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 1.41
evaṃ mārṣā abhiyo bhikṣu bhagavatā sarvābhibhūnā anuttarāye samyaksaṃbodhaye vyākṛto taṃ bhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca aprameyasya udārasya ca mahato avabhāsasya loke prādurbhāvo abhūṣi / yā ca tā loke lokāntarikā andhakārā andhakārārpitā tamisrā tamisrārpitā aghā asaṃviditā asaṃviditapūrvā yatra ime pi candramasūryā evaṃ maharddhikā mahānubhāvā ābhayā ābhāṃ nābhisaṃbhuṇanti ālokena vā ālokaṃ akāle api tenāvabhāsena sphuṭā abhunsuḥ // ye pi tatra satvā upapannā te pi anyamanyaṃ saṃjalpeṣu // anye pi kila bho iha satvā upapannā anye pi kila bho iha satvā upapannā anye pi kila bho iha satvā upapannā // ekāntasukhasamarpitā ca punaḥ tatkṣaṇaṃ tatmuhūrtaṃ sarve satvā abhunsuḥ ye pi avīcismiṃ mahānarake upapannā atikramya yeva devānāṃ devānubhāvaṃ nāgānāṃ nāgānubhāvaṃ yakṣāṇāṃ yakṣānubhāvaṃ // dhyāmāni ca abhunsuḥ mārabhavanāni nistejāni nirabhiramyāni / krośikāni