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 2.228
vaheti ca tāṃ vahiṣyaṃ ahaṃ ca devā upasthāsyaṃ //
paridevate sya mātā indīvarasuprasūtavarṇasya /
hasitabhaṇitāni pūrvaṃ priyasya putrasya vigaṇentī //
hā dayita syāma sundara tvayā vinābhāvasambhavo pūrvaṃ /
mahyaṃ hṛdayaṃ dahiṣyati śuṣkaṃ tṛṇakāṣṭham iva agni //
śūnyam imam āśramapadaṃ khyāyati bhayabhairavaṃ anabhiramyaṃ /
bhavyena dhārmikena vihīnaṃ ṛṣiṇā udāreṇa //
yaṃ nūnaṃ so sarvā no śakti kāmam ahu tena ca śamaṃ /
taṃ mama asya varataraṃ na jātu etādṛśaṃ duḥkhaṃ //
asmehi nyūnā manye kṛtā vicitrā vividhā tapaścaryā /
tasyaiṣa phalavipāko yaṃ sma vihīnā priyaputreṇa //
ruṇḍena śocitena mahattaraṃ pīḍitā parikilantā /
bahvyasya dhārmikasya anusmarantī guṇaśatāni //
te avaca kāśirājaṃ evaṃ so yācito tahiṃ nehi /
andhā sma acakṣukā sma na sma samarthā tahiṃ gantuṃ //
so avaca tahiṃ khu neṣyaṃ taṃ deśaṃ yatra so ṛṣikumāro /
apy eva nāma jīve yuvā sa nihato mṛgaviṣehi //
sa kāśirājā . . . mārgeṇa yathāgatena gacchanto /
paridevate sya mātā indīvarasuprasūtavarṇasya /
hasitabhaṇitāni pūrvaṃ priyasya putrasya vigaṇentī //
hā dayita syāma sundara tvayā vinābhāvasambhavo pūrvaṃ /
mahyaṃ hṛdayaṃ dahiṣyati śuṣkaṃ tṛṇakāṣṭham iva agni //
śūnyam imam āśramapadaṃ khyāyati bhayabhairavaṃ anabhiramyaṃ /
bhavyena dhārmikena vihīnaṃ ṛṣiṇā udāreṇa //
yaṃ nūnaṃ so sarvā no śakti kāmam ahu tena ca śamaṃ /
taṃ mama asya varataraṃ na jātu etādṛśaṃ duḥkhaṃ //
asmehi nyūnā manye kṛtā vicitrā vividhā tapaścaryā /
tasyaiṣa phalavipāko yaṃ sma vihīnā priyaputreṇa //
ruṇḍena śocitena mahattaraṃ pīḍitā parikilantā /
bahvyasya dhārmikasya anusmarantī guṇaśatāni //
te avaca kāśirājaṃ evaṃ so yācito tahiṃ nehi /
andhā sma acakṣukā sma na sma samarthā tahiṃ gantuṃ //
so avaca tahiṃ khu neṣyaṃ taṃ deśaṃ yatra so ṛṣikumāro /
apy eva nāma jīve yuvā sa nihato mṛgaviṣehi //
sa kāśirājā . . . mārgeṇa yathāgatena gacchanto /