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 1.65
dṛśya sarvabhavabandhanāntakaṃ
nirvṛtaṃ yamakaśāla-antare //
na khalu me samucitaṃ tathāgataṃ
ṛddhiye samanugantu gautamaṃ /
padbhir eva vadatāṃ varaṃ muniṃ
draṣṭum apratimaṃ pravrajāmy ahaṃ //
so ca matva tvaramāṇo sūrī
kāśyapo mathitamānaso bhikṣuḥ /
bhikṣubhiḥ bahubhiḥ uttamo pari-
nirvṛtabhuvam anupūrvam āgami //
tasya ca praṇidhir āsi uttamā
kāśyapasya jinapādavandane /
tau . . . . . caraṇau mahāmune
mūrdhinā upanipīḍya vandituṃ //
saṃgṛhyolkāṃ vipulāṃ atha catasro
mallakā upagatā balavantaḥ /
vījitāṃ paramamallavinītāṃ
dagdhaḍalkāṃ abhiprāṇamayensuḥ // {Lies: dagdha-ulkāṃ}
taiś citām abhimukhaṃ upanītā
taiḥ parākramabalai rathaśūraiḥ /
nirvṛtaṃ yamakaśāla-antare //
na khalu me samucitaṃ tathāgataṃ
ṛddhiye samanugantu gautamaṃ /
padbhir eva vadatāṃ varaṃ muniṃ
draṣṭum apratimaṃ pravrajāmy ahaṃ //
so ca matva tvaramāṇo sūrī
kāśyapo mathitamānaso bhikṣuḥ /
bhikṣubhiḥ bahubhiḥ uttamo pari-
nirvṛtabhuvam anupūrvam āgami //
tasya ca praṇidhir āsi uttamā
kāśyapasya jinapādavandane /
tau . . . . . caraṇau mahāmune
mūrdhinā upanipīḍya vandituṃ //
saṃgṛhyolkāṃ vipulāṃ atha catasro
mallakā upagatā balavantaḥ /
vījitāṃ paramamallavinītāṃ
dagdhaḍalkāṃ abhiprāṇamayensuḥ // {Lies: dagdha-ulkāṃ}
taiś citām abhimukhaṃ upanītā
taiḥ parākramabalai rathaśūraiḥ /