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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 1.18
kasya karmasya vipākena tatra satvā upapadyanti // yehi iha baddhā bhavanti hastinigaḍādibhiḥ karmakārāpitā vā bhavanti ettakānāṃ hastāni chindatha pādāni chindatha ettakānāṃ nāsā ettakānāṃ snāyumānsaṃ utpāṭetha ettakānāṃ bāhu ettakānāṃ pṛṣṭhimānsaṃ utpāṭetha paṃcavāraṃ vā daśavārakaṃ vā tasya karmasya vipākena tatra satvā upapadyanti // evaṃ khalu punaḥ ādhipateyamātram etaṃ tatropapatteḥ // tatropapannā anyeṣāṃ pi pāpakānām akuśalānāṃ karmaṇāṃ vipākaṃ pratyanubhavanti // tatra te nairayikā nirayapālais tāḍyamānā paribhāṣyamāṇāḥ subhassū ti āhansu // te saṃbhītā bahūni prāṇasahasrāṇi yathā naivajīvāni evan tiṣṭhanti // atha yamapālānāṃ paṭṭānāṃ taptānāṃ saṃprajvalitānāṃ sajyotibhūtānāṃ bahūni paṭṭasahasrāṇi purato vaihāyasā gacchanti teṣāṃ dāni āgacchantāṃ śabdaṃ karonti / etāni āgacchantīti // tāni teṣāṃ āgatvā pratyekaṃ gātrāṇi pariveṣṭanti // tatra teṣāṃ chaviṃ nirdahanti carma pi mānsaṃ pi snāyuṃ pi nirdahanti yathā sarvaṃ pi nirdagdhaṃ bhavati // atha teṣāṃ āvṛṃhitaṃ tacchavimānsalohitaṃ vyavadahyati // te tathābhūtā adhimātraṃ duḥkhā vedanāṃ vedayanti na ca punaḥ kālaṃ karonti yāva sānaṃ taṃ pāpakaṃ karma vyantīkṛtaṃ na bhavati // evaṃ khalu punaḥ ādhipateyamātram etaṃ tatropapatteḥ / tatr0papannā anyeṣāṃ pi pāpakānām