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 3.117
pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavantaṃ sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca pratisaṃmodetvā ekamante niṣīdensuḥ / mahāprajāpatī gautamī ca yaśodharā ca sārdhaṃ ca aṃtaḥpureṇa bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavantaṃ pratisammodetvā ekamante niṣīdensuḥ / atha khalu rājā śuddhodano vegajāto bhagavato hitāhitaṃ apṛcche //
taṃ devavarṇaṃ sukumārarūpaṃ
udyānabhūmiṃ anucaṃkramantaṃ /
pitā putraṃ prāṃjaliko upāgame
indraṃ va devā tridaśā va śakraṃ //
idaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tava bhūriprajña
pādān te vandāmi samantacakṣuḥ /
yaṃ ca te naimittikā vyākarensuḥ
jaṃbucchāyā na vijahe imaṃ ca //
te devavarṇā ubhaye samāgatā
buddho ca buddhasya pitā ca rājā /
upaśobhati sālavane niṣaṇṇo
candro yathā abhragaṇā pramukto //
athāprameyasya pitur abhūṣi
cirasya dṛṣṭvāna priyaṃ manāpaṃ /
putraṃ svakaṃ prāṇasamaṃ niṣaṇṇaṃ
hitāhitaṃ pṛcchati vegajāto //
purā tava kambalapādukā va
sucitrā sūkṣmāstarasaṃsthitāsu /
taṃ devavarṇaṃ sukumārarūpaṃ
udyānabhūmiṃ anucaṃkramantaṃ /
pitā putraṃ prāṃjaliko upāgame
indraṃ va devā tridaśā va śakraṃ //
idaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tava bhūriprajña
pādān te vandāmi samantacakṣuḥ /
yaṃ ca te naimittikā vyākarensuḥ
jaṃbucchāyā na vijahe imaṃ ca //
te devavarṇā ubhaye samāgatā
buddho ca buddhasya pitā ca rājā /
upaśobhati sālavane niṣaṇṇo
candro yathā abhragaṇā pramukto //
athāprameyasya pitur abhūṣi
cirasya dṛṣṭvāna priyaṃ manāpaṃ /
putraṃ svakaṃ prāṇasamaṃ niṣaṇṇaṃ
hitāhitaṃ pṛcchati vegajāto //
purā tava kambalapādukā va
sucitrā sūkṣmāstarasaṃsthitāsu /