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 1.104
pudgalaṃ jīvitād vyaparopayitvā nirayaṃ gacchati // yaṃ bodhisatvāḥ saptasu bhūmiṣu prāṇātipātaṃ vā karonti adattaṃ vā haranti sarvaparipūrṇaṃ vā akuśalakarma na samarthaṃ bodhisatvaṃ nirayaṃ nayituṃ // yāni ca karmāṇi bodhisatvaiḥ purato praṇidhānasyopacitāni akuśalāni tāni ca prathamacittotpādāya āvṛtāni tiṣṭhanti yathā mahatā śailena mṛgasaṃgho // asaṃprāptasya praṇidhicittaṃ dvitīyatṛtīyacaturthapaṃcamaṣaṣṭhasaptamāsu jātiṣu vipacyati antaśo śīrṣaparitāpenāpi //
___evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // ye punar bho jinaputra bodhisatvā avaivartikā samyaksaṃbuddhān ārādhayitvā agārasthā anagāriyaṃ pravrajanti te tathāgatāḥ kevarūpeṇa ovādena ovadanti iti //
tataḥ kātyāyanasthaviraḥ kāśyapaṃ idam abravīt* /
dṛṣṭānte hi viviktābhiḥ kathābhiḥ anupūrvaśaḥ //
bodhisatvacaritaṃ mahāpakaṃ
jātakāparamateṣu kovidā /
deśayanti damadānasaṃvaraṃ
bodhisatvapariṣāya īśvarā //
yo mahājanahitāya sevate
karmam apratisamaṃ narottamaḥ /
ity eva taṃ ca matimāṃ tathāgato
bodhisatvapariṣāya bhāṣati //
so prabhuḥ bhagavato pravucyati
jñānapūrvakam upeti duṣkaraṃ /
___evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // ye punar bho jinaputra bodhisatvā avaivartikā samyaksaṃbuddhān ārādhayitvā agārasthā anagāriyaṃ pravrajanti te tathāgatāḥ kevarūpeṇa ovādena ovadanti iti //
tataḥ kātyāyanasthaviraḥ kāśyapaṃ idam abravīt* /
dṛṣṭānte hi viviktābhiḥ kathābhiḥ anupūrvaśaḥ //
bodhisatvacaritaṃ mahāpakaṃ
jātakāparamateṣu kovidā /
deśayanti damadānasaṃvaraṃ
bodhisatvapariṣāya īśvarā //
yo mahājanahitāya sevate
karmam apratisamaṃ narottamaḥ /
ity eva taṃ ca matimāṃ tathāgato
bodhisatvapariṣāya bhāṣati //
so prabhuḥ bhagavato pravucyati
jñānapūrvakam upeti duṣkaraṃ /