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 2.91
mahodadhiṃ // brāhmaṇa āha // mahodako na śakṣyati utsaṃcituṃ // māṇavo āha //
dīrghā brahmā ahorātrā lohavardhaṃ ca tattakaṃ /
dakṣasya apramattasya na śirī bhavati durlabhā //
śṛṇotha vīryaṃ puruṣottamasya
balaṃ ca sthāmaṃ ca parākramaṃ ca /
yaṃ māṇavo pi purimāsu jātiṣu
etasya arthe avatīrṇo sāgaraṃ //
tadā maṇi tasya praṇaṣṭam āsīt*
so va babhāṣe kṣapayiṣya sāgaraṃ /
karotha yatnaṃ yaṃ maṇiṃ labheyaṃ
mā anapekṣī duḥkhitā bhaviṣyatha //
suvarṇanāgāsurayakṣarākṣasā
trastā abhū yāni samudramadhye /
yathā ca meghāni samākulāni
ninādanirghoṣaṃ viniścaranti //
atha devatā uggami sāgarāto
saṃtrastā vyavalokayati caturdiśaṃ /
sā addasāsi māṇavam utsahantaṃ
utsiñcituṃ kṣapayituṃ ca sāgaraṃ //
sā uttaritvā purato tam abravīt*
kiṃ māṇava mārgasi sāgarāto /
dīrghā brahmā ahorātrā lohavardhaṃ ca tattakaṃ /
dakṣasya apramattasya na śirī bhavati durlabhā //
śṛṇotha vīryaṃ puruṣottamasya
balaṃ ca sthāmaṃ ca parākramaṃ ca /
yaṃ māṇavo pi purimāsu jātiṣu
etasya arthe avatīrṇo sāgaraṃ //
tadā maṇi tasya praṇaṣṭam āsīt*
so va babhāṣe kṣapayiṣya sāgaraṃ /
karotha yatnaṃ yaṃ maṇiṃ labheyaṃ
mā anapekṣī duḥkhitā bhaviṣyatha //
suvarṇanāgāsurayakṣarākṣasā
trastā abhū yāni samudramadhye /
yathā ca meghāni samākulāni
ninādanirghoṣaṃ viniścaranti //
atha devatā uggami sāgarāto
saṃtrastā vyavalokayati caturdiśaṃ /
sā addasāsi māṇavam utsahantaṃ
utsiñcituṃ kṣapayituṃ ca sāgaraṃ //
sā uttaritvā purato tam abravīt*
kiṃ māṇava mārgasi sāgarāto /