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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 1.97
___evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // ye punar bho jinaputra bodhisatvā avaivartiyā prathamaṃ cittam utpādayanti bodhāya kevarūpeṇa sukhena yujyanti kevattakāś ca satvā sukhasātasaṃgatā bhavantīti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapaṃ gāthābhir adhyabhāṣi //
sarvasatva sukhasātasaṃgatā
saṃbhavanti yad acintyam adbhutaṃ /
jāyate yada mano maharṣiṇāṃ
bodhimārgaparibhāvanātmakaṃ //
saptarātram iti niścayāś ca ye
ye pi te nirayadāruṇālayā /
ye ca pretabhavaneṣu prāṇino
te bhavanti sukhitāś ca nāma //
saptarātraṃ na cyavanti prāṇino
bodhisatvakuśalānukaṃpayā /
kṣubhyate ca vasudhā sasamudrā
saprabho bhramati merumastakaḥ //
bhūmi sandhiṣu ayaṃ pravartate
niścalā nabhasi naātra saṃśayaḥ /
teṣu sarvaśubhakarmarāśināṃ
tejasā bhramati sarvasaṃtataṃ //
sarvasatva sukhasātasaṃgatā
saṃbhavanti yad acintyam adbhutaṃ /
jāyate yada mano maharṣiṇāṃ
bodhimārgaparibhāvanātmakaṃ //
saptarātram iti niścayāś ca ye
ye pi te nirayadāruṇālayā /
ye ca pretabhavaneṣu prāṇino
te bhavanti sukhitāś ca nāma //
saptarātraṃ na cyavanti prāṇino
bodhisatvakuśalānukaṃpayā /
kṣubhyate ca vasudhā sasamudrā
saprabho bhramati merumastakaḥ //
bhūmi sandhiṣu ayaṃ pravartate
niścalā nabhasi naātra saṃśayaḥ /
teṣu sarvaśubhakarmarāśināṃ
tejasā bhramati sarvasaṃtataṃ //