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).
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vardhati na caiva hāyati dānāni ca demi satkṛtya //
yuṣmākaṃ pi araṇye taskaravyāghrabahuvyālacaritasmiṃ /
na karonti kecid* hiṃsāṃ bhūtāni yathotpathagatāni //
puṣpakalaṃ prabhūtaṃ śyāmākaṃ śākamūlakaṃ pracuraṃ /
alpakisareṇa labhyati alpā vyādhī śarīrasmiṃ //
nacireṇa gato kumāro niṣīda etāhi parṇaśivikāhi /
bhavyasya dhārmikasya atiriva ca manomanāpasya //
atha viṣakṛtām aniṣṭāṃ prāṇaharāṃ tasya tāpasakulasya /
vācāṃ pravyāharati rājā aśrūṇi vartento //
yaṃ bhaṇatha brahmacārī ṛṣiputraḥ dharmacāri samacāri /
so saṃprati kālagato so vo abhivādanaṃ āha //
na kathaṃci śocitavyaṃ na pi ruṇḍaśocitena kocārtho /
jātena jīvaloke sarveṇa avaśyaṃ martavyaṃ //
te tāṃ girāṃ aniṣṭāṃ amanojñāṃ apriyāṃ śruṇitvāna /
avaciṃsu jīvitaṃ khu me uparundhasi evaṃ jalpanto //
so avaca eṣo artho nayena jāto yadā mayā pāpaṃ /
avijānantena kṛtaṃ evaṃ kṣamyantu me devā //
aham api ca etam arthaṃ ihāgato yāṃ dhurām ṛṣikumāro /
yuṣmākaṃ pi araṇye taskaravyāghrabahuvyālacaritasmiṃ /
na karonti kecid* hiṃsāṃ bhūtāni yathotpathagatāni //
puṣpakalaṃ prabhūtaṃ śyāmākaṃ śākamūlakaṃ pracuraṃ /
alpakisareṇa labhyati alpā vyādhī śarīrasmiṃ //
nacireṇa gato kumāro niṣīda etāhi parṇaśivikāhi /
bhavyasya dhārmikasya atiriva ca manomanāpasya //
atha viṣakṛtām aniṣṭāṃ prāṇaharāṃ tasya tāpasakulasya /
vācāṃ pravyāharati rājā aśrūṇi vartento //
yaṃ bhaṇatha brahmacārī ṛṣiputraḥ dharmacāri samacāri /
so saṃprati kālagato so vo abhivādanaṃ āha //
na kathaṃci śocitavyaṃ na pi ruṇḍaśocitena kocārtho /
jātena jīvaloke sarveṇa avaśyaṃ martavyaṃ //
te tāṃ girāṃ aniṣṭāṃ amanojñāṃ apriyāṃ śruṇitvāna /
avaciṃsu jīvitaṃ khu me uparundhasi evaṃ jalpanto //
so avaca eṣo artho nayena jāto yadā mayā pāpaṃ /
avijānantena kṛtaṃ evaṃ kṣamyantu me devā //
aham api ca etam arthaṃ ihāgato yāṃ dhurām ṛṣikumāro /