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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 1.74
niṣprabho bhavati no ca bhrājati /
udgate jinadivākare tathā
niṣprabhā paragaṇī asaṃyatā //
ṛddhipādabalapāramiṃ gato
īśvaro jinabalena cakṣumāṃ /
locanaṃ bhagavatasya paśyatha
nirvṛto kanakabimbasannibho //
dhig bhavāṃ sarada-abhrasannibhā
vālikānagararūpasannibhā /
yatra nāma kuśalāna saṃcayo
nirvṛto paramabuddhisāgaro //
hetukāraṇaśatehi nāyako
nardate puruṣasiṃhanarditaṃ /
bhavam ananyamaraṇaṃ nirīkṣya
tasya uktam antaraṃ na vidyate //
divyapuṣpavaramaṇḍitaṃ nabhaṃ
śobhate sugatavarṇabhāṣaṇe /
divyacandanarasānuvāsitaṃ
śobhate amṛtagandhikaṃ nabham iti //
atha khalv āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapam āmantrayati // vyavasthāpaya jinaputra vaśibhūtā ye pariṣāyāṃ saṃśayagatāni mānasāni vijāneyur iti //
udgate jinadivākare tathā
niṣprabhā paragaṇī asaṃyatā //
ṛddhipādabalapāramiṃ gato
īśvaro jinabalena cakṣumāṃ /
locanaṃ bhagavatasya paśyatha
nirvṛto kanakabimbasannibho //
dhig bhavāṃ sarada-abhrasannibhā
vālikānagararūpasannibhā /
yatra nāma kuśalāna saṃcayo
nirvṛto paramabuddhisāgaro //
hetukāraṇaśatehi nāyako
nardate puruṣasiṃhanarditaṃ /
bhavam ananyamaraṇaṃ nirīkṣya
tasya uktam antaraṃ na vidyate //
divyapuṣpavaramaṇḍitaṃ nabhaṃ
śobhate sugatavarṇabhāṣaṇe /
divyacandanarasānuvāsitaṃ
śobhate amṛtagandhikaṃ nabham iti //
atha khalv āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapam āmantrayati // vyavasthāpaya jinaputra vaśibhūtā ye pariṣāyāṃ saṃśayagatāni mānasāni vijāneyur iti //