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 3.386
mokṣo kadā bheṣyati tiryagyoniṣu //
imaṃ vikṛtasaṃdehiṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥśīlasaṃbhavaṃ /
aśrukaṇṭho rudanto pi ko śīlaṃ na samācaret* //
sa vai pramodeṣu rato na . . . .
bhave suśīleṣv acalo'calopamo /
vyākarṣa tvaṃ arthadṛśo matīmāṃ
maitreyagotro bhavarāgasūdano //
nālako kātyāyano bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavantam etad uvāca //
purohito mahyaṃ pitā toṇehārasya rājino /
utpādeṣu vidyāyukto nikṣatreṣu gatiṃgato //
tan me pitā avacāsi arthakāmānukampako /
buddho khu putra utpanno gaccha prācīna pravraja //
so haṃ bhagavan* anuprāpto sādhu tvaṃ pravrājehi māṃ /
vaiśāradyehi saṃpannāṃ vācāṃ bhāṣe tathāgato //
kātyāyanaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ca ehi bhikṣūti ālape /
sā etasya pravrajyā hi abhū ca upasaṃpadā //
āyuṣmāṃ kātyāyano āha //
ajñāsi etaṃ vacanaṃ asitasya yathātathaṃ /
tvāṃ tu gautama pṛcchāmi sarvadharmāṇa pāraga //
imaṃ vikṛtasaṃdehiṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥśīlasaṃbhavaṃ /
aśrukaṇṭho rudanto pi ko śīlaṃ na samācaret* //
sa vai pramodeṣu rato na . . . .
bhave suśīleṣv acalo'calopamo /
vyākarṣa tvaṃ arthadṛśo matīmāṃ
maitreyagotro bhavarāgasūdano //
nālako kātyāyano bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavantam etad uvāca //
purohito mahyaṃ pitā toṇehārasya rājino /
utpādeṣu vidyāyukto nikṣatreṣu gatiṃgato //
tan me pitā avacāsi arthakāmānukampako /
buddho khu putra utpanno gaccha prācīna pravraja //
so haṃ bhagavan* anuprāpto sādhu tvaṃ pravrājehi māṃ /
vaiśāradyehi saṃpannāṃ vācāṃ bhāṣe tathāgato //
kātyāyanaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ca ehi bhikṣūti ālape /
sā etasya pravrajyā hi abhū ca upasaṃpadā //
āyuṣmāṃ kātyāyano āha //
ajñāsi etaṃ vacanaṃ asitasya yathātathaṃ /
tvāṃ tu gautama pṛcchāmi sarvadharmāṇa pāraga //