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 1.119
āsi abhinīlanetro nirupamaguṇasaṃcayo dhīro //
tasya ca prabhā śarīre yojanaśatavistarā samantena /
bhāradvājasagotro sa sarvadarśī tadā āsi //
tasya saṃgho āsī navanavati koṭiyī dhūtarajānāṃ /
varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrāṇi caturāśītiṃ tadā āyuṃ //
rājā tada cakravarti abhūṣi cāturdvīpo mahisthāmo /
nāmena maṇiviṣāṇo śāsati dharmeṇa yo janatāṃ //
dvānavati koṭinayutāṃ prāsādānām anekarūpāṇāṃ /
kārayati bhūmipālo taṃ ratanajinaṃ samuddiśya //
so pravarakāñcananibhaṃ naramarugaṇasatkṛtaṃ ratanacūḍaṃ /
bhojayati saparivāraṃ varṣāṇi daśa aviśrāmaṃ //
prathamadivasaṃ ca sugataṃ bhojetvā sārdhaṃ śiṣyasaṃghena /
niryāteti naravaro prāsādavarāṃ guṇadharasya //
so taṃ dānaṃ datvā tasya mahāpudgalasya rājavaro /
anupraṇidheti praṇidhiṃ prasannacitto jinasakāśaṃ //
ucchinnamohajālo prasannacitto asaṃgapratibhāno /
tāreyya sarvajanatāṃ saṃsāramahārṇave patitāṃ //
evam eva aprameyā paṃcamyāṃ bhūmiyāṃ puruṣasiṃhāḥ /
tasya ca prabhā śarīre yojanaśatavistarā samantena /
bhāradvājasagotro sa sarvadarśī tadā āsi //
tasya saṃgho āsī navanavati koṭiyī dhūtarajānāṃ /
varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrāṇi caturāśītiṃ tadā āyuṃ //
rājā tada cakravarti abhūṣi cāturdvīpo mahisthāmo /
nāmena maṇiviṣāṇo śāsati dharmeṇa yo janatāṃ //
dvānavati koṭinayutāṃ prāsādānām anekarūpāṇāṃ /
kārayati bhūmipālo taṃ ratanajinaṃ samuddiśya //
so pravarakāñcananibhaṃ naramarugaṇasatkṛtaṃ ratanacūḍaṃ /
bhojayati saparivāraṃ varṣāṇi daśa aviśrāmaṃ //
prathamadivasaṃ ca sugataṃ bhojetvā sārdhaṃ śiṣyasaṃghena /
niryāteti naravaro prāsādavarāṃ guṇadharasya //
so taṃ dānaṃ datvā tasya mahāpudgalasya rājavaro /
anupraṇidheti praṇidhiṃ prasannacitto jinasakāśaṃ //
ucchinnamohajālo prasannacitto asaṃgapratibhāno /
tāreyya sarvajanatāṃ saṃsāramahārṇave patitāṃ //
evam eva aprameyā paṃcamyāṃ bhūmiyāṃ puruṣasiṃhāḥ /