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 1.83
dharmāṇāṃ prādurbhāvo bhavati // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyano āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapaṃ gāthābhir adhyabhāṣati //
sanagaranigamasaritā raṇati vasumatī prabhūtaratnavatī /
prabhavati yadā prathamato praṇidhānaṃ jagatpradhānānāṃ //
divasakarasadṛśatejaś cābhāso vikasate diśaḥ sarvāḥ /
yadā puruṣasiṃhatāye ādyapraṇidhiḥ samudbhavati //
suravaragaṇāś ca udagrāḥ paraṃparān abhigirām udīrenti /
eṣa narasiṃhatāye praṇidheti anantavūdagro //
asmābhiḥ rakṣitavya eṣa hi jagato'rthaṃ atitejasvī /
cinoti śubhaṃ śubhakaro idam āścaryaṃ tadā bhavati //
evam ukte āyuṣmān kāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // ye ime bho jinaputra avivartikā bodhisatvā kevattakāni taiḥ prathamāyāṃ bhūmau sthitaiḥ duṣkarāṇi kṛtānīti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapaṃ ślokān uvāca //
bhāryāṃ priyāṃ hṛdisukhāṃś ca sutāṃ śirāṃsi
netrāṇi cābharaṇavāhanavistarāṃś ca /
dattvā na viśramam upenty atha dainyatāṃ vā
sanagaranigamasaritā raṇati vasumatī prabhūtaratnavatī /
prabhavati yadā prathamato praṇidhānaṃ jagatpradhānānāṃ //
divasakarasadṛśatejaś cābhāso vikasate diśaḥ sarvāḥ /
yadā puruṣasiṃhatāye ādyapraṇidhiḥ samudbhavati //
suravaragaṇāś ca udagrāḥ paraṃparān abhigirām udīrenti /
eṣa narasiṃhatāye praṇidheti anantavūdagro //
asmābhiḥ rakṣitavya eṣa hi jagato'rthaṃ atitejasvī /
cinoti śubhaṃ śubhakaro idam āścaryaṃ tadā bhavati //
evam ukte āyuṣmān kāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // ye ime bho jinaputra avivartikā bodhisatvā kevattakāni taiḥ prathamāyāṃ bhūmau sthitaiḥ duṣkarāṇi kṛtānīti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapaṃ ślokān uvāca //
bhāryāṃ priyāṃ hṛdisukhāṃś ca sutāṃ śirāṃsi
netrāṇi cābharaṇavāhanavistarāṃś ca /
dattvā na viśramam upenty atha dainyatāṃ vā