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 2.330
yathā gajendraḥ subalavāṃ ṣaṣṭihāyanaḥ
ṣaḍḍantanāgo samucchritakāyo /
pādena bhinde avimano āmabhāṇḍaṃ
tathaiva sarvāṃ kariṣyati mārasainyāṃ //
māro hy avāca sa duḥkhito sārthavāhaṃ
trasesi kiṃ mā yatha bālabuddhi /
sannaddha senā kavacitavarmitā ca
kariṣyimasya dṛḍhavratasyāntarāyaṃ //
varṣā sahasrā mayā yo poṣito hi
uccatīha ayaṃ mama jyeṣṭhaputro /
sau gautamasya abhūr iha anuyātro
avasādayiṣyanto samārasainyaṃ //
udumbarasya yatha puṣpa jātaṃ
varṇopapetaṃ suruciraṃ maṃjugandhaṃ /
tathaite buddhā hatarajā niḥkileśā
kalpāna koṭīnayutehi bhonti //
aśraddadhantaṃ pitaraṃ vipannaśīlaṃ
grāheya śuddhāṃ karuṇāṃ janetvā /
putrāṇa evaṃ prakṛti tasya bhoti
anukampako smi na ahaṃ amitro //
sumerumūrdhnā yadi naro āruhitvā
ṣaḍḍantanāgo samucchritakāyo /
pādena bhinde avimano āmabhāṇḍaṃ
tathaiva sarvāṃ kariṣyati mārasainyāṃ //
māro hy avāca sa duḥkhito sārthavāhaṃ
trasesi kiṃ mā yatha bālabuddhi /
sannaddha senā kavacitavarmitā ca
kariṣyimasya dṛḍhavratasyāntarāyaṃ //
varṣā sahasrā mayā yo poṣito hi
uccatīha ayaṃ mama jyeṣṭhaputro /
sau gautamasya abhūr iha anuyātro
avasādayiṣyanto samārasainyaṃ //
udumbarasya yatha puṣpa jātaṃ
varṇopapetaṃ suruciraṃ maṃjugandhaṃ /
tathaite buddhā hatarajā niḥkileśā
kalpāna koṭīnayutehi bhonti //
aśraddadhantaṃ pitaraṃ vipannaśīlaṃ
grāheya śuddhāṃ karuṇāṃ janetvā /
putrāṇa evaṃ prakṛti tasya bhoti
anukampako smi na ahaṃ amitro //
sumerumūrdhnā yadi naro āruhitvā