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 1.157
śreyāvahā tu ti balaṃ vipulaṃ labhantu /
yaṃ ca vrataṃ samupagacchasi tasya pāraṃ
gacchāsi mattavaravāraṇakhelagāmi //
maṇikuṭṭimā ca vasudhā rājakule kaṇṭhakasya pādehi /
samanihatā rasati madhuraṃ niśāṃ sphurati adbhutaṃ śabdaṃ //
caturaś ca lokapālā vigalitamakuṭā pralambavaramālāḥ /
kaṇṭhakapādeṣu karāṃ nyasanti raktotpalasakāśāṃ //
agrato vajravaradharo tridaśagurū ābaddhamaṇīcūḍo /
indro sahasranayano gacchati purato naravarasya //
saṃjñākṛtamātram idaṃ kaṇṭhako vahatīti vādiśārdūlaṃ /
devā pravarakarahṛtaṃ vahanti aṃśupravaravarṣaṃ //
niṣkramya nagaravarāto avalokayi puravaraṃ puruṣasiṃho /
na taṃ punar ahaṃ pravekṣyam aprāpya jarāmaraṇapāram iti //
evam abhiniṣkramaṇasaṃpannā khalu dhutadharmadhara samyaksaṃbuddhā iti // na pratibalo khalv ahaṃ bho dhutadharmadhara bodhisatvasya garbhāvakrāntim ādau kṛtvā yāvad abhiniṣkramaṇato vistareṇa bhāṣituṃ kalpaṃ kalpāvaśeṣaṃ vā na ca guṇā samantā śakyam abhigantuṃ //
___ity api bahuguṇasaṃpannā samyaksaṃbuddhā iti //
yaṃ ca vrataṃ samupagacchasi tasya pāraṃ
gacchāsi mattavaravāraṇakhelagāmi //
maṇikuṭṭimā ca vasudhā rājakule kaṇṭhakasya pādehi /
samanihatā rasati madhuraṃ niśāṃ sphurati adbhutaṃ śabdaṃ //
caturaś ca lokapālā vigalitamakuṭā pralambavaramālāḥ /
kaṇṭhakapādeṣu karāṃ nyasanti raktotpalasakāśāṃ //
agrato vajravaradharo tridaśagurū ābaddhamaṇīcūḍo /
indro sahasranayano gacchati purato naravarasya //
saṃjñākṛtamātram idaṃ kaṇṭhako vahatīti vādiśārdūlaṃ /
devā pravarakarahṛtaṃ vahanti aṃśupravaravarṣaṃ //
niṣkramya nagaravarāto avalokayi puravaraṃ puruṣasiṃho /
na taṃ punar ahaṃ pravekṣyam aprāpya jarāmaraṇapāram iti //
evam abhiniṣkramaṇasaṃpannā khalu dhutadharmadhara samyaksaṃbuddhā iti // na pratibalo khalv ahaṃ bho dhutadharmadhara bodhisatvasya garbhāvakrāntim ādau kṛtvā yāvad abhiniṣkramaṇato vistareṇa bhāṣituṃ kalpaṃ kalpāvaśeṣaṃ vā na ca guṇā samantā śakyam abhigantuṃ //
___ity api bahuguṇasaṃpannā samyaksaṃbuddhā iti //