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 2.235
pāśā śoḍḍitā // so śiriprabho tena mahantena mṛgayūthena saṃparivārito tahiṃ araṇyāyatane caramāṇo baddho // sarve ca mṛgā ca mṛgī ca mṛgarājaṃ baddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā palānā ekā mṛgī yā tasya mṛgarājño bhaktimantā ca anuvratā sā sthitā na palāyati / sā ca mṛgī śiriprabhaṃ gāthayādhyabhāṣe //
vikramāhi śiriprabhā vikramāhi mṛgādhipa /
purā so lubdhako eti yena so pāśo oḍḍito /
chinde vāratrakaṃ pāśaṃ na ramiṣyaṃ tvayā vinā //
atha bhikṣavo śiriprabho mṛgarājā tāṃ mṛgīṃ gāthāya pratyabhāṣe //
vikramāmi na śaknomi bhūmau patāmi vegito /
dṛḍho vāratrako pāśo pādaṃ me parikartati //
ramaṇīyāny araṇyāni parvatāni vanāni ca /
ramiṣyasi tuvaṃ bhadre anyena patinā saha //
atha kahlu bhikṣavaḥ sā mṛgī taṃ mṛgarājaṃ gāthāya pratyabhāṣati //
ramaṇīyāny aranyāni parvatāni vanāni ca /
ramiṣyāmy ahaṃ tvayā sārdhaṃ api anyāsu jātiṣu //
teṣāṃ ca vilapantānāṃ śrutvāna ca vikrandatāṃ /
lubdhako tatra so gacchi pāpakarmā sudāruṇo //
so dāni mṛgarājā taṃ paśyati lubdhakaṃ tadā dūrato eva āgacchantaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ pāṇḍurehi
vikramāhi śiriprabhā vikramāhi mṛgādhipa /
purā so lubdhako eti yena so pāśo oḍḍito /
chinde vāratrakaṃ pāśaṃ na ramiṣyaṃ tvayā vinā //
atha bhikṣavo śiriprabho mṛgarājā tāṃ mṛgīṃ gāthāya pratyabhāṣe //
vikramāmi na śaknomi bhūmau patāmi vegito /
dṛḍho vāratrako pāśo pādaṃ me parikartati //
ramaṇīyāny araṇyāni parvatāni vanāni ca /
ramiṣyasi tuvaṃ bhadre anyena patinā saha //
atha kahlu bhikṣavaḥ sā mṛgī taṃ mṛgarājaṃ gāthāya pratyabhāṣati //
ramaṇīyāny aranyāni parvatāni vanāni ca /
ramiṣyāmy ahaṃ tvayā sārdhaṃ api anyāsu jātiṣu //
teṣāṃ ca vilapantānāṃ śrutvāna ca vikrandatāṃ /
lubdhako tatra so gacchi pāpakarmā sudāruṇo //
so dāni mṛgarājā taṃ paśyati lubdhakaṃ tadā dūrato eva āgacchantaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ pāṇḍurehi