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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 1.10
mahadbhayaṃkarā sarve arciśatasamākulā /
ekaiko yojanaśataṃ ādāye saṃprabhāsati //
yatra satvā bahū raudrā mahākilviṣakārakā /
ciraṃ kālaṃ patappanti api ca varṣaśatāni api //
ayomayehi daṇḍehi sthūlanarakapālakāḥ /
hananti pratyamitrāṇi ye bhonti kṛtakilviṣā //
teṣām ahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi girā yam anupūrvaśaḥ /
śrotum ādāya satkṛtya śṛṇotha mama bhāṣataḥ //
saṃjīve satvā niraye ūrdhapādā adhośirāḥ /
pralaṃbayitvā takṣyanti vāsīhi paraśūhi ca //
tato nakhehi tīkṣṇehi āyasehi svayaṃbhuhi /
anyamanyaṃ vivādenti kruddhā krodhavaśānugāḥ //
asino cāparā teṣāṃ tīkṣṇā hasteṣu jāyitha /
yehi cchindanti anyonyaṃ praduṣṭamanasā narāḥ // {Senart: praduṣtamanasārakā}
teṣāṃ sīdanti gātrāṇi śītalavāta ūhatā /
sarvāṅgajvalanas teṣāṃ pūrvakarmavipākataḥ //
evaṃ śāstā yathābhūtam abhijñāya tathāgato /
saṃjīvam iti ākhyāsi āvāsaṃ pāpakarmaṇāṃ //
ekaiko yojanaśataṃ ādāye saṃprabhāsati //
yatra satvā bahū raudrā mahākilviṣakārakā /
ciraṃ kālaṃ patappanti api ca varṣaśatāni api //
ayomayehi daṇḍehi sthūlanarakapālakāḥ /
hananti pratyamitrāṇi ye bhonti kṛtakilviṣā //
teṣām ahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi girā yam anupūrvaśaḥ /
śrotum ādāya satkṛtya śṛṇotha mama bhāṣataḥ //
saṃjīve satvā niraye ūrdhapādā adhośirāḥ /
pralaṃbayitvā takṣyanti vāsīhi paraśūhi ca //
tato nakhehi tīkṣṇehi āyasehi svayaṃbhuhi /
anyamanyaṃ vivādenti kruddhā krodhavaśānugāḥ //
asino cāparā teṣāṃ tīkṣṇā hasteṣu jāyitha /
yehi cchindanti anyonyaṃ praduṣṭamanasā narāḥ // {Senart: praduṣtamanasārakā}
teṣāṃ sīdanti gātrāṇi śītalavāta ūhatā /
sarvāṅgajvalanas teṣāṃ pūrvakarmavipākataḥ //
evaṃ śāstā yathābhūtam abhijñāya tathāgato /
saṃjīvam iti ākhyāsi āvāsaṃ pāpakarmaṇāṃ //