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 3.433
yūyam apīmena puṇyena saṃgṛhītā bhavatha // tehi dāni bhrātṝhi bhagavāṃ puṣpo saśrāvakasaṃgho tahiṃ svake nagare yācito / bhagavāṃ tatraiva vassaṃ vusto parinirvṛto / tehi bhagavato puṣpasya nirvṛtasya śarīrapūjā ca stūpo ca kārito //
rājño mahendrasya mahiṃ praśāsato
dharmeṇa jñānaṃ ca samādāyavartino /
trayo bhrātaro āsi samānacāriṇo
putrā ca dārā ca tadānuvartakā //
te ekadā susamānacāriṇo
dharmeṇa vai aiśvariyaṃ akāsi /
prabhūtabhogā ratanānubaddhā
tāva bahūni varṣāṇi toṣaye //
te ekarājyasamānabhojanā
buddhaṃ addaśensu dvipadānam uttamaṃ /
nakṣatranāmo . . . pāramīṃ gato
svaśaktito devamanuṣyapūjito //
parinirvṛte kāruṇikasmiṃ śāstuni
stūpaṃ akarimha vayaṃ saprajñā /
saputradārā saha jñātibāndhavaiḥ
āryā ca śreṣṭhā nagarasmiṃ ātmano //
hastīhi aśvehi rathehi pattihi
nṛtyena gītena ca vāditena ca /
rājño mahendrasya mahiṃ praśāsato
dharmeṇa jñānaṃ ca samādāyavartino /
trayo bhrātaro āsi samānacāriṇo
putrā ca dārā ca tadānuvartakā //
te ekadā susamānacāriṇo
dharmeṇa vai aiśvariyaṃ akāsi /
prabhūtabhogā ratanānubaddhā
tāva bahūni varṣāṇi toṣaye //
te ekarājyasamānabhojanā
buddhaṃ addaśensu dvipadānam uttamaṃ /
nakṣatranāmo . . . pāramīṃ gato
svaśaktito devamanuṣyapūjito //
parinirvṛte kāruṇikasmiṃ śāstuni
stūpaṃ akarimha vayaṃ saprajñā /
saputradārā saha jñātibāndhavaiḥ
āryā ca śreṣṭhā nagarasmiṃ ātmano //
hastīhi aśvehi rathehi pattihi
nṛtyena gītena ca vāditena ca /