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 2.49
candramasūryaparimārjako maharddhiko mahānubhāvo ṛṣi saṃvṛtto na ca saṃvibhāgaśīlo // tasya dāni jñātiko kāyasya bhedād gandharvakāyikeṣu deveṣūpapanno paṃcaśikho nāma gandharvaputro // so devabhūto taṃ kauśikaṃ smarati / kahiṃ kauśika ākāśe pravṛttajīvo ti mṛto ti // so samanvāharati / paśyati taṃ kauśikaṃ ṛṣipravrajyāṃ pravrajitaṃ / anuhimavante gaṃgākūle sa āśrame prativasati asaṃvibhāgaśīlo // tena śakrasya devānām indrasya ārocitaṃ // yo mama manuṣyabhūtasya jñāti priyo manāpo so ṛṣipravrajyāṃ pravrajito anuhimavante gaṃgākūle āśramapade prativasati so ca asaṃvibhāgaśīlo / tasya anugrahārthāya upasaṃkramema saṃvibhāgasmiṃ niyojema //
___śakro dāni kauśikasya ṛṣisya anugrahārthaṃ āhāradeśakāle candramasūryehi sārdhaṃ mātalinā ca saṃgrāhakena paṃcaśikhena ca devaputreṇa brāhmaṇaveśam abhinirmiṇitvā . . . . . . kauśikasya ṛṣisya āśramaṃ āhāradeśakāle ekam eko upasaṃkrānto / sa ca sunakho nānāprakārāṇi uccāvacāni varṇāni upadarśeti // kauśika āha //
nāhaṃ kriṇāmi nāpi vikriṇāmi
na cāpi me sannidhi asti kiṃcit* /
parīttarūpaṃ mama bhojanaṃ imaṃ
syāmākaprasthaṃ nalam eṣo duvinnaṃ //
śunakha āha //
alpāto alpakaṃ dadyāt* anumadhyāto madhyimaṃ /
___śakro dāni kauśikasya ṛṣisya anugrahārthaṃ āhāradeśakāle candramasūryehi sārdhaṃ mātalinā ca saṃgrāhakena paṃcaśikhena ca devaputreṇa brāhmaṇaveśam abhinirmiṇitvā . . . . . . kauśikasya ṛṣisya āśramaṃ āhāradeśakāle ekam eko upasaṃkrānto / sa ca sunakho nānāprakārāṇi uccāvacāni varṇāni upadarśeti // kauśika āha //
nāhaṃ kriṇāmi nāpi vikriṇāmi
na cāpi me sannidhi asti kiṃcit* /
parīttarūpaṃ mama bhojanaṃ imaṃ
syāmākaprasthaṃ nalam eṣo duvinnaṃ //
śunakha āha //
alpāto alpakaṃ dadyāt* anumadhyāto madhyimaṃ /