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 2.194
tāṃ saha girāṃ śruṇitvā harṣajātena cetasā /
vegajāto namasyanto vahed ahaṃ puruṣottamaṃ //
pareṣāṃ viṣayaṃ gatvā udgatasmiṃ divākare /
mama cchandakaṃ ca vihāya anavekṣo sa prakrame //
tasya tāmranakhā caraṇāṃ jihvāyā parilehiya /
rodamāno udvīkṣeyaṃ gacchantaṃ puruṣottamaṃ //
tasyaiva adarśanena śākyaputrasya śrīmato /
khura-ābādha utpadyet tato kālaṃ karomy ahaṃ //
tasyaivam anubhāvena vimānam āvasāmy ahaṃ /
nārīvaragaṇākīrṇaṃ kūṭāgāraṃ varuttamaṃ //
saced bhadante gacchāsi śākyasiṃhasya santike /
kaṇṭhako vacanaṃ āha vadesi puruṣottamaṃ /
eṣo cāham api āmaṃsye vandituṃ puruṣottamaṃ //
sādhu khu darśanaṃ bhoti tādṛśānāṃ maharṣiṇāṃ /
tena mayā idaṃ labdhaṃ āyuvarṇayaśobalaṃ /
ṛddhiṃ ca parivāraṃ ca anubhomi amānuṣaṃ //
tena me brahmacaryeṇa saṃyamena damena ca /
ayaṃ me tādṛśī ṛddhī apratikrāntā amānuṣī //
taṃ karmaṃ kuśalaṃ kṛtvā yat taṃ upacitaṃ purā /
tena kuśalakarmeṇa vipākam anubhavāmy ahaṃ //
bhogā ca me utpadyensu ye kecit* manasi priyā /
devā ca me namasyanti teṣāṃ ca upacito ahaṃ //
vegajāto namasyanto vahed ahaṃ puruṣottamaṃ //
pareṣāṃ viṣayaṃ gatvā udgatasmiṃ divākare /
mama cchandakaṃ ca vihāya anavekṣo sa prakrame //
tasya tāmranakhā caraṇāṃ jihvāyā parilehiya /
rodamāno udvīkṣeyaṃ gacchantaṃ puruṣottamaṃ //
tasyaiva adarśanena śākyaputrasya śrīmato /
khura-ābādha utpadyet tato kālaṃ karomy ahaṃ //
tasyaivam anubhāvena vimānam āvasāmy ahaṃ /
nārīvaragaṇākīrṇaṃ kūṭāgāraṃ varuttamaṃ //
saced bhadante gacchāsi śākyasiṃhasya santike /
kaṇṭhako vacanaṃ āha vadesi puruṣottamaṃ /
eṣo cāham api āmaṃsye vandituṃ puruṣottamaṃ //
sādhu khu darśanaṃ bhoti tādṛśānāṃ maharṣiṇāṃ /
tena mayā idaṃ labdhaṃ āyuvarṇayaśobalaṃ /
ṛddhiṃ ca parivāraṃ ca anubhomi amānuṣaṃ //
tena me brahmacaryeṇa saṃyamena damena ca /
ayaṃ me tādṛśī ṛddhī apratikrāntā amānuṣī //
taṃ karmaṃ kuśalaṃ kṛtvā yat taṃ upacitaṃ purā /
tena kuśalakarmeṇa vipākam anubhavāmy ahaṃ //
bhogā ca me utpadyensu ye kecit* manasi priyā /
devā ca me namasyanti teṣāṃ ca upacito ahaṃ //