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 1.4
saṃsarati bodhisatvo satvānām arthaṃ cintayanto yathātathaṃ kālajño samayajño pudgalaparāparajñatākuśalo samayam abhikāṃkṣamāṇo tuṣitakāyaṃ upāgamesi / tuṣitabhavane bhavanudo bhavo anityo ti bhāvayanto sugato carimaṃ bhavam upāgami // bhagavān bhavavipramokṣāye ekatilakolabhakṣo paramakṛśo duṣkarantapo acari / paramaśarīrapīḍo jānanto na eṣa mārgo ti vipramokṣāya nadīkālasamaye nadīye nairaṃjanāye snāyitvā agrapure gayasāhvaye niṣīde siṃho vā asaṃtrasto / purime yāme anaghaṃ divyaṃ cakṣur yoniśo viśodhetvā satvānām āgatigatiṃ vividhāṃ bhagavāṃ abhijñāsi // yāme madhyamasmiṃ pūrvanivāsaṃ anusmarasi itareṣāṃ ātmano ca pūrvaṃ ca nivāsavāraṃ bahuprakāraṃ abhijñāsi // yāme ca paścimasmiṃ yaṃ jñeyaṃ puruṣadamyasārathinā sarvantam ekakṣaṇe svayambhūsamatāṃ samanubudhye iti //
_____śrīmahāvastunidānagāthā samāptā //
bhagavān samyaksaṃbuddho yad arthaṃ samudāgato tad arthaṃ abhisaṃbhāvayitvā srāvastīyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca vistareṇa nidānaṃ kṛtyaṃ //
___atha āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano'bhīkṣṇaṃ nirayacārikāṃ gacchati // tatra satvāṃ
_____śrīmahāvastunidānagāthā samāptā //
bhagavān samyaksaṃbuddho yad arthaṃ samudāgato tad arthaṃ abhisaṃbhāvayitvā srāvastīyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca vistareṇa nidānaṃ kṛtyaṃ //
___atha āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano'bhīkṣṇaṃ nirayacārikāṃ gacchati // tatra satvāṃ