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 1.50
tathāgato'rhaṃ samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca yathāpīdaṃ bhagavān samitāvir etarahiṃ dvātriṃśatīhi mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇehi samanvāgato aśītihi anuvyaṃjanehi upaśobhitaśarīro aṣṭādaśāveṇikehi buddhadharmehi samanvāgato daśahi tathāgatabalehi balavāṃ caturhi vaiśāradyehi suviśārado yathāyaṃ bhagavān samitāvī samyaksaṃbuddho etarahiṃ evañ ca tīrṇo tārayeyaṃ āśvasto āśvāsayeyaṃ parinirvṛto parinirvāpayeyaṃ / taṃ bhaveyaṃ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukaṃpāya mahato janakāyasyārthāya sukhāya hitāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca // evaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyana tathāgatasya ayaṃ praṇidhiḥ //
evaṃ ahaṃ lokam imaṃ careyaṃ
yathā ayaṃ carati asaṃgamānaso /
cakraṃ pravarteya ananyasādṛśo
bhaveyam ahaṃ devamanuṣyapūjito //
___atha khalu samitāvino samyaksaṃbuddhasya etad abhūṣi // kiṃ nu khalu mayi parinirvṛte imehi ca śrāvakehi parinirvṛtehi imasmiṃ dharmākhyāne'ntarahite ito kettakasya nu khalu kālasya buddho bhagavān loke upapadiṣyati // ekasmiṃ kalpe na adrākṣīt* /
evaṃ ahaṃ lokam imaṃ careyaṃ
yathā ayaṃ carati asaṃgamānaso /
cakraṃ pravarteya ananyasādṛśo
bhaveyam ahaṃ devamanuṣyapūjito //
___atha khalu samitāvino samyaksaṃbuddhasya etad abhūṣi // kiṃ nu khalu mayi parinirvṛte imehi ca śrāvakehi parinirvṛtehi imasmiṃ dharmākhyāne'ntarahite ito kettakasya nu khalu kālasya buddho bhagavān loke upapadiṣyati // ekasmiṃ kalpe na adrākṣīt* /