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 1.55
nāma balavān puruṣaḥ saṃmiṃjitaṃ bāhuṃ prasārayet prasāritaṃ ca bāhuṃ saṃmiṃjayet* ekakṣaṇena padavītihāreṇa rājagṛhād vaihāyasam abhyudgamya śuddhāvāsadevanikāye pratyasthāt* // adrākṣīt śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrā āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanaṃ dūrata evāgacchantaṃ // dṛṣṭvā ca punar yenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanas tenopasaṃkramitvā āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte asthāsi // ekānte sthitvā ca te saṃbahulā śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrā āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanaṃ gāthābhiḥ adhyabhāṣasi //
kalpāna śatasahasraṃ saṃdhāvitvāna bodhiparipākaṃ /
sucirasi anantaratano buddho lokasmiṃ upapanno //
___itthaṃ vaditvāna te saṃbahulā śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrā āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte asthāsi // ekānte sthitvā antarhitā // atha khalv āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasyaitat abhavat* // evaṃ durlabhā bodhir yatra hi nāma kalpānāṃ śatasahasreṇa // atha khalv āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanas tadyathā balavān puruṣaḥ saṃmiñjitāṃ bāhāṃ prasārayet prasāritāṃ vā bāhāṃ saṃmiñjayet* ettakena kṣaṇavītihāreṇa śuddhāvāsato devanikāyāto antarhitaḥ rājagṛhe nagare pratyasthā // athāyuṣmān
kalpāna śatasahasraṃ saṃdhāvitvāna bodhiparipākaṃ /
sucirasi anantaratano buddho lokasmiṃ upapanno //
___itthaṃ vaditvāna te saṃbahulā śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrā āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte asthāsi // ekānte sthitvā antarhitā // atha khalv āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasyaitat abhavat* // evaṃ durlabhā bodhir yatra hi nāma kalpānāṃ śatasahasreṇa // atha khalv āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanas tadyathā balavān puruṣaḥ saṃmiñjitāṃ bāhāṃ prasārayet prasāritāṃ vā bāhāṃ saṃmiñjayet* ettakena kṣaṇavītihāreṇa śuddhāvāsato devanikāyāto antarhitaḥ rājagṛhe nagare pratyasthā // athāyuṣmān