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 1.36
nāma nagaraṃ abhūṣi ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇajanamanuṣyaṃ ca sukhitajanamanuṣyaṃ ca bahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāntadaṇḍaḍamaraṃ sunigṛhītataskaravyavahārasampannaṃ // vasumate khalu punar maudgalyāyana mahānagare uttiyo nāma śreṣṭhī abhūṣi kṛtapuṇyo maheśākhyo āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo prabhūtasvāpateyo prabhūtadhanadhānyakośakoṣṭhāgāro prabhūtajātarūparajatavittopakaraṇo prabhūtahastyaśvagaveḍako prabhūtadāsīdāsakarmakarapauruṣeyo bhagavato sarvābhibhusya śāsane śraddhāprasanno buddhadharmasaṃghamaṅgalo nandādīnāṃ bhikṣūṇām abhiprasanno // atha khalu maudgalyāyana nando ca bhikṣuḥ abhiyo ca bhikṣuḥ uttiyasya śreṣṭhisya gṛham upasaṃkrameyuḥ // nando maudgalyāyana bhikṣuḥ tasmiṃ śreṣṭhikule satkṛto abhūṣi gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjitaḥ apacitaḥ na tathā abhiyo bhikṣuḥ // uttiyasya khalu punaḥ maudgalyāyana śreṣṭhisya dhītā vasumate mahānagare anyatarasya gṛhapatimahāśālasya bhāryā abhūṣi / sā maudgalyāyana nandasya bhikṣusya atīvābhiprasannā abhūṣi // atha khalu mahāmaudgalyāyana abhiyo bhikṣuḥ nandaṃ bhikṣuṃ īrṣyāprakṛtena abhūtenābrahmacaryavādena anudhvaṃseti // abrahmacārī nando bhikṣuḥ pāpadharmā asaṃyato praticchannapāpakarmānto / uttiyasya śreṣṭhisya dhītuḥ sārddhaṃ vipraduṣṭo // taṃ