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 2.223
viyāhara brahmacārī etaṃ me artham ākhyāhi //
taṃ avaca bodhisatvo priyeṣu mātāpitṝṣu dayiteṣu /
kāraṇam upasaṃjanetva imāṃ girām abhyudīremi //
te me cirabrahmacārī mātā ca pitā ca jīrṇakā vṛddhā /
teṣām acakṣaṣuṣāṇām aham eva gatiś ca nāthaś ca //
teṣām anāthamaraṇaṃ upasthitan tena rāja śocāmi /
te mahyam aparicīrṇā anāthamaraṇaṃ mariṣyanti //
etena hetunā ahaṃ bhaṇāmi hatā trīṇi /
kiṃci tvayi poṣiyanto na hato . . . bhaviṣyāmi //
kāśipatiḥ tīkṣṇabuddhi tenāpi asya saṃbhāvito artho /
taṃ avaca ṛṣikumāraṃ praṇamya śirasā hi pādeṣu //
nirayaṃ ahaṃ patiṣyaṃ adūṣakaṃ ṛṣiputraṃ hanitvāna /
etādṛśā hi hatvā narakeṣu na mucyituṃ śakyā //
ye pi tava aśruvindū patanti atyantaśuddhasatvasya /
lokam api te dahensuḥ kiṃ puna asmādṛśāṃ bālā //
satyaṃ bhaṇāmi yadi me maraṇena jīvitaṃ tava bhaveya /
prāṇam api ahaṃ tyajeyaṃ na vaiṣa saṃvidyate sthānaṃ //
tīkṣṇena viṣakṛtena hṛdayasmiṃ āhato si ṛṣiputra /
jānāmi jīvitaṃ tava nāsti na ca me priyaṃ bhavati //
evaṃ ca te mahāyaśa pratiśruṇiṣyāmi taṃ me pattīya /
taṃ avaca bodhisatvo priyeṣu mātāpitṝṣu dayiteṣu /
kāraṇam upasaṃjanetva imāṃ girām abhyudīremi //
te me cirabrahmacārī mātā ca pitā ca jīrṇakā vṛddhā /
teṣām acakṣaṣuṣāṇām aham eva gatiś ca nāthaś ca //
teṣām anāthamaraṇaṃ upasthitan tena rāja śocāmi /
te mahyam aparicīrṇā anāthamaraṇaṃ mariṣyanti //
etena hetunā ahaṃ bhaṇāmi hatā trīṇi /
kiṃci tvayi poṣiyanto na hato . . . bhaviṣyāmi //
kāśipatiḥ tīkṣṇabuddhi tenāpi asya saṃbhāvito artho /
taṃ avaca ṛṣikumāraṃ praṇamya śirasā hi pādeṣu //
nirayaṃ ahaṃ patiṣyaṃ adūṣakaṃ ṛṣiputraṃ hanitvāna /
etādṛśā hi hatvā narakeṣu na mucyituṃ śakyā //
ye pi tava aśruvindū patanti atyantaśuddhasatvasya /
lokam api te dahensuḥ kiṃ puna asmādṛśāṃ bālā //
satyaṃ bhaṇāmi yadi me maraṇena jīvitaṃ tava bhaveya /
prāṇam api ahaṃ tyajeyaṃ na vaiṣa saṃvidyate sthānaṃ //
tīkṣṇena viṣakṛtena hṛdayasmiṃ āhato si ṛṣiputra /
jānāmi jīvitaṃ tava nāsti na ca me priyaṃ bhavati //
evaṃ ca te mahāyaśa pratiśruṇiṣyāmi taṃ me pattīya /