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 2.36
hṛṣṭajanehi pramuditahayagajarathapattisaṃghehi //
so manasā upagacchanto dvāre praviṣṭo śuddhānte . . . . /
śuddhodanasya nilayaṃ nilayaṃ yathā devarājasya //
prāsādaharmiyaṃ taṃ gavākṣavaraśaraṇapaṃjaravibuddhaṃ /
girikūṭaṃ iva galitaṃ paśyati gagane virocentaṃ //
tasmiṃ vimānamukhye kūṭāgārāṇi rajataśrīmāṇi /
śobhanti karṇikāyo hutāśanahutārcisaṃkāśā //
garbhagṛhāṇī śubhāni ca santi viśadaśaṃkhahārakasaṃnibhā /
vimalaravisaṃprakāśā dyotanti kṛtā va candrāṇi //
dṛśyanti tatra uptā veruliyasya sukṛtehi phalakehi /
gṛhasūcīkāvalīhi vidyughanaprasekavarṇāni //
paśyanti toraṇāni kanakamayā agnijvālasadṛśāni /
vimalaravisaṃprakāśā dyotanti kṛtā ca candrāṇi //
kvacitkvacit kālameghasadṛśasamadā pi sṛjanti viya toyaṃ /
kvaci* niśritārkasadṛśā satārakā niścaranti kvacit* //
mārjārapotakā pi ca kvacitkvacit sahasāvapatanti tahiṃ /
trasyanti ca varhiṇehi kvacitkvacit saṃpatantehi //
madhuraṃ ca paṃjaragatā kvacitkvacit kokilā nikūjanti /
śukasārikā kvacitkvacid ābharaṇanidānavibhrāntā //
so manasā upagacchanto dvāre praviṣṭo śuddhānte . . . . /
śuddhodanasya nilayaṃ nilayaṃ yathā devarājasya //
prāsādaharmiyaṃ taṃ gavākṣavaraśaraṇapaṃjaravibuddhaṃ /
girikūṭaṃ iva galitaṃ paśyati gagane virocentaṃ //
tasmiṃ vimānamukhye kūṭāgārāṇi rajataśrīmāṇi /
śobhanti karṇikāyo hutāśanahutārcisaṃkāśā //
garbhagṛhāṇī śubhāni ca santi viśadaśaṃkhahārakasaṃnibhā /
vimalaravisaṃprakāśā dyotanti kṛtā va candrāṇi //
dṛśyanti tatra uptā veruliyasya sukṛtehi phalakehi /
gṛhasūcīkāvalīhi vidyughanaprasekavarṇāni //
paśyanti toraṇāni kanakamayā agnijvālasadṛśāni /
vimalaravisaṃprakāśā dyotanti kṛtā ca candrāṇi //
kvacitkvacit kālameghasadṛśasamadā pi sṛjanti viya toyaṃ /
kvaci* niśritārkasadṛśā satārakā niścaranti kvacit* //
mārjārapotakā pi ca kvacitkvacit sahasāvapatanti tahiṃ /
trasyanti ca varhiṇehi kvacitkvacit saṃpatantehi //
madhuraṃ ca paṃjaragatā kvacitkvacit kokilā nikūjanti /
śukasārikā kvacitkvacid ābharaṇanidānavibhrāntā //