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).
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ṛṣayo āhansuḥ //
puraṃdaro bhūtapatī punar yo
devānām indro tridaśānam īśvaro /
so āgato asuragaṇapramardako
okāśam ākāṃkṣati praśnaṃ praṣṭuṃ //
dūrā śrutā mo ṛṣayo samāgatā
susaṃyatā vo ṛṣayo sma āgatā /
pādavandakā āryaprasannacittā
ayaṃ sarvaloke manuṣyaśreṣṭho //
ṛṣi āhansuḥ //
ṛṣīṇāṃ gandho cirabhāvitānāṃ
upavāyati erito mārutena /
ito apakramya niṣīda śakra
na eṣa gandho susaho devatehi //
śakro āha //
ṛṣīṇāṃ gandho cirabhāvitānāṃ
upavāyati erito mārutena /
śuciḥ sugandho cirabhāvitānāṃ
na eṣa gandho pratikūla mahyaṃ //
ṛṣayo āhansuḥ //
ayaṃ ṛṣiḥ sarabhaṃgo udāro
yato jāto virato maithunāto /
puraṃdaro bhūtapatī punar yo
devānām indro tridaśānam īśvaro /
so āgato asuragaṇapramardako
okāśam ākāṃkṣati praśnaṃ praṣṭuṃ //
dūrā śrutā mo ṛṣayo samāgatā
susaṃyatā vo ṛṣayo sma āgatā /
pādavandakā āryaprasannacittā
ayaṃ sarvaloke manuṣyaśreṣṭho //
ṛṣi āhansuḥ //
ṛṣīṇāṃ gandho cirabhāvitānāṃ
upavāyati erito mārutena /
ito apakramya niṣīda śakra
na eṣa gandho susaho devatehi //
śakro āha //
ṛṣīṇāṃ gandho cirabhāvitānāṃ
upavāyati erito mārutena /
śuciḥ sugandho cirabhāvitānāṃ
na eṣa gandho pratikūla mahyaṃ //
ṛṣayo āhansuḥ //
ayaṃ ṛṣiḥ sarabhaṃgo udāro
yato jāto virato maithunāto /