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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 1.107
lokena viṣamaṃ bhavati bodhisatvānam uttamaṃ //
anutpādāc ca buddhānāṃ paṃcābhijñā bhavanti te /
naiṣkramyam anuvarṇayanti kāmeṣu doṣadarśinaḥ //
ataḥ prabhṛti devāś ca asurā brahmaṇā saha /
guṇaiḥ teṣāṃ anurajyantā āgacchanti kṛtāṃjalī //
vaśibhūtāna yā ceṣṭā bodhisatvāna tādṛśī /
aṣṭamābhūmiṃ yā ceṣṭā bhavanti tādṛśī tathā //
evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // ye ime bho jinaputra bodhisatvā avaivartikāḥ cakravartirājyāni kārayanti kevarūpaṃ dharmaṃ deśayanti satvānāṃ anutpāde ca buddhānāṃ kevarūpeṇa saṃgraheṇa satvā saṃgṛhṇanti kevarūpāṃ ca janatāṃ upekṣanta iti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapam uvāca // ye ime bho dhutadharmadhara bodhisatvā avaivartikā cakravartirājyāni kārayanti te satvānām evaṃ dharmaṃ deśayanti // daśakuśalakarmapathasamāyuktā satvānām anudarśayanti // mā bhavantu prāṇivadham adattaharaṇaṃ rakṣitavyāni paradārāṇi anṛtapiśunaparuṣam abaddhapralāpābhidhyāvyāpādamithyādarśanāni varjayitavyāni iti deśenti // hiraṇyasuvarṇasya dhanasya agrato niveśanasya rāśayo upasthāpayitvā evaṃ ca vadanti
vaikaliyaṃ yasya yena ito sa gṛhṇatu dhanaṃ /
anutpādāc ca buddhānāṃ paṃcābhijñā bhavanti te /
naiṣkramyam anuvarṇayanti kāmeṣu doṣadarśinaḥ //
ataḥ prabhṛti devāś ca asurā brahmaṇā saha /
guṇaiḥ teṣāṃ anurajyantā āgacchanti kṛtāṃjalī //
vaśibhūtāna yā ceṣṭā bodhisatvāna tādṛśī /
aṣṭamābhūmiṃ yā ceṣṭā bhavanti tādṛśī tathā //
evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // ye ime bho jinaputra bodhisatvā avaivartikāḥ cakravartirājyāni kārayanti kevarūpaṃ dharmaṃ deśayanti satvānāṃ anutpāde ca buddhānāṃ kevarūpeṇa saṃgraheṇa satvā saṃgṛhṇanti kevarūpāṃ ca janatāṃ upekṣanta iti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapam uvāca // ye ime bho dhutadharmadhara bodhisatvā avaivartikā cakravartirājyāni kārayanti te satvānām evaṃ dharmaṃ deśayanti // daśakuśalakarmapathasamāyuktā satvānām anudarśayanti // mā bhavantu prāṇivadham adattaharaṇaṃ rakṣitavyāni paradārāṇi anṛtapiśunaparuṣam abaddhapralāpābhidhyāvyāpādamithyādarśanāni varjayitavyāni iti deśenti // hiraṇyasuvarṇasya dhanasya agrato niveśanasya rāśayo upasthāpayitvā evaṃ ca vadanti
vaikaliyaṃ yasya yena ito sa gṛhṇatu dhanaṃ /