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 1.359
snehānvayaṃ duḥkham idaṃ prabhoti /
mitreṣu ādīnavaṃ saṃmṛśanto
eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo //
saṃsevamānasya siyātisneho
snehānvayaṃ duḥkham idaṃ prabhoti /
putreṣu ādīnava saṃmṛśanto
eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo //
putrāṃ sahāyān avalokayanto
hāpeti arthaṃ pratibaddhacitto /
na putram iccheya kuto sahāyān*
eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo //
jñātīṃ sahāyān avalokayanto
hāpeti arthaṃ pratibaddhacitto /
jñātī na iccheya kuto sahāyāṃ
eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo //
sarvā khaḍgaviṣāṇagāthā vistareṇa kartavyā // paṃcānāṃ pratyekabuddhaśatānām eka-ekā gāthā // ṛṣayo'tra patitā ṛṣipatanaṃ //
___tahiṃ vanakhaṇḍe rohako nāma mṛgarājā sahasramṛgayūthaṃ pariharati // tasya duve putrā nyagrodho ca nāma viśākho ca // tena dāni mṛgarājena ekāsyāpi putrasya paṃca mṛgaśatāni dinnāni aparasyāpi putrasya paṃca mṛgaśatāni dinnāni // brahmadatto kāśirājā abhīkṣṇaṃ mṛgavyaṃ nirdhāvati taṃ vanaṣaṇḍaṃ parisamantaṃ tatra ca mṛgāni hanti // na tattakāṃ mṛgāṃ svayaṃ upajīvati yattakāni āhatakāni vanagulmeṣu ca vanagahaneṣu ca śarahāreṣu ca naḍakahāreṣu ca kaṇṭakahāreṣu ca praviśitvā maranti // te tatra kākaśakuntehi
mitreṣu ādīnavaṃ saṃmṛśanto
eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo //
saṃsevamānasya siyātisneho
snehānvayaṃ duḥkham idaṃ prabhoti /
putreṣu ādīnava saṃmṛśanto
eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo //
putrāṃ sahāyān avalokayanto
hāpeti arthaṃ pratibaddhacitto /
na putram iccheya kuto sahāyān*
eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo //
jñātīṃ sahāyān avalokayanto
hāpeti arthaṃ pratibaddhacitto /
jñātī na iccheya kuto sahāyāṃ
eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo //
sarvā khaḍgaviṣāṇagāthā vistareṇa kartavyā // paṃcānāṃ pratyekabuddhaśatānām eka-ekā gāthā // ṛṣayo'tra patitā ṛṣipatanaṃ //
___tahiṃ vanakhaṇḍe rohako nāma mṛgarājā sahasramṛgayūthaṃ pariharati // tasya duve putrā nyagrodho ca nāma viśākho ca // tena dāni mṛgarājena ekāsyāpi putrasya paṃca mṛgaśatāni dinnāni aparasyāpi putrasya paṃca mṛgaśatāni dinnāni // brahmadatto kāśirājā abhīkṣṇaṃ mṛgavyaṃ nirdhāvati taṃ vanaṣaṇḍaṃ parisamantaṃ tatra ca mṛgāni hanti // na tattakāṃ mṛgāṃ svayaṃ upajīvati yattakāni āhatakāni vanagulmeṣu ca vanagahaneṣu ca śarahāreṣu ca naḍakahāreṣu ca kaṇṭakahāreṣu ca praviśitvā maranti // te tatra kākaśakuntehi