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 3.194
udapāsi // so dāni amātyapāriṣadyān āmantrayati // gacchāma teṣāṃ ṛṣīṇāṃ darśanāya kumbhakārasya pravrajitasya ca upakasya ca gaṃgapālasya cāśramaṃ sarve te trayo ṛṣayo caturdhyānalābhī paṃcābhijñā maharddhikā mahānubhāvā ti / so kālo tathārūpāṇāṃ dakṣiṇeyānām darśanāyopasaṃkramaṇāya paryupāsanāya // amātyapāriṣadyā āhansuḥ // mā devo teṣāṃ sakāśaṃ gacchatu te nāma iha ānayitavyā // [so dāni gaṃgapālo rājño brahmadattasya āmravanaṃ gato nāpitabhāṇḍaṃ olaṃbayitvā pravrajito // atha khalu anyataro rājāmātyo rājānaṃ brahmadattaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
ayam eva so āmravano brahmadattasya śrīmato /
yatra kṣuraṃ ca bhāṇḍaṃ ca olaṃbitvā pravrajito //]
na devena hīnajātyānāṃ sakāśaṃ gantavyaṃ ti / tehi nāma devasya sakāśam āgantavyaṃ // rājā āha // na eṣa dharmo yaṃ dakṣiṇeyā vuccensuḥ iha āgacchatha rājānaṃ darśanāyeti / asmābhiḥ tatra gantavyaṃ ṛṣayo darśanāya // atha khalu rājā brahmadatto kumārāmātyasaṃparivṛto yena te ṛṣayas tenopasaṃkrame // atha khalu gaṃgapālo ṛṣir yena rājā brahmadattas tenopasaṃkramitvā rājānaṃ brahmadattam etad uvāca // svāgataṃ rājño brahmadattasya niṣīdatu rājā brahmadatto // atha khalu rājño brahmadattasya amātyapāriṣadyā gaṃgapālaṃ ṛṣiṃ vācāye santarjayensuḥ sacchambitaṃ karensuḥ // kiṃ
ayam eva so āmravano brahmadattasya śrīmato /
yatra kṣuraṃ ca bhāṇḍaṃ ca olaṃbitvā pravrajito //]
na devena hīnajātyānāṃ sakāśaṃ gantavyaṃ ti / tehi nāma devasya sakāśam āgantavyaṃ // rājā āha // na eṣa dharmo yaṃ dakṣiṇeyā vuccensuḥ iha āgacchatha rājānaṃ darśanāyeti / asmābhiḥ tatra gantavyaṃ ṛṣayo darśanāya // atha khalu rājā brahmadatto kumārāmātyasaṃparivṛto yena te ṛṣayas tenopasaṃkrame // atha khalu gaṃgapālo ṛṣir yena rājā brahmadattas tenopasaṃkramitvā rājānaṃ brahmadattam etad uvāca // svāgataṃ rājño brahmadattasya niṣīdatu rājā brahmadatto // atha khalu rājño brahmadattasya amātyapāriṣadyā gaṃgapālaṃ ṛṣiṃ vācāye santarjayensuḥ sacchambitaṃ karensuḥ // kiṃ