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 1.180
paralokaṃ draṣṭukāmo dharmāṇāṃ nayanaṃ nṛpaḥ //
asthānam etaṃ bhūmipati yas tvaṃ kāmaparāyaṇaḥ /
asamartho tahiṃ gantuṃ paralokam imaṃ prabho //
āsvādaṃ pi tu kāmeṣu buddhvā doṣān tathaiva ca /
kāme niḥsaraṇajñasya te vai jāne paraṃparāṃ //
etac chrutvā naraśreṣṭho abhayo kampito bhayāt* /
prahvo idam uvāca taṃ antarīkṣe sudarśanaṃ //
śraddadhāmi taṃ te deva evam etaṃ nānyathā /
prasīda bhava me nātha abhayaṃ parimocaya //
tadvasāntaḥpurāmātyaḥ śāstā me apratipudgalaḥ /
vinayavaśī tavāsmi tathānyā janatā bahu //
paropahāra iti eṣas tena paramabuddhinā /
vṛtto anugrahārthāya satvānāṃ varabuddhinā //
devī kusumbharājasya kusumā iti viśrutā /
iṣṭā kusumbharājasya strīsahasrāṇam uttamā //
tasya mātā pitā caiva jīrṇā daṇḍaparāyaṇā /
dhītaram evam āhansu kusume putri he śṛṇu //
vayaṃ jīrṇā tuvaṃ bālā kāmapralulitā asi /
asthānam etaṃ bhūmipati yas tvaṃ kāmaparāyaṇaḥ /
asamartho tahiṃ gantuṃ paralokam imaṃ prabho //
āsvādaṃ pi tu kāmeṣu buddhvā doṣān tathaiva ca /
kāme niḥsaraṇajñasya te vai jāne paraṃparāṃ //
etac chrutvā naraśreṣṭho abhayo kampito bhayāt* /
prahvo idam uvāca taṃ antarīkṣe sudarśanaṃ //
śraddadhāmi taṃ te deva evam etaṃ nānyathā /
prasīda bhava me nātha abhayaṃ parimocaya //
tadvasāntaḥpurāmātyaḥ śāstā me apratipudgalaḥ /
vinayavaśī tavāsmi tathānyā janatā bahu //
paropahāra iti eṣas tena paramabuddhinā /
vṛtto anugrahārthāya satvānāṃ varabuddhinā //
devī kusumbharājasya kusumā iti viśrutā /
iṣṭā kusumbharājasya strīsahasrāṇam uttamā //
tasya mātā pitā caiva jīrṇā daṇḍaparāyaṇā /
dhītaram evam āhansu kusume putri he śṛṇu //
vayaṃ jīrṇā tuvaṃ bālā kāmapralulitā asi /