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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 1.43
narake pakvavipakvā apāyaprapīḍitāṃ maraṇadharmā /
alpasukhaduḥkhabahulāṃ bhavasaṃsārāt pramoceyaṃ //
arthaṃ careyaṃ loke devamanuṣyāṇāṃ deśiya dharmaṃ /
evaṃ vineya satvāṃ yathā ayaṃ lokapradyoto //
evaṃ ahaṃ lokam imaṃ careyaṃ
yathā ayaṃ carati asaṃgamānaso /
cakraṃ va varteya ananyasādṛśo
susatkṛto devamanuṣyapūjito //
praṇidhiṃ ca jñātvā susamudgato jino
sarvehi hetūbhi upasthitehi/
akhaṇḍa-acchidram avraṇaṃ viyākare
arthadarśī matimāṃ //
buddho tuvaṃ hohisi lokanāyako
anāgate kalpaśatasahasre /
kapilāhvaye ṛṣivadanasmiṃ śākiyo
tadā ayaṃ praṇidhi vipākam eṣyati //
atha sāgarāvalimahī prakampate ca divi devasaṃgheṣu /
vyākaraṇaṃ tasya dyutimato abhyudgami abhyudgataṃ ghoṣaṃ //
alpasukhaduḥkhabahulāṃ bhavasaṃsārāt pramoceyaṃ //
arthaṃ careyaṃ loke devamanuṣyāṇāṃ deśiya dharmaṃ /
evaṃ vineya satvāṃ yathā ayaṃ lokapradyoto //
evaṃ ahaṃ lokam imaṃ careyaṃ
yathā ayaṃ carati asaṃgamānaso /
cakraṃ va varteya ananyasādṛśo
susatkṛto devamanuṣyapūjito //
praṇidhiṃ ca jñātvā susamudgato jino
sarvehi hetūbhi upasthitehi/
akhaṇḍa-acchidram avraṇaṃ viyākare
arthadarśī matimāṃ //
buddho tuvaṃ hohisi lokanāyako
anāgate kalpaśatasahasre /
kapilāhvaye ṛṣivadanasmiṃ śākiyo
tadā ayaṃ praṇidhi vipākam eṣyati //
atha sāgarāvalimahī prakampate ca divi devasaṃgheṣu /
vyākaraṇaṃ tasya dyutimato abhyudgami abhyudgataṃ ghoṣaṃ //