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 1.122
kṣetram apratimarūpadharehi /
kṣetrakoṭinayutāni bahūni
śūnyakāni puruṣapravarehi //
durlabho hi varalakṣaṇadhārī
dīrghakālasamudāgatabuddhī /
sarvadharmakuśalo atitejaḥ
sarvasatvasukhatādharasatvo iti //
evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // khalu bho jinaputra ko hetuḥ kaḥ pratyayaḥ yaṃ ekasmiṃ kṣetre dvau samyaksaṃbuddhau nopapadyanti iti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapaṃ gāthābhiḥ adhyabhāṣate //
yat kāryaṃ naranāgena buddhakarma suduḥkaraṃ /
tat sarvaṃ paripūreti eṣā buddhāna dharmatā //
asamartho yadi siyād buddhadharmeṣu cakṣumāṃ /
tato duve mahātmānau utpadyete tathāgatau //
taṃ cāsamarthasadbhāvaṃ varjayanti maharṣiṇāṃ /
tasmāt duve na jāyante ekakṣetre nararṣabhau //
na jātu sāvaśeṣeṣu buddhadharmeṣu śruyyate /
nirvṛtāḥ puruṣaśreṣṭhā atītādhve jinātmajā //
kṣetrakoṭinayutāni bahūni
śūnyakāni puruṣapravarehi //
durlabho hi varalakṣaṇadhārī
dīrghakālasamudāgatabuddhī /
sarvadharmakuśalo atitejaḥ
sarvasatvasukhatādharasatvo iti //
evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // khalu bho jinaputra ko hetuḥ kaḥ pratyayaḥ yaṃ ekasmiṃ kṣetre dvau samyaksaṃbuddhau nopapadyanti iti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapaṃ gāthābhiḥ adhyabhāṣate //
yat kāryaṃ naranāgena buddhakarma suduḥkaraṃ /
tat sarvaṃ paripūreti eṣā buddhāna dharmatā //
asamartho yadi siyād buddhadharmeṣu cakṣumāṃ /
tato duve mahātmānau utpadyete tathāgatau //
taṃ cāsamarthasadbhāvaṃ varjayanti maharṣiṇāṃ /
tasmāt duve na jāyante ekakṣetre nararṣabhau //
na jātu sāvaśeṣeṣu buddhadharmeṣu śruyyate /
nirvṛtāḥ puruṣaśreṣṭhā atītādhve jinātmajā //