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 3.188
upako āha // ete ca dve māṣā taṃ ca tṛtīyaṃ bhaviṣyati āmantraṇaṃ ca bhaviṣyati / evaṃ vṛṣalīye ramaṇīyaṃ kaumudikaṃ bhaviṣyati //
bhavataś ca duve māṣā taṃ tṛtīyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
etehi trīhi māṣehi tuṣṭā sā vṛṣalī bhave //
rājā brahmadatto upakaṃ māṇavakaṃ evam āha // māṇavaka uṣṇe mā gacchāhi ahaṃ te trayo māṣāṃ dāsyāmīti /
sace te artho māṣehi bhūyo māṣāṃ dadāmi te /
karohi kṛtyaṃ māṣehi uṣṇe māṇava mā vraja //
māṇavako āha // deva etāni va trayo māṣā taṃ caturthaṃ bhaviṣyati āmantraṇaṃ tatra bhūyo bhaviṣyati / evaṃ vṛṣalikāye sārdhaṃ ramaṇī kaumudīyaṃ bhaviṣyati //
bhavataś ca trayo māṣā taṃ caturthaṃ bhaviṣyati /
caturhi deva māṣehi udagrā vṛṣalī bhave //
etena krameṇa rājā brahmadatto śatasahasraṃ upakasya māṇvakasya deti taṃ ca māṣaṃ na muṃcati / yāvad aparārdhena tato māṣāto na nivartito // tena dāni rājñā brahmadattena ardharājyaṃ tasya upakasya māṇavakasya dinnaṃ / antaḥpurāto ardhaṃ dinnaṃ / kośakoṣṭhāgārāṇāṃ pi dinnam ardham amātyabhaṭṭabalāgrāṇāṃ pi ardhaṃ dinnaṃ //
___te dāni ubhaye rājyaṃ kārayanti / ubhau arthāni samanuśāsanti // so dāni māṇavako paṃcahi kāmaguṇehi samarpito krīḍati ramati paricārayati // so dāni
bhavataś ca duve māṣā taṃ tṛtīyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
etehi trīhi māṣehi tuṣṭā sā vṛṣalī bhave //
rājā brahmadatto upakaṃ māṇavakaṃ evam āha // māṇavaka uṣṇe mā gacchāhi ahaṃ te trayo māṣāṃ dāsyāmīti /
sace te artho māṣehi bhūyo māṣāṃ dadāmi te /
karohi kṛtyaṃ māṣehi uṣṇe māṇava mā vraja //
māṇavako āha // deva etāni va trayo māṣā taṃ caturthaṃ bhaviṣyati āmantraṇaṃ tatra bhūyo bhaviṣyati / evaṃ vṛṣalikāye sārdhaṃ ramaṇī kaumudīyaṃ bhaviṣyati //
bhavataś ca trayo māṣā taṃ caturthaṃ bhaviṣyati /
caturhi deva māṣehi udagrā vṛṣalī bhave //
etena krameṇa rājā brahmadatto śatasahasraṃ upakasya māṇvakasya deti taṃ ca māṣaṃ na muṃcati / yāvad aparārdhena tato māṣāto na nivartito // tena dāni rājñā brahmadattena ardharājyaṃ tasya upakasya māṇavakasya dinnaṃ / antaḥpurāto ardhaṃ dinnaṃ / kośakoṣṭhāgārāṇāṃ pi dinnam ardham amātyabhaṭṭabalāgrāṇāṃ pi ardhaṃ dinnaṃ //
___te dāni ubhaye rājyaṃ kārayanti / ubhau arthāni samanuśāsanti // so dāni māṇavako paṃcahi kāmaguṇehi samarpito krīḍati ramati paricārayati // so dāni