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 3.209
mithilāṃ ca videhānāṃ . . . aṃgeṣu māpaye /
vārāṇasīṃ ca kāśiṣu etaṃ govindamāpitaṃ //
atha khalu bhavanto govindo brāhmaṇas tāṃ ṣaṭa kṣatriyāṃ svakasvakeṣu rājyeṣu pratiṣṭhāpaye //
___acirābhiṣiktā ca ṣaḍ rājānaḥ kṣipram evaṃ saṃnipatitā yena mahāgovindo brāhmaṇas tenopasaṃkramitvā mahāgovindaṃ brāhmaṇam etad avocat* // ovadatu mo bhavāṃ mahāgovindo anuśāsatu mo bhavāṃ mahāgovindo yathā ca bhavāṃ mahāgovindo reṇusya rājñaḥ arthārthāni samanuśāsati tathā imeṣu ṣaṭsu rājyeṣu arthārthāni samanuśāsatu // tena khalu punas samayena mahāgovindo brāhmaṇaḥ saptānāṃ rājñāṃ arthārthāni samanuśāsati / sapta ca brāhmaṇaśatasahasrāṇi mantrāṃ vāceti sapta ca snātakaśatāni mantrāṃ vāceti / vadato me nuvadatha //
___api hi jitaṃ brāhmaṇagṛhapatino naigamajānapadā ca mahābhāgaṃ govindaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ evaṃ saṃjānanti // paśyati āryo mahāgovindo sākṣān mahābrahmāṇaṃ mahābrahmaṇā ca punaḥ sārdhaṃ vijñeyaṃ mantriya mantriya arthārthāni samanuśāsati // aśroṣīt khalu bhavanto mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo / mama kila brāhmaṇagṛhapatino naigamajānapadā evaṃ saṃjānanti āryo mahābhāgo govindo sākṣāt paśyati brahmāṇaṃ mahābrahmaṇā ca punaḥ sārdhaṃ cintayati yāny arthārthāni samanuśāsati / na khalu punar ahaṃ paśyāmi sākṣāta
vārāṇasīṃ ca kāśiṣu etaṃ govindamāpitaṃ //
atha khalu bhavanto govindo brāhmaṇas tāṃ ṣaṭa kṣatriyāṃ svakasvakeṣu rājyeṣu pratiṣṭhāpaye //
___acirābhiṣiktā ca ṣaḍ rājānaḥ kṣipram evaṃ saṃnipatitā yena mahāgovindo brāhmaṇas tenopasaṃkramitvā mahāgovindaṃ brāhmaṇam etad avocat* // ovadatu mo bhavāṃ mahāgovindo anuśāsatu mo bhavāṃ mahāgovindo yathā ca bhavāṃ mahāgovindo reṇusya rājñaḥ arthārthāni samanuśāsati tathā imeṣu ṣaṭsu rājyeṣu arthārthāni samanuśāsatu // tena khalu punas samayena mahāgovindo brāhmaṇaḥ saptānāṃ rājñāṃ arthārthāni samanuśāsati / sapta ca brāhmaṇaśatasahasrāṇi mantrāṃ vāceti sapta ca snātakaśatāni mantrāṃ vāceti / vadato me nuvadatha //
___api hi jitaṃ brāhmaṇagṛhapatino naigamajānapadā ca mahābhāgaṃ govindaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ evaṃ saṃjānanti // paśyati āryo mahāgovindo sākṣān mahābrahmāṇaṃ mahābrahmaṇā ca punaḥ sārdhaṃ vijñeyaṃ mantriya mantriya arthārthāni samanuśāsati // aśroṣīt khalu bhavanto mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo / mama kila brāhmaṇagṛhapatino naigamajānapadā evaṃ saṃjānanti āryo mahābhāgo govindo sākṣāt paśyati brahmāṇaṃ mahābrahmaṇā ca punaḥ sārdhaṃ cintayati yāny arthārthāni samanuśāsati / na khalu punar ahaṃ paśyāmi sākṣāta