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 1.28
boddhavyaṃ abhisaṃboddhavyaṃ kartavyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ na ca vā loke kiñcit pāpaṃ karaṇīyaṃ ti vadāmi //
___āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano abhīkṣṇaṃ pretacārikāṃ gacchati // so paśyati satvāṃ pretaloke upapannā vividhāni duḥkhasahasrāṇi pratyanubhavanto // āyuṣmān kolito sthaviro caranto pretacārikāṃ adrākṣīt pretalokasmiṃ pretāṃ paramaduḥkhitāṃ mahākāyāṃ sūcīmukhāṃ sanniruddhakaṇṭhāṃ satatam abhyavaharantā tṛptiṃ na adhigacchantāṃ // kiṃ punar akṛtapuṇyāto yena kiṃcit na labhanti durvarṇā durdarśanā durgandhā durupetā alpeśākhyā pratikūladarśanā nagnakā apraticchannā kṣutpipāsāsamarpitā uccāraprasrāvakheṭasiṃhāṇikāpubbarudhiraṃ saṃpipāsanti // teṣāṃ karmavipākāto vāto vāyati asti pānīyam ti asti pānīyam ti asti kūraṃ asti yvāgū ti te taṃ ghoṣaṃ śrutvā nadīyo ca parvatāṃ ca laṃghayitvā gacchanti ettha vayaṃ khādiṣyāmaḥ ettha vayaṃ bhuṃjiṣyāmaḥ ettha vayaṃ pibiṣyāmo ti // tathā te pūrvaṃ āśāṃ kṛtvā nirāśā bhavanti // teṣāṃ nāsti nāstīti vāto vāyati te taṃ śabdaṃ śrutvā nirāśā tenaiva avakubjā prapatanti // pretī gāthāṃ bhāṣāte //
paṃcānāṃ varṣaśatānāṃ ayaṃ ghoṣo mayā śrutaṃ /
pānīyaṃ pretalokasmiṃ paśya yāva sudurlabhaṃ //
___āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano abhīkṣṇaṃ pretacārikāṃ gacchati // so paśyati satvāṃ pretaloke upapannā vividhāni duḥkhasahasrāṇi pratyanubhavanto // āyuṣmān kolito sthaviro caranto pretacārikāṃ adrākṣīt pretalokasmiṃ pretāṃ paramaduḥkhitāṃ mahākāyāṃ sūcīmukhāṃ sanniruddhakaṇṭhāṃ satatam abhyavaharantā tṛptiṃ na adhigacchantāṃ // kiṃ punar akṛtapuṇyāto yena kiṃcit na labhanti durvarṇā durdarśanā durgandhā durupetā alpeśākhyā pratikūladarśanā nagnakā apraticchannā kṣutpipāsāsamarpitā uccāraprasrāvakheṭasiṃhāṇikāpubbarudhiraṃ saṃpipāsanti // teṣāṃ karmavipākāto vāto vāyati asti pānīyam ti asti pānīyam ti asti kūraṃ asti yvāgū ti te taṃ ghoṣaṃ śrutvā nadīyo ca parvatāṃ ca laṃghayitvā gacchanti ettha vayaṃ khādiṣyāmaḥ ettha vayaṃ bhuṃjiṣyāmaḥ ettha vayaṃ pibiṣyāmo ti // tathā te pūrvaṃ āśāṃ kṛtvā nirāśā bhavanti // teṣāṃ nāsti nāstīti vāto vāyati te taṃ śabdaṃ śrutvā nirāśā tenaiva avakubjā prapatanti // pretī gāthāṃ bhāṣāte //
paṃcānāṃ varṣaśatānāṃ ayaṃ ghoṣo mayā śrutaṃ /
pānīyaṃ pretalokasmiṃ paśya yāva sudurlabhaṃ //