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 2.221
tasyāsi samādānaṃ priyeṣu mātāpitṝṣu dayiteṣu /
na khu me prapañcayitavyaṃ andheṣu parapraṇeyyeṣu //
mūlaphalam āharanto gilānakā jīrṇakā vayovṛddhān* /
premnena gauraveṇa ca satkṛtya gurūn upasthāsyaṃ //
annena ca pānena ca gilānabhaiṣajyānupradānena /
vastraiḥ śayyāsanena mātāpitaraṃ upasthāsyaṃ //
api cātra bodhisatvo mātāpitaraṃ bhaṇāsi mā khu bhave /
na khu tāva śocitavyaṃ ahaṃ ca paricārako asmi //
taṃ avaca śyāmasundari cīraṃbhājī ca mā ca tava pāpaṃ /
utpathapanthagatasya ca tuhya mā trāsentu bhūtāni //
mānsarudhirārthino pi mṛgarājā atibalā ca mātaṃgā /
mārgād apakramantu te mā ca te trāsentu bhūtāni //
mṛgapotakehi sārdhaṃ prativasati āśrameṣu ramaṇiyeṣu /
mṛga iva mṛgehi sārdhaṃ vasati araṇye ṛṣikumāro //
tasya tahim āśramapade prativasato kṣamadamaprahāṇasya /
maitrāya ca karuṇāya ca lokaṃ anukaṃpamānasya //
prādur ahu kāśirājā nṛpati mahāvāhano maheśākhyo /
so tasmiṃ āśramapade trāsayati mṛgā ca pakṣī ca //
rājā vanāntareṇa adarśi eṇīmṛgāṇa yūthāni /
dṛṣṭvāna tvaritatvarito vitane dhanu sandahe kṣuraprā //
na khu me prapañcayitavyaṃ andheṣu parapraṇeyyeṣu //
mūlaphalam āharanto gilānakā jīrṇakā vayovṛddhān* /
premnena gauraveṇa ca satkṛtya gurūn upasthāsyaṃ //
annena ca pānena ca gilānabhaiṣajyānupradānena /
vastraiḥ śayyāsanena mātāpitaraṃ upasthāsyaṃ //
api cātra bodhisatvo mātāpitaraṃ bhaṇāsi mā khu bhave /
na khu tāva śocitavyaṃ ahaṃ ca paricārako asmi //
taṃ avaca śyāmasundari cīraṃbhājī ca mā ca tava pāpaṃ /
utpathapanthagatasya ca tuhya mā trāsentu bhūtāni //
mānsarudhirārthino pi mṛgarājā atibalā ca mātaṃgā /
mārgād apakramantu te mā ca te trāsentu bhūtāni //
mṛgapotakehi sārdhaṃ prativasati āśrameṣu ramaṇiyeṣu /
mṛga iva mṛgehi sārdhaṃ vasati araṇye ṛṣikumāro //
tasya tahim āśramapade prativasato kṣamadamaprahāṇasya /
maitrāya ca karuṇāya ca lokaṃ anukaṃpamānasya //
prādur ahu kāśirājā nṛpati mahāvāhano maheśākhyo /
so tasmiṃ āśramapade trāsayati mṛgā ca pakṣī ca //
rājā vanāntareṇa adarśi eṇīmṛgāṇa yūthāni /
dṛṣṭvāna tvaritatvarito vitane dhanu sandahe kṣuraprā //