The Sanskrit Text of Buddha-carita Aśvaghoṣa - buddhanet-de-index

12The Buddha-caritaBook I [Bhagavatprasūtiḥ]nudannidāghaṁ jitacārucaṁdramāḥ sa vaṁdyate ’rhanniha yasya nopamā || 1.1* 1āsīdviśālonnatasānulakṣmyā payodapaṁktyeva parītapārśvam |udagradhiṣṇyaṁ gagaṇe ’vagāḍhaṁ puraṁ maharṣeḥ kapilasya vastu || 1.2*bhramādupetān vahadaṁbuvāhān saṁbhāvanāṁ vā saphalīcakāra || 1.3*ratnaprabhodbhāsini yatra lebhe tamo na dāridryamivāvakāśam |parārdhyapauraiḥ sahavāsatoṣāt kyadvedikātoraṇasiṁhakarṇairatnairdadhānaṁ prativeśama śobhām |rāmāmukheṁdūn paribhūtapadmān yatrāpayāto ’pyavimanya bhānuḥ |saṁtāpayogādiva vāri veṣṭuṁ paścātsamudrābhimukhaḥ pratasthe || 1.6*iti dhvajaiścārucalatpatākairyanmārṣṭumasyāṁkamivodayacchat || 1.7*sauvarṇaharmyeṣu gatārkapādairdivā sarojadyutimālalaṁbe || 1.8*adhyāśayo vā sphuṭapudarīkaṁ purādhirājaṁ tadalaṁcakāra || 1.9*īśo ’pibhujena yasyābhihatāḥ pataṁto dviṣaddvipeṁdrāḥ samarāṁgaṇeṣu |udvāṁtamuktāprakaraiḥ śirobhirbhaktyeva puṣpāṁjalibhiḥ praṇemuḥ || 1.11*1 Verses marked with an asterick are omitted from Johnson’s edition as being spurious, andhave not been analysed here.