Sabhikasaugataśāsanapravrajyāvratacaraṇaparivarta · Verses 41-60
bho bhavantas tayā sārdhaṃ saṃvādaṃ kartum utsahe /
tad enāṃ samupānīya darśayantu puro mama
iti tena samākhyātaṃ śrutvā tatheti te janāḥ /
sahasā tatrāśrame gatvā tasyā yater upāśrayan
tān vīkṣya samupāsīnān sā parivrājikā mudā /
kimartham āgatā yūyam iti saṃparyapṛcchata
tac chrutvā te janāḥ sarve natvā sāṃjalayo mudā /
tāṃ mahādhiyam āpaśyan māthurā evam abruvan
eko 'tra brāhmaṇo vidvān sarvaśāstravicakṣaṇaḥ /
vedāntapārago vijño dakṣiṇātaḥ samāgataḥ
tat tena saha saṃvādaṃ kartuṃ yadi tvam icchasi /
sarvalokasabhāmadhye svaguṇaṃ saṃprakāśaya
śaknosi yadi vijñena saṃvādaṃ kuru mānini /
parājitā cet tena tvaṃ vayam apy upahāsyatāṃ
iti tair uktam ākarṇya sā parivrājikā sudhīḥ /
vāḍham icchāmi saṃvādaṃ kartuṃ tena dvijena hi
sarvalokasabhāmadhye darśayiṣyāmi madguṇaṃ /
iti tayā samuditaṃ śrutvā sarve savismayāḥ
sarveme tat pravṛttāntaṃ rājñaḥ puro nyavedayan /
tat samākarṇya rājā sa yathāmūbhyāṃ prabhāṣitaṃ
kārayata tathā yūyam iti tān avadaj janān /
tadanujñāṃ samāsādya sarve te muditā janāḥ
āmantrya tajjanān etad vṛttaṃ proktvaivam ūcire /
parivrājikayā sārdham amuyāpy ativijñayā
amuko brāhmaṇo vidvān saṃvādaṃ kartum icchati /
tac chrotuṃ ye 'bhivāñcchanti jñātuṃ caitad viśeṣatāṃ
sarve tatra samāyāntu pure 'taḥ saptame dine /
iti rājñā samādiṣṭaṃ prabhāṣantaḥ samantataḥ
ghaṇṭāghoṣaṃ samuccārya codayata sato janān /
iti tatkathitaṃ śrutvā sarve 'pi sajjanā mudā
tatra te muditāḥ sarve yathādiṣṭaṃ mahībhṛtā /
tathā ghaṇṭāṃ samunnādya sarvāṃl lokān vyanodayan // Svp_*55* //
tathāhīti pratijñāya ghaṇṭāghoṣam acārayan /
tat samākarṇya sarve 'pi sajjanā mathurāśritāḥ
tadvivādaṃ samicchantaḥ śrotuṃ draṣṭuṃ pracerire /
tadā vidyākaro mānī manasaivaṃ vyacintayat
sā parivrājikā vijñā kīdṛgvidyāvicakṣaṇā /
iti vicintya satrasthas tāṃ parivrājikāṃ satīṃ
draṣṭuṃ tatrāśrame gatvā lokān evam apṛcchata /
yā parivrājikā prājñā sā kā kuhasamāśritā
tāṃ bhavantaḥ samāmantrya saṃdarśayantu me drutaṃ /
iti tat kathitaṃ śrutvā tatrāntikasamāśritāḥ
Original text: Sabhikasaugataśāsanapravrajyāvratacaraṇaparivarta · Edition: Tilak Raj Chopra. "BHS triyantara and Hindi teṃtara ḥ Notes on a Folk-belief in the Mahāvastu and Some Other Buddhist Sanskrit Texts (Supplement: Text of the Sabhika-Parivarta, edited for the First Time from Manuscripts)". In: Frank-Richard Hamm Memorial Volume, October 8, 1990, ed. H. Eimer. Bonn 1990 (Indica et Tibetica, 21), pp. 19-46. · Data entry Klaus Wille · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0