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 1.53
samyaksaṃbuddhasya // anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ prārthayamāno prāsādaśatasahasraṃ ratnamayaṃ ahaṃ cakravartī santo samitāvino adāsi // kalpasmiṃ ito asaṃkhyeye
so taṃ dānaṃ datvā praṇidhesi lokanāyako asyāṃ /
devamanuṣyācāryo āryaṃ dharmaṃ prakāśeyyaṃ //
evaṃ ca mahyaṃ asyā prakāśanā deśanā ca dharmasya /
evaṃ ca bahuṃ satvaṃ ārye dharme niveśeyyaṃ //
evaṃ ca me śruṇensuḥ devamanuṣyā subhāṣitaṃ vākyaṃ /
evaṃ ca dharmacakraṃ pravartaye bahujanahitāya //
dharmolkāṃ vicareyaṃ parāhaṇe dharmabherīṃ sapatākāṃ/
ucchreyaṃ dharmaketum āryaṃ śaṃkhaṃ prapūreyaṃ //
kṛcchrāpanne loke jātijarāpīḍite maraṇadharme /
bhavacakṣuke apāyā prajñāskandhaṃ niveśeyaṃ //
saṃjīve kālasūtre saṃghāte raurave avīcismiṃ /
ṣaṭsu gatīṣu vikīrṇāṃ bhavasaṃsārāt pramoceyaṃ //
narake pakvavipakvāṃ apāyaprapīḍitāṃ maraṇadharmāṃ /
alpasukhaduḥkhabahulāṃ bhavasaṃsārāt pramoceyaṃ //
so taṃ dānaṃ datvā praṇidhesi lokanāyako asyāṃ /
devamanuṣyācāryo āryaṃ dharmaṃ prakāśeyyaṃ //
evaṃ ca mahyaṃ asyā prakāśanā deśanā ca dharmasya /
evaṃ ca bahuṃ satvaṃ ārye dharme niveśeyyaṃ //
evaṃ ca me śruṇensuḥ devamanuṣyā subhāṣitaṃ vākyaṃ /
evaṃ ca dharmacakraṃ pravartaye bahujanahitāya //
dharmolkāṃ vicareyaṃ parāhaṇe dharmabherīṃ sapatākāṃ/
ucchreyaṃ dharmaketum āryaṃ śaṃkhaṃ prapūreyaṃ //
kṛcchrāpanne loke jātijarāpīḍite maraṇadharme /
bhavacakṣuke apāyā prajñāskandhaṃ niveśeyaṃ //
saṃjīve kālasūtre saṃghāte raurave avīcismiṃ /
ṣaṭsu gatīṣu vikīrṇāṃ bhavasaṃsārāt pramoceyaṃ //
narake pakvavipakvāṃ apāyaprapīḍitāṃ maraṇadharmāṃ /
alpasukhaduḥkhabahulāṃ bhavasaṃsārāt pramoceyaṃ //