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 2.55
ko thehapūrvaṃ kalahaṃ udīraye //
yo sarvaloke carati mahāmuniḥ
nāmena so nārado satyavikramo /
so abravīt parvate gandhamādane
gatvāna bhūtādhipatiṃ hi pṛcchatha //
ito so uttarato diśāyāṃ
gaṃgāya kūle himavantapārśve /
so kauśiko dullabhapānabhojano
tasya sudhāṃ preṣayi devasārathiḥ //
agniṃ juhantasya pratiṣṭhato mama
prabhaṃkaro lokatamonudo yathā /
ādityalokasmiṃ tatheva īryasi
kā devatā kisya ihāgato si //
śaṃkhopamaṃ śveta-atulyasannibhaṃ
manojñagandhaṃ priyarūpadarśanaṃ /
na dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ maya cakṣuṣedṛśaṃ
kā devatā kin tu dadāsidaṃ mama //
ahaṃ mahendreṇa maharṣi preṣito
sudhāhariṃ tvāṃ tvaritaṃ upāgami /
jānāhi māṃ mātaliṃ devasārathiṃ
bhuṃjāhimāṃ kāṃkṣiṣu bhogamuttamaṃ //
bhuktvā himāṃ dvādaśa . . . . hi pāpakā
kṣudhāpipāsāṃ aratiṃ jvaraṃ kramā /
yo sarvaloke carati mahāmuniḥ
nāmena so nārado satyavikramo /
so abravīt parvate gandhamādane
gatvāna bhūtādhipatiṃ hi pṛcchatha //
ito so uttarato diśāyāṃ
gaṃgāya kūle himavantapārśve /
so kauśiko dullabhapānabhojano
tasya sudhāṃ preṣayi devasārathiḥ //
agniṃ juhantasya pratiṣṭhato mama
prabhaṃkaro lokatamonudo yathā /
ādityalokasmiṃ tatheva īryasi
kā devatā kisya ihāgato si //
śaṃkhopamaṃ śveta-atulyasannibhaṃ
manojñagandhaṃ priyarūpadarśanaṃ /
na dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ maya cakṣuṣedṛśaṃ
kā devatā kin tu dadāsidaṃ mama //
ahaṃ mahendreṇa maharṣi preṣito
sudhāhariṃ tvāṃ tvaritaṃ upāgami /
jānāhi māṃ mātaliṃ devasārathiṃ
bhuṃjāhimāṃ kāṃkṣiṣu bhogamuttamaṃ //
bhuktvā himāṃ dvādaśa . . . . hi pāpakā
kṣudhāpipāsāṃ aratiṃ jvaraṃ kramā /