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 1.35
carituṃ yan nūnāhaṃ yena śuddhāvāso devanikāyo ten'; upasaṃkrameyaṃ / ciraṃ me śuddhāvāsaṃ devanikāyaṃ upasaṃkrāntasya // atha khalu āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyana padavītihāreṇa ṛddhīye yena śuddhāvāsaṃ devanikāyaṃ tena prakrāmi // adrākṣuḥ sambahulā śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrā āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanaṃ dūrato yevāgacchantaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca punar yenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano tena pratyudgatāsuḥ // ettha ettha āryo mahāmaudgalyāyano / svāgatam āryamahāmaudgalyāyanasya anurāgam āryasya mahāmaudgalyāyanasya / cirasya punaḥ āryo mahāmaudgalyāyano paryāyam akārṣīt* yad idaṃ iha āgamanāya // atha khalu te saṃbahulā śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrā āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya pādau śirasā vanditvā ekamante sthitā // tatra anyataro śuddhāvāsakāyiko devaputro āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanam etad avocat* // āścaryam idam ārya mahāmaudgalyāyana adbhutam idam ārya mahāmaudgalyāyana yāvadduḥkhasamudānīyā anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhiḥ yad idaṃ kalpānāṃ śatasahasreṇa // atha khalu bhagavan so śuddhāvāsakāyiko devaputro āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanaṃ adhyabhāṣi // kalpāna śatasahasraṃ abhiyo nāma bhikṣu sarāgo abhūṣi sadoṣo samoho // tena khalu punaḥ maudgalyāyana samayena vasumataṃ