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 1.67
dṛśya taṃ pravararūpadhāriṇaṃ
kāṣṭhasaṃcayagataṃ tathāgataṃ /
dhig bhavān iti girām udīrayī
darśitaprakṛtibhāvalakṣaṇāṃ //
ko nu so bhavam upetya prāṇako
yo na mṛtyuvaśam āgamiṣyati /
yatr'; ayaṃ jvalanakāṃcanopamo
nirvṛto śikhir ivendhanaṃ vinā //
kṛtva aṃjalipuṭaṃ mahāyaśo
pādato jinavarasya kāśyapo /
mūrdhinā nipatito maharṣiṇo
paścimaṃ idaṃ namasyate mune //
tau ca cakravaralakṣitau kramau
devadānavavarehi vanditau /
niḥsṛtau tatha vidārya tāṃ citāṃ
devayakṣabhujagānubhāvitau //
tau kramau śirasi sannipātiya
pāṇibhiḥ samanugṛhya cā mune /
ālape śrutidharaṃ maharṣiṇaṃ
antikāvacaraḥ kāśyapas tadā //
kāṣṭhasaṃcayagataṃ tathāgataṃ /
dhig bhavān iti girām udīrayī
darśitaprakṛtibhāvalakṣaṇāṃ //
ko nu so bhavam upetya prāṇako
yo na mṛtyuvaśam āgamiṣyati /
yatr'; ayaṃ jvalanakāṃcanopamo
nirvṛto śikhir ivendhanaṃ vinā //
kṛtva aṃjalipuṭaṃ mahāyaśo
pādato jinavarasya kāśyapo /
mūrdhinā nipatito maharṣiṇo
paścimaṃ idaṃ namasyate mune //
tau ca cakravaralakṣitau kramau
devadānavavarehi vanditau /
niḥsṛtau tatha vidārya tāṃ citāṃ
devayakṣabhujagānubhāvitau //
tau kramau śirasi sannipātiya
pāṇibhiḥ samanugṛhya cā mune /
ālape śrutidharaṃ maharṣiṇaṃ
antikāvacaraḥ kāśyapas tadā //