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 3.17
kuśo āha //
akāmāṃ vā sakāmāṃ vā yo naro labhate priyāṃ /
lābhaṃ tatra praśaṃsanti alābho tatra pāpako //
devī āha //
prabhosi strīsahasraṃ pi ekarātreṇa rāmituṃ /
ekastriyāye kāmena mahadduḥkhaṃ nigacchasi //
rājā āha //
netaṃ duḥkhaṃ prajānāmi yaśasvinī varṇalābhinī /
yaṃ sucīrṇe brahmacaryasmiṃ tvaṃ me bhāryā bhaviṣyati //
devī āha //
dhig astu te brahmacaryaṃ aghan te bhotu pāpakaṃ /
sunakhīṃ vā śṛgālīṃ vā paratra kāmayiṣyasi //
kuśo āha //
mā evaṃ avaca bhadre suśroṇi tanumadhyame /
śramaṇā pi hime sādhu brahmacaryeṇa śobhate //
te pi bhadre sucīrṇena iha cīrṇena śobhate /
svargeṣu upapadyanti tridaśe kāmakāmino //
tan te bhadre ahaṃ brūmi suśroṇi tanumadhyame /
na te anyo pati asti iti siṃhasvaro kuśaḥ //
devī āha //
saced va satyaṃ vacanaṃ naimittānāṃ bhaviṣyati /
na te bhāryā bhaviṣyāmi kāmaṃ chindāhi khaṇḍaśaḥ //
akāmāṃ vā sakāmāṃ vā yo naro labhate priyāṃ /
lābhaṃ tatra praśaṃsanti alābho tatra pāpako //
devī āha //
prabhosi strīsahasraṃ pi ekarātreṇa rāmituṃ /
ekastriyāye kāmena mahadduḥkhaṃ nigacchasi //
rājā āha //
netaṃ duḥkhaṃ prajānāmi yaśasvinī varṇalābhinī /
yaṃ sucīrṇe brahmacaryasmiṃ tvaṃ me bhāryā bhaviṣyati //
devī āha //
dhig astu te brahmacaryaṃ aghan te bhotu pāpakaṃ /
sunakhīṃ vā śṛgālīṃ vā paratra kāmayiṣyasi //
kuśo āha //
mā evaṃ avaca bhadre suśroṇi tanumadhyame /
śramaṇā pi hime sādhu brahmacaryeṇa śobhate //
te pi bhadre sucīrṇena iha cīrṇena śobhate /
svargeṣu upapadyanti tridaśe kāmakāmino //
tan te bhadre ahaṃ brūmi suśroṇi tanumadhyame /
na te anyo pati asti iti siṃhasvaro kuśaḥ //
devī āha //
saced va satyaṃ vacanaṃ naimittānāṃ bhaviṣyati /
na te bhāryā bhaviṣyāmi kāmaṃ chindāhi khaṇḍaśaḥ //