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 1.121
tataḥ sthaviraḥ kāśyapaḥ kātyāyanam athābravīt* /
kiṃ cittaṃ bodhisatvānāṃ paṃcamāyāṃ vipaścitāṃ //
tataḥ kātyāyanasthaviraḥ munikāśyapaṃ dhutadharmadharaṃ gāthayādhyabhāṣi //
alpāsvādanibaddho'yaṃ lokāvarto'tidāruṇaḥ /
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jāyate //
evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapaḥ āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // kṣetram iti //
tataḥ sthaviraḥ kātyāyanaḥ mahākāśyapam athābravīt* /
śrūyatāṃ lokanāthānāṃ kṣetraṃ tatvārthaniśritaṃ //
upakṣetraṃ ca vakṣyāmi teṣāṃ paramavādināṃ /
tāni niśamya vākyāni śāsanaṃ ca naravara //
ekaṣaṣṭiṃ trisahasrāṇi buddhakṣetraṃ parīkṣitaṃ /
ato caturguṇaṃ jñeyam upakṣetraṃ tathāvidhaṃ //
evam ukte āyuṣmāṃ mahākāśyapaḥ āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // kiṃ punar bho jinaputra sarveṣu buddhakṣetreṣu utpadyanti samyaksaṃbuddhā utāho keṣucid eva utpadyanti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapaṃ gāthābhiḥ adhyabhāṣe //
kiṃcit eva bhavati apariśūnyaṃ
kiṃ cittaṃ bodhisatvānāṃ paṃcamāyāṃ vipaścitāṃ //
tataḥ kātyāyanasthaviraḥ munikāśyapaṃ dhutadharmadharaṃ gāthayādhyabhāṣi //
alpāsvādanibaddho'yaṃ lokāvarto'tidāruṇaḥ /
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jāyate //
evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapaḥ āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // kṣetram iti //
tataḥ sthaviraḥ kātyāyanaḥ mahākāśyapam athābravīt* /
śrūyatāṃ lokanāthānāṃ kṣetraṃ tatvārthaniśritaṃ //
upakṣetraṃ ca vakṣyāmi teṣāṃ paramavādināṃ /
tāni niśamya vākyāni śāsanaṃ ca naravara //
ekaṣaṣṭiṃ trisahasrāṇi buddhakṣetraṃ parīkṣitaṃ /
ato caturguṇaṃ jñeyam upakṣetraṃ tathāvidhaṃ //
evam ukte āyuṣmāṃ mahākāśyapaḥ āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // kiṃ punar bho jinaputra sarveṣu buddhakṣetreṣu utpadyanti samyaksaṃbuddhā utāho keṣucid eva utpadyanti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapaṃ gāthābhiḥ adhyabhāṣe //
kiṃcit eva bhavati apariśūnyaṃ