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 1.152
pratyutthita āsanāto saparijano gauravabalena //
abhivādate narapatiḥ svāgatam anurāgataṃ ca sarveṣāṃ /
prītā sma darśanena praśamadamabalena ca bhavatāṃ //
saṃvidyante imāni varāsanāni vararūpavikṛtāni /
āstāṃ tāva bhavanto asmākam anugrahārthāya //
atha teṣv āsanavareṣu kanakarajatavarṇacitrapādeṣu /
vigatamadamānadarpāḥ te tatra sukhaṃ niṣīdensuḥ //
te kaṃcid eva kālaṃ niṣaṇṇamātrā narādhipam uvāca /
śṛṇvatu bhavāṃ prayojanaṃ yaṃ asmākam iha gamanāya //
sarvānavadyagātro putras tavaṃ anujāto . . . . . . /
lakṣaṇapāramiprāpto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . //
vayam api lakṣaṇakuśalā doṣaguṇāṃ lakṣaṇair vijānāma /
yadi na guru tava sutan te paśyema mahāpuruṣarūpaṃ //
so vadati etha paśyatha suvyapadeśakṣemaṃ mama putraṃ /
marumanujakīrtiyaśasaṃ lakṣaṇaguṇapāramiprāptaṃ //
atha mṛdukakācalindikapraveṇiśayitaṃ ca kanakavarṇābhaṃ /
upanayati pārthivavaro naramaruparivanditaṃ sugataṃ //
ālokayitva dūrā maheśvarāḥ kramavarān naravarasya /
abhivādate narapatiḥ svāgatam anurāgataṃ ca sarveṣāṃ /
prītā sma darśanena praśamadamabalena ca bhavatāṃ //
saṃvidyante imāni varāsanāni vararūpavikṛtāni /
āstāṃ tāva bhavanto asmākam anugrahārthāya //
atha teṣv āsanavareṣu kanakarajatavarṇacitrapādeṣu /
vigatamadamānadarpāḥ te tatra sukhaṃ niṣīdensuḥ //
te kaṃcid eva kālaṃ niṣaṇṇamātrā narādhipam uvāca /
śṛṇvatu bhavāṃ prayojanaṃ yaṃ asmākam iha gamanāya //
sarvānavadyagātro putras tavaṃ anujāto . . . . . . /
lakṣaṇapāramiprāpto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . //
vayam api lakṣaṇakuśalā doṣaguṇāṃ lakṣaṇair vijānāma /
yadi na guru tava sutan te paśyema mahāpuruṣarūpaṃ //
so vadati etha paśyatha suvyapadeśakṣemaṃ mama putraṃ /
marumanujakīrtiyaśasaṃ lakṣaṇaguṇapāramiprāptaṃ //
atha mṛdukakācalindikapraveṇiśayitaṃ ca kanakavarṇābhaṃ /
upanayati pārthivavaro naramaruparivanditaṃ sugataṃ //
ālokayitva dūrā maheśvarāḥ kramavarān naravarasya /