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 2.165
chandakasya haste ābharaṇāni ca deti kaṇṭhakaṃ ca aśvaṃ chatraratnaṃ ca pituś ca śuddhodanasya saṃdiśati mahāprajāpatīye gautamīye sarvasya ca jñātivargasya kauśalyaṃ jalpesi kṛtakṛtyo āgamiṣyāmi pravṛttavaradharmacakraḥ // chandako āha // mātuḥ pituḥ na utkaṇṭhitaṃ syā te // bodhisatvo āha // chandaka
ityartham evam ahaṃ tava doṣadarśī
bhokṣārthaṃ mokṣamati svajanaṃ tyajāmi //
jātasya janmani kathaṃ punarbhaveyā
iṣṭena bāndhavajanena viprayogaḥ //
yadi na maraṇaṃ no jātaṃ syān na rogajarādayaḥ
yadi ca na bhaved iṣṭatyāgo na cāpriyasaṃśrayo //
yadi ca viphalā no syād āsā sukhaṃ ca na caṃcalaṃ
vividhaviṣayā mānuṣyasmiṃ imāpi ratir bhavet* //
chandako āha // tvaṃ nāma āryaputra nirdiṣṭo sarvaśāstrakuśalehi cāturdvīpagatir bhaviṣyasīti / na taṃ satyaṃ // bodhisatvo āha // bho bhaṇe chandakā kim anyaṃ ca bhaṇitaṃ tehi naimittikehi kuśalehi // vartati khu satyakālo yadi te mama gauravaṃ asti // chandako āha // eṣo bhaṇāmi / atha vā vijahitvā medinīṃ pravrajati bhavati bhavarāgahantā aśeṣadarśī idaṃ dvitīyaṃ //
___bodhisatvasya etad abhūṣi / kathaṃ pravrajyā ca cūḍā ca // bodhisatvena asipaṭṭena cūḍā chinnā sā ca cūḍā śākreṇa devānām indreṇa praticchitā trāyastriṃśadbhavane pujyati
ityartham evam ahaṃ tava doṣadarśī
bhokṣārthaṃ mokṣamati svajanaṃ tyajāmi //
jātasya janmani kathaṃ punarbhaveyā
iṣṭena bāndhavajanena viprayogaḥ //
yadi na maraṇaṃ no jātaṃ syān na rogajarādayaḥ
yadi ca na bhaved iṣṭatyāgo na cāpriyasaṃśrayo //
yadi ca viphalā no syād āsā sukhaṃ ca na caṃcalaṃ
vividhaviṣayā mānuṣyasmiṃ imāpi ratir bhavet* //
chandako āha // tvaṃ nāma āryaputra nirdiṣṭo sarvaśāstrakuśalehi cāturdvīpagatir bhaviṣyasīti / na taṃ satyaṃ // bodhisatvo āha // bho bhaṇe chandakā kim anyaṃ ca bhaṇitaṃ tehi naimittikehi kuśalehi // vartati khu satyakālo yadi te mama gauravaṃ asti // chandako āha // eṣo bhaṇāmi / atha vā vijahitvā medinīṃ pravrajati bhavati bhavarāgahantā aśeṣadarśī idaṃ dvitīyaṃ //
___bodhisatvasya etad abhūṣi / kathaṃ pravrajyā ca cūḍā ca // bodhisatvena asipaṭṭena cūḍā chinnā sā ca cūḍā śākreṇa devānām indreṇa praticchitā trāyastriṃśadbhavane pujyati