavacā śūrā sajjībhavantu anivartyā |
sajjībhavantu capalaṃ viṃśatsāhasriyo teṣāṃ || 34 ||
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vipula sakiṃkiṇiraṇitaṃ sahemajālaṃ uḍāra-aśvarathaṃ |
varamālyavastradhāriṇo pramadā dhārentu devīye || 35 ||
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lumbinivanaṃ ca śīghraṃ vyapagatatṛṇareṇupatrasaṃkāraṃ |
suśodhitaṃ manojñaṃ kuruta devīye devabhuvanaṃ vā || 36 ||
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ekaikaṃ ca drumavaraṃ kukūlapaṭṭorṇakośikārehi |
kalpayatha kalpavṛkṣāṃ yathā divi devapravarasya || 37 ||
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sādhū ti pratiśrutvā tasya vacanena narendragarbhasya |
nacireṇa yathājñaptaṃ kṛtam iti prativeditaṃ rājñaḥ || 38 ||
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sā salīlacāruvadanā mātā mārabalasaṃpramathanasya |
abhirūhi saparivārā tāni manojñāni yānāni || 39 ||
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sā vividhābharaṇavatī pādaugharathaughasaṃkulā + + + |
śobhati susaṃprayātā senā manujapradhānasya || 40 ||
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avagāhya tad vanavaraṃ māyā sakhisaṃvṛtā jinajanetrī |
vicarati citrarathe iva amaravaravadhū ratividhijñā || 41 ||
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sā krīḍārtham upagatā plākṣṇā śākhāṃ bhujebhiḥ avalambya |
pravijṛmbhitā salīlaṃ tasya yaśavato jananakāle || 42 ||
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atha viṃśa sahasrāṇi apratimāni tadā apsaravarāṇāṃ |
daśanakhakṛtāṃjalipuṭā māyām abhinandiya bhaṇanti || 43 ||
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adya jarājātimathanaṃ janayiṣyasi amaragarbhasukumāraṃ |
devī divi bhuvi mahitaṃ hitaṃ hitakaraṃ naramarūṇāṃ || 44 ||
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mā khu janayī viṣādaṃ parikarma vayaṃ tavaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ |
yat kartavyam udīraya dṛśyatu kṛtam eva mā cintā || 45 ||
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mātaram abādhamāno prādurbhūto manāpo māyāye |
dakṣiṇapārśvena muniḥ susaṃprajāno paramavādī || 46 ||
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atha vividharatananicayā nagaranagarā anekasahasrāṇi |
prajvali prabhā ca vimalā prādurbhūte naravarendre ti || 47 ||
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aṃśukasuveṣṭitaśirā aṣṭa sahasrā maheśvaravarāṇāṃ |
brāhmaṇaveṣadhārāṇāṃ abhigacchi puraṃ kapilavastu || 48 ||
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te rājakuladvāre varavasanadharā varābharaṇadhārī |
apagamya muditamanasā pratihāram uvāca satvavarā || 49 ||
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śuddhodhanam upagamya brūvīhi ime lakṣaṇaguṇavidhijñā |
tiṣṭhanti aṣṭasahasraṃ praviśed iti yady anumatante || 50 ||
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etaṃ śrutvā vacanaṃ pratihārarakṣo upetya rājavaraṃ |
kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ praṇamya idaṃ uvāca narādhipatiṃ || 51 ||
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sukhaṃ atulabala dīptida kāraya rājyaṃ ciraṃ nihataśatruḥ |
dvāre te amarasadṛśā tiṣṭhanti praveṣṭum icchanti || 52 ||
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pratipūrṇavimalanayanā madhurasvaramattavāraṇavicārī |
bhavanti mama teṣu saṃkā na te manuṣyā marusutās te || 53 ||
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parikaṃkramatāṃ teṣāṃ dharaṇirajaḥ kramavarā na saṃkirati |
na ca teṣu sandhiśabdaś caṃkramatā śruyyati kadācit || 54 ||
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gambhīramadhuraceṣṭā āryakārā praśāntadṛṣṭipathā |
vipulāṃ janenti prītiṃ janasya samudīkṣamāṇasya || 55 ||
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niḥsaṃśayaṃ naravarā putravaraṃ upagatā tavaṃ draṣṭuṃ |
devagaṇapuruṣapradevaṃ abhivādya nandituṃ narasiṃhaṃ || 56 ||
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etaṃ śrutvā vacanaṃ pratihārarakṣaṃ narādhipovāca |
mayi bho kṛtābhyanujñā praviśantu niveśanam udāraṃ || 57 ||
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amarapravaragaṇas te gaganasamanibhā viśuddhākarmāntā |
praviśensuḥ pārthivakulam ahīnakulavaṃśamukhyasya || 58 ||
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śuddhodano pi rājā maheśvarāṃ dūrato niśāmetvā |
pratyutthita āsanāto saparijano gauravabalena || 59 ||
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abhivādate narapatiḥ svāgatam anurāgataṃ ca sarveṣāṃ |
prītā sma darśanena praśamadamabalena ca bhavatāṃ || 60 ||
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saṃvidyante imāni varāsanāni vararūpavikṛtāni |
āstāṃ tāva bhavanto asmākam anugrahārthāya || 61 ||
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atha teṣv āsanavareṣu kanakarajatavarṇacitrapādeṣu |
vigatamadamānadarpāḥ te tatra sukhaṃ niṣīdensuḥ || 62 ||
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te kaṃcid eva kālaṃ niṣaṇṇamātrā narādhipam uvāca |
śṛṇvatu bhavāṃ prayojanaṃ yaṃ asmākam iha gamanāya || 63 ||
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sarvānavadyagātro putras tavaṃ anujāto + + + + + + |
lakṣaṇapāramiprāpto + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + || 64 ||
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vayam api lakṣaṇakuśalā doṣaguṇāṃ lakṣaṇair vijānāma |
yadi na guru tava sutan te paśyema mahāpuruṣarūpaṃ || 65 ||
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so vadati etha paśyatha suvyapadeśakṣemaṃ mama putraṃ |
marumanujakīrtiyaśasaṃ lakṣaṇaguṇapāramiprāptaṃ || 66 ||
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atha mṛdukakācalindikapraveṇiśayitaṃ ca kanakavarṇābhaṃ |
upanayati pārthivavaro naramaruparivanditaṃ sugataṃ || 67 ||
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ālokayitva dūrā maheśvarāḥ kramavarān naravarasya |
mūrdhnā vigalitamakuṭā dharaṇivaratale praṇipatensuḥ || 68 ||
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gokṣīravimalacandraṃ mahītale mūrdhnaṃ pratiṣṭhāpetvā |
daśabalam abhinandantāḥ sthitā sucirakālam abhikāṃkṣitaṃ iti || 69 ||
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kṣipraṃ chandaka kaṇṭhakam upanītvā mā ciraṃ vilambāhi |
saṃgrāmam ahaṃ durjayaṃ jayiṣye adya bhava vūdagro || 70 ||
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so vāṣpapūrṇavadano pariniḥśvasanto chandakaḥ saśokaravitāni samutthitāni |
vāṣpāṇi muñcati imāni prabodhanārthaṃ suptasya pārthivajanasya + + + + + + || 71 ||
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kiṃ dāni āvigalitā varakośabhārā vāṣpaughasaṃstaragatā madanābhibhūtā |
lālasyasokaparidevitakāla eva suptā idāni yada jāgraṇadeśakālaḥ || 72 ||
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devī pi nāma suciraṃ pratijāgaritvā saudāmanīpratimarūpanibhā śayānā |
niryāṇakālasamaye naralambakasya varasurapure suravadhūpratimā salīlā || 73 ||
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sā dāni tasya mahiṣī manujeśvarasya mātā savatsalaviśālasucārunetrā |
saṃpaśyamāna karuṇaṃ priyaviprayogaṃ nidrābhibhūta na vijānati ālapantaṃ || 74 ||
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sā dāni kuñjaravarāśvasamāptayodhā nārācaprāsaśaraśaktivicitravarmā |
senā kahiṃ vasati kaṃ vā guṇaṃ karoti yā śākyapuṅgavaṃ na budhyati niṣkramantaṃ || 75 ||
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kaṃ bodhayāmi mama ko nu bhave sahāyo kiṃ vā karomi divase api vipranaṣṭe |
hā hemakāñcananibhena kila vihīno rājā jahiṣyati sabandhujano śarīraṃ || 76 ||
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taṃ devasaṃgha avacī madhurapralāpī kiṃ chandakā lapasi kiṃ ti vihanyitena |
naitasya mārakaputrāṇy api udyatāni vighnaṃ samartha janayeyu kuto punas tvaṃ || 77 ||
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bherimṛdaṅga yadi śaṃkhasahasraśabdaṃ kuryāt kocit kapilavastuni bodhanārtha |
naitad vibuddhi amareśvara-m-ādikehi taṃ sopitaṃ puravaraṃ hi samṛddhavāraṃ || 78 ||
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paśyāsi tāva gagane maṇiratnacūḍā devā divi gurukṛtasya vasānuvartī |
prahvā kṛtāṃjalapuṭā praṇipatya mūrdhnā tvaṃ bandhu tvaṃ ca śaraṇaṃ ti namasyamānā || 79 ||
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tat sādhu kaṇṭhakam upānaya nāyakasya gokṣīrahemavapuṣaṃ sahajaṃ turaṃgaṃ |
na hy asti so bhuvi divi naralambakasya yo vighnaṃ kuryā upanehi turaṃgaśreṣṭhaṃ || 80 ||
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so taṃ praphullakumudākarakundagauraṃ saṃpūrṇacandravapuṣaṃ sahajaṃ turaṃgaṃ |
tasya mahāguṇadharasya vacābhitunno suśrūṣakāri upanāmayate rudanto || 81 ||
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eṣo ti nātha varalakṣaṇabhūṣitāṅgo sajjaḥ sudyotacaraṇo lalitāgragāmī |
yaṃ dāni te 'dhyavasitaṃ vararūpadhāri tan te samṛdhyatu viśālabhujāntarāṃśā || 82 ||
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śatruś ca te 'grabala durbalabhagnaśūko śīghraṃ tapetu tava tejavarābhibhūtaḥ |
āsā ca te naralambaka mahārthayuktā saṃpūryatāṃ kanakaparvatasannikāśā || 83 ||
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ye tubhya vighrakarā te tu apakramantu śreyāvahā tu ti balaṃ vipulaṃ labhantu |
yaṃ ca vrataṃ samupagacchasi tasya pāraṃ gacchāsi mattavaravāraṇakhelagāmi || 84 ||
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maṇikuṭṭimā ca vasudhā rājakule kaṇṭhakasya pādehi |
samanihatā rasati madhuraṃ niśāṃ sphurati adbhutaṃ śabdaṃ || 85 ||
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caturaś ca lokapālā vigalitamakuṭā pralambavaramālāḥ |
kaṇṭhakapādeṣu karāṃ nyasanti raktotpalasakāśāṃ || 86 ||
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agrato vajravaradharo tridaśagurū ābaddhamaṇīcūḍo |
indro sahasranayano gacchati purato naravarasya || 87 ||
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saṃjñākṛtamātram idaṃ kaṇṭhako vahatīti vādiśārdūlaṃ |
devā pravarakarahṛtaṃ vahanti aṃśupravaravarṣaṃ || 88 ||
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niṣkramya nagaravarāto avalokayi puravaraṃ puruṣasiṃho |
na taṃ punar ahaṃ pravekṣyam aprāpya jarāmaraṇapāram iti || 89 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Chapter 17
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit