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 3.458
dantino balasaṃpannā hemakalpitavāsaso //
ārūḍhā prāsaśūlayaṣṭītomaranigaḍāyudhā /
tāṃ putra pratipadyasva rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
na hi na saṃgataṃ tena mahāsainyena mṛtyunā /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagāt* //
ṣaṣṭim aśvasahasrāṇi saindhavā śīghravāhino /
sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitāni śūrārūḍhā ca sarvaśo //
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
māhaṃ kāko vā surmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭiṃ dhenusahasrāṇi sarve vatsopadohinī /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭi kanyāsahasrāṇi āmuktamaṇikuṇḍalā /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭiṃ paryaṃkasahasrāṇi sauvarṇarūpyamayāni ca /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
ārūḍhā prāsaśūlayaṣṭītomaranigaḍāyudhā /
tāṃ putra pratipadyasva rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
na hi na saṃgataṃ tena mahāsainyena mṛtyunā /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagāt* //
ṣaṣṭim aśvasahasrāṇi saindhavā śīghravāhino /
sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitāni śūrārūḍhā ca sarvaśo //
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
māhaṃ kāko vā surmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭiṃ dhenusahasrāṇi sarve vatsopadohinī /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭi kanyāsahasrāṇi āmuktamaṇikuṇḍalā /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
māhaṃ kāko va durmedho kāmānāṃ vaśam anvagā //
ṣaṣṭiṃ paryaṃkasahasrāṇi sauvarṇarūpyamayāni ca /
tāṃ putra pratipadyāhi rājyaṃ niryātayāmi te //
adyaiva pravrajiṣyāmi ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /