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 2.62
jāmbūnadaṃ santapanīyasannibhaṃ /
prajvālyamānaṃ ravikarasaṃnibhaṃ
alaṃkṛtaṃ suvarṇabimbavicitraṃ //
gatāś ca hastikapivyāghradvīpiyo
mṛgā ca vaiḍūryamayā upāgatā /
taṃ puṣkalā jyotīrasamayā śubhā
maṇīvaiḍūryamayā ca īdṛśā //
heṣṭā manesī upariṃ ca kupsaraṃ
suvarṇacandrā ca rathe upāgatā /
taṃ yānaśreṣṭhaṃ abhiruhya mātali
daśa diśāyo abhinandayet* mahīṃ //
nagāṃś ca śailāṃś ca vanaspatīṃ ca
sasāgarāṃ kampamānāṃ vasundharāṃ /
so kṣipram eva tvaritaṃ upāgami
tam āśramaṃ yatra abhūṣi kauśiko //
so mātali . . . . . . . .
dūto ahaṃ pṛcchati te puraṃdaro /
śirīya śraddhāya ca āśāyāpi ca
hirī śreyā kena guṇena manyasi //
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . śirī me pratibhāti mātali /
śraddhā anityā puna devasārathi
prajvālyamānaṃ ravikarasaṃnibhaṃ
alaṃkṛtaṃ suvarṇabimbavicitraṃ //
gatāś ca hastikapivyāghradvīpiyo
mṛgā ca vaiḍūryamayā upāgatā /
taṃ puṣkalā jyotīrasamayā śubhā
maṇīvaiḍūryamayā ca īdṛśā //
heṣṭā manesī upariṃ ca kupsaraṃ
suvarṇacandrā ca rathe upāgatā /
taṃ yānaśreṣṭhaṃ abhiruhya mātali
daśa diśāyo abhinandayet* mahīṃ //
nagāṃś ca śailāṃś ca vanaspatīṃ ca
sasāgarāṃ kampamānāṃ vasundharāṃ /
so kṣipram eva tvaritaṃ upāgami
tam āśramaṃ yatra abhūṣi kauśiko //
so mātali . . . . . . . .
dūto ahaṃ pṛcchati te puraṃdaro /
śirīya śraddhāya ca āśāyāpi ca
hirī śreyā kena guṇena manyasi //
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . śirī me pratibhāti mātali /
śraddhā anityā puna devasārathi