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 3.111
so prakrame piṇḍapātraṃ grahetvā
upasaṃkrame yena jino aneyo //
so taṃ pradeśaṃ upasaṃkramitvā
upanāmaye piṇḍapātraṃ jinasya /
vanditva pādāṃ avaci tathāgataṃ
yāsyanti te jñātayo darśanāya //
edṛśāṃ guṇāṃ śruṇitva bhūmipālo
trikhuttam udānayati sulabdhā labhā /
mahyaṃ anantā yaṃ trisāhasrāya
lokadhātūye jine jīvamāne
bhaviṣyati saṃgamo nāyakena /
saṃpuṣpitā drumalatā kusumāvakīrṇā
āsevitā ca dvijasaṃghanināditena /
evaṃ pi mahyaṃ hṛdayaṃ prītisaṃkusumitaṃ
śrutvāna putraṃ mama sarvaguṇopapetaṃ //
atha khalu rājā śuddhodanaḥ anyataraṃ rājāmātyam āmantrayati // bho bhaṇe amātya sarvārthasiddho kumāro anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhitvā pravṛttapravaradharmacakro kapilavastūpavaneṣu anuprāpto / tataḥ putrasya sarvārthasiddhasya kumārasyābhyudgamanaṃ kariṣyāmi // tato kapilavastunagare ghoṣaṇāṃ kārāpehi / sarvehi śākyehi brāhmaṇagṛhapatikehi sarvehi ca gāndharvikehi sarvehi ca śreṇīhi sarvehi ca śilpāyatanehi mayā sārdhaṃ sarvārthasiddhasya pratyudgamanaṃ kartavyaṃ // sādhu mahārājeti // so rājāmātyo śuddhodanasya pratiśrutvā kṣipram eva kapilavastunagare catvaraśṛṃgāṭaka-antarāpaṇamukheṣu
upasaṃkrame yena jino aneyo //
so taṃ pradeśaṃ upasaṃkramitvā
upanāmaye piṇḍapātraṃ jinasya /
vanditva pādāṃ avaci tathāgataṃ
yāsyanti te jñātayo darśanāya //
edṛśāṃ guṇāṃ śruṇitva bhūmipālo
trikhuttam udānayati sulabdhā labhā /
mahyaṃ anantā yaṃ trisāhasrāya
lokadhātūye jine jīvamāne
bhaviṣyati saṃgamo nāyakena /
saṃpuṣpitā drumalatā kusumāvakīrṇā
āsevitā ca dvijasaṃghanināditena /
evaṃ pi mahyaṃ hṛdayaṃ prītisaṃkusumitaṃ
śrutvāna putraṃ mama sarvaguṇopapetaṃ //
atha khalu rājā śuddhodanaḥ anyataraṃ rājāmātyam āmantrayati // bho bhaṇe amātya sarvārthasiddho kumāro anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhitvā pravṛttapravaradharmacakro kapilavastūpavaneṣu anuprāpto / tataḥ putrasya sarvārthasiddhasya kumārasyābhyudgamanaṃ kariṣyāmi // tato kapilavastunagare ghoṣaṇāṃ kārāpehi / sarvehi śākyehi brāhmaṇagṛhapatikehi sarvehi ca gāndharvikehi sarvehi ca śreṇīhi sarvehi ca śilpāyatanehi mayā sārdhaṃ sarvārthasiddhasya pratyudgamanaṃ kartavyaṃ // sādhu mahārājeti // so rājāmātyo śuddhodanasya pratiśrutvā kṣipram eva kapilavastunagare catvaraśṛṃgāṭaka-antarāpaṇamukheṣu