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 1.101
evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapo āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // ye punar bho jinaputra bodhisatvā avivartikatāye sansthihanti kevattakāni karmāṇi asthānatāye samupacaranti iti //
tataḥ kātyāyanasthavīro jinaśāstraviśāradaḥ /
kāśyapaṃ dhutadharmāṇaṃ gāthābhir adhyabhāṣata //
yāni karmāṇi sevante bodhisatvā vijānatha /
asthānatāye na sevante yāni tāni vijānatha //
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caivāpy arahantaṃ tathaiva ca /
jīvitā na viropenti bodhisatvā mahāyaśāḥ //
saṃghaṃ ca te na bhindanti na ca stūpabhedakā /
na te tathāgate cittaṃ dūṣayanti kathaṃcana //
na te pāpāni sevante viparītāye dṛṣṭiye /
alpaṃ kṛtaṃ na nāśenti kiṃ mama punar yaṃ bahuṃ //
saṃsarantā ca saṃsāre na jātu dṛṣṭipūrvake /
pratirajyanti dharmārthe puṇye vā jñānapūrvake //
yasya vṛkṣasya chāyāyāṃ sīdanti ca śayanti ca /
na tasya patrahiṃsā ca na ghātenti ca roṣitāḥ //
daśa karmapathāṃ kuśalāṃ sevanti puruṣottamā /
tataḥ kātyāyanasthavīro jinaśāstraviśāradaḥ /
kāśyapaṃ dhutadharmāṇaṃ gāthābhir adhyabhāṣata //
yāni karmāṇi sevante bodhisatvā vijānatha /
asthānatāye na sevante yāni tāni vijānatha //
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caivāpy arahantaṃ tathaiva ca /
jīvitā na viropenti bodhisatvā mahāyaśāḥ //
saṃghaṃ ca te na bhindanti na ca stūpabhedakā /
na te tathāgate cittaṃ dūṣayanti kathaṃcana //
na te pāpāni sevante viparītāye dṛṣṭiye /
alpaṃ kṛtaṃ na nāśenti kiṃ mama punar yaṃ bahuṃ //
saṃsarantā ca saṃsāre na jātu dṛṣṭipūrvake /
pratirajyanti dharmārthe puṇye vā jñānapūrvake //
yasya vṛkṣasya chāyāyāṃ sīdanti ca śayanti ca /
na tasya patrahiṃsā ca na ghātenti ca roṣitāḥ //
daśa karmapathāṃ kuśalāṃ sevanti puruṣottamā /