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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 3.220
hi mahāgovinda pratipālehi ṣaṇ māsāṃ yāvad vayaṃ svakasvakehi rājyehi putrabhrātṛkāṃ sthāpayitvā āgamiṣyāmaḥ / evaṃ sarvatra kartavyaṃ peyālaṃ paṃca māsāṃ catvāri māsāṃ trīṇi māsāṃ dve māsāṃ ekamāsaṃ yāva vayaṃ svakasvakehi rājyehi putrabhrātṛkāṃ sthāpayitvā āgamiṣyāmaḥ yā ca bhavato mahāgovindasya gatir bhaviṣyati sā cāsmākaṃ pi gatir bhaviṣyati // evam ukte paṃcaśikha mahābrāhmaṇo mahāgovindas tāṃ ṣaḍ rājña etad avocat* // aticiraṃ khalv idaṃ bhavanto yam idaṃ ardhamāsaṃ pravrajiṣyāmi ahaṃ agārasyānagāriyaṃ // tat kasya hetoḥ // śrutaṃ hi . . . . . pāpaṃ karma karaṇīyaṃ // evam ukte paṃcaśikha te ṣaḍ rājāno mahāgovindaṃ brāhmaṇam etad avocat* // tena hi bho mahāgoviṃda pratipālehi sapta divasāni yāvad vayaṃ svakasvakehi rājyehi putrabhrātṛkāṃ sthāpayitvā āgamiṣyāmaḥ yā ca bhavato govindasya gatir bhaviṣyati sā asmākam api gatir bhaviṣyati // evam ukte paṃcaśikha mahāgovindo brāhmaṇas tāṃ ṣaṭ* kṣatriyān etad avocat* // alpakaṃ khalv idaṃ bhavanto yam idaṃ sapta divasāni tena hi bhavanto sukhībhavatha yasyedāniṃ kālaṃ manyatha //
___atha khalu paṃcaśikha mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo yena tāni sapta brāhmaṇamahāśālasahasrāṇi sapta ca snātakaśatāni tenopasaṃkramitvā etad avocat* // entu bhavanto entu bhavantaḥ anyaṃ dāni upādhyāyaṃ paryeṣatha yo vo mantrāṇi vācayiṣyati / pravrajiṣyāmy ahaṃ agārasyānagāriyaṃ // tat kasya hetoḥ // śrutaṃ hi mayā mahābrahmaṇo saṃmukhād āmagandhaṃ bhāṣamāṇasya . . . . . pāpaṃ karma karaṇīyaṃ // evam ukte paṃcaśikha
___atha khalu paṃcaśikha mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo yena tāni sapta brāhmaṇamahāśālasahasrāṇi sapta ca snātakaśatāni tenopasaṃkramitvā etad avocat* // entu bhavanto entu bhavantaḥ anyaṃ dāni upādhyāyaṃ paryeṣatha yo vo mantrāṇi vācayiṣyati / pravrajiṣyāmy ahaṃ agārasyānagāriyaṃ // tat kasya hetoḥ // śrutaṃ hi mayā mahābrahmaṇo saṃmukhād āmagandhaṃ bhāṣamāṇasya . . . . . pāpaṃ karma karaṇīyaṃ // evam ukte paṃcaśikha