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 1.105
tasya loki sadṛśo sudurlabho
bodhisatva iti śāsane jinaḥ //
evam ādikaṃ bho dhutadharmadhara samyaksaṃbuddhā bodhisatvaparṣāyaṃ dharmaṃ deśayantīti //
___evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam idam uvāca // yānīmāni bho jinaputra jātakāni jinabhāṣitāni imāni kutaḥprabhṛtikāni vijñeyānīti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapam idam uvāca // yānīmāni bho dhutadharmadhara jātakāni jinabhāṣitāni imāṃ aṣṭamāṃ bhūmīṃ prapadyantīti //
___evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam idam uvāca // kutaḥ prabhṛti bho jinaputra bodhisatvāḥ sarvasvaparityāgāṃś ca parityajanti duṣkaraparityāgāṃś ceti // evam ukte mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapam uvāca // aṣṭamāṃ bhūmiṃ prabhṛti bho dhutadharmadhara bodhisatvāḥ sarvasvaparityāgāṃś ca parityajanti duṣkaraparityāgāṃ ca kurvanti iti // aṣṭamāṃ bhūmiṃ prabhṛti bho dhutadharmadhara bodhisatvāḥ samyaksaṃbuddhapūjayā pūjayitavyā iti // tatredam ucyate //
aṣṭamāṃ prabhṛti bhūmiṃ bodhisatvā jinātmaja /
samyaksaṃbuddhā iti draṣṭavyā ataḥ prabhṛty anivartiyāḥ //
ataḥ prabhṛti dhyānāni gambhīrāṇi labhanti te /
bodhisatva iti śāsane jinaḥ //
evam ādikaṃ bho dhutadharmadhara samyaksaṃbuddhā bodhisatvaparṣāyaṃ dharmaṃ deśayantīti //
___evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam idam uvāca // yānīmāni bho jinaputra jātakāni jinabhāṣitāni imāni kutaḥprabhṛtikāni vijñeyānīti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapam idam uvāca // yānīmāni bho dhutadharmadhara jātakāni jinabhāṣitāni imāṃ aṣṭamāṃ bhūmīṃ prapadyantīti //
___evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam idam uvāca // kutaḥ prabhṛti bho jinaputra bodhisatvāḥ sarvasvaparityāgāṃś ca parityajanti duṣkaraparityāgāṃś ceti // evam ukte mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapam uvāca // aṣṭamāṃ bhūmiṃ prabhṛti bho dhutadharmadhara bodhisatvāḥ sarvasvaparityāgāṃś ca parityajanti duṣkaraparityāgāṃ ca kurvanti iti // aṣṭamāṃ bhūmiṃ prabhṛti bho dhutadharmadhara bodhisatvāḥ samyaksaṃbuddhapūjayā pūjayitavyā iti // tatredam ucyate //
aṣṭamāṃ prabhṛti bhūmiṃ bodhisatvā jinātmaja /
samyaksaṃbuddhā iti draṣṭavyā ataḥ prabhṛty anivartiyāḥ //
ataḥ prabhṛti dhyānāni gambhīrāṇi labhanti te /