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 2.37
śuddhaṃ daśasu vidiśāsu caturasraṃ nirmitaṃ su-āviddhaṃ /
durgharṣiyaṃ arībhiḥ sūtragrahasya samupacīrṇaṃ //
bahuvidharatnasaṃcayāyaṃ anekavicitrasaṃghātabhūmiyāṃ /
sīho niṣadyati viṣṭaṃ trasati ca udentam ādityaṃ //
taṃ yugyayānakavigataṃ ceṭīvelāsikāhi ca upetaṃ /
kāṣāyakarburavarṇaṃ varṣavarasamākulaṃ praviśe //
preṣyaśatayānakalilaṃ āryajanasamākulaṃ śucisugandhaṃ /
praviśe bhavanaduvāraṃ prāpto jaṭilo nyasaṃrodhaṃ //
osaraṇe ca bharitā addaśi pramadā sthitasaṃbhrāntena /
pragṛhītakhaḍgahastā ati-r-iva priyadarśanapralāpā //
asito cāsau vyakto gambhīro sarvaśāstrasuvidhijño /
pratihārarakṣam avoca nivedaye śākyarājasya //
kālo smi vikhyāto bhāradvājo ham asmi gotreṇa /
jāto smi ārya ti viṣaye sikhare vindhyasmiṃ viharāmi //
sādhv ārya tti śrutadharo pratiśruṇiya prāpaye mahīpatino /
tad vacanaṃ anavaśeṣaṃ śrutvā ca praveśayitvā ca //
pratibhāṇito praviṣṭo siṃhahanusya svargasadṛśanilayaṃ /
indra iva nandanaṃ gato saṃkīrṇaṃ apsaragaṇehi //
durgharṣiyaṃ arībhiḥ sūtragrahasya samupacīrṇaṃ //
bahuvidharatnasaṃcayāyaṃ anekavicitrasaṃghātabhūmiyāṃ /
sīho niṣadyati viṣṭaṃ trasati ca udentam ādityaṃ //
taṃ yugyayānakavigataṃ ceṭīvelāsikāhi ca upetaṃ /
kāṣāyakarburavarṇaṃ varṣavarasamākulaṃ praviśe //
preṣyaśatayānakalilaṃ āryajanasamākulaṃ śucisugandhaṃ /
praviśe bhavanaduvāraṃ prāpto jaṭilo nyasaṃrodhaṃ //
osaraṇe ca bharitā addaśi pramadā sthitasaṃbhrāntena /
pragṛhītakhaḍgahastā ati-r-iva priyadarśanapralāpā //
asito cāsau vyakto gambhīro sarvaśāstrasuvidhijño /
pratihārarakṣam avoca nivedaye śākyarājasya //
kālo smi vikhyāto bhāradvājo ham asmi gotreṇa /
jāto smi ārya ti viṣaye sikhare vindhyasmiṃ viharāmi //
sādhv ārya tti śrutadharo pratiśruṇiya prāpaye mahīpatino /
tad vacanaṃ anavaśeṣaṃ śrutvā ca praveśayitvā ca //
pratibhāṇito praviṣṭo siṃhahanusya svargasadṛśanilayaṃ /
indra iva nandanaṃ gato saṃkīrṇaṃ apsaragaṇehi //