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 3.403
icchāma tava mūlāto putraṃ yadi me putro jāāto bhaviṣyati tato iha devakulaṃ pratiṣṭhāpayiṣyaṃ mahāṃtaṃ ca te pūjāsatkāraṃ kariṣyāmīti /
striyaḥ samarthā puruṣā niyoktuṃ
yo tatra bhadro striyaiva mūlaṃ /
ye cāpi saṃgrāmahatā narendrā
teṣāṃ py anayo striyaiva mūlaṃ //
tāye pi śreṣṭhibhāryāye upayācitaṃ // tvaṃ nyagrodha satyayācano śrūyasi / yathā yathā te śreṣṭhinā devakulaṃ pratiśrutaṃ pūjāsatkāraṃ ca tathā kariṣyāmi atha me putraṃ na dāsyasi tato te mūlāni samūlakaṃ chindāpayiṣyāmi // yan nāmā vṛkṣo tan nāmā vṛkṣadevatā tatra prativasati / tatra nyagrodhe nyagrodho nāma devaputro prativasati // so dāni devaputro tāye śreṣṭhibhāryāye tathā upayācito samāno bhīto / ahaṃ na kasya cid emināpi ācchindāmi eṣā ca me śreṣṭhibhāryā evaṃ yācati / yadi etasyā putro na bhaviṣyati paraśuṇā me imaṃ bhavanaṃ chedāpayiṣyati // tena nyagrodhena devaputreṇa śakro devānām indro adhīṣṭo / ahaṃ kauśika naiva kasyacid emināpi ācchindāmi mama śreṣṭhinā bhavane pūjāsatkāraṃ kṛtvā evaṃ copayācitaṃ tad icchāmi tathā kriyamāṇaṃ yathā tasya vārāṇasīyasya śreṣṭhisya putro bhaveya mā me taṃ bhavanaṃ chidyeyā // so dāni devaputro śakreṇa devānām indreṇāśvāsito / mā bhāhi tathā kariṣyāmi yathā tasya putro bhaviṣyati tava bhavanaṃ na cchindiṣyati //
striyaḥ samarthā puruṣā niyoktuṃ
yo tatra bhadro striyaiva mūlaṃ /
ye cāpi saṃgrāmahatā narendrā
teṣāṃ py anayo striyaiva mūlaṃ //
tāye pi śreṣṭhibhāryāye upayācitaṃ // tvaṃ nyagrodha satyayācano śrūyasi / yathā yathā te śreṣṭhinā devakulaṃ pratiśrutaṃ pūjāsatkāraṃ ca tathā kariṣyāmi atha me putraṃ na dāsyasi tato te mūlāni samūlakaṃ chindāpayiṣyāmi // yan nāmā vṛkṣo tan nāmā vṛkṣadevatā tatra prativasati / tatra nyagrodhe nyagrodho nāma devaputro prativasati // so dāni devaputro tāye śreṣṭhibhāryāye tathā upayācito samāno bhīto / ahaṃ na kasya cid emināpi ācchindāmi eṣā ca me śreṣṭhibhāryā evaṃ yācati / yadi etasyā putro na bhaviṣyati paraśuṇā me imaṃ bhavanaṃ chedāpayiṣyati // tena nyagrodhena devaputreṇa śakro devānām indro adhīṣṭo / ahaṃ kauśika naiva kasyacid emināpi ācchindāmi mama śreṣṭhinā bhavane pūjāsatkāraṃ kṛtvā evaṃ copayācitaṃ tad icchāmi tathā kriyamāṇaṃ yathā tasya vārāṇasīyasya śreṣṭhisya putro bhaveya mā me taṃ bhavanaṃ chidyeyā // so dāni devaputro śakreṇa devānām indreṇāśvāsito / mā bhāhi tathā kariṣyāmi yathā tasya putro bhaviṣyati tava bhavanaṃ na cchindiṣyati //