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 1.161
evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapa āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // kiṃ punar bho jinaputra bhavato etad adhivacanaṃ yādṛśānāṃ bhūmīnāṃ vyākaraṇaṃ utāho samyaksaṃbuddhānām etad iti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapam uvāca // ekasmiṃ samaye bho dhutadharmadhara bhagavāṃ vārāṇasyāṃ vijahāra ṛṣivadane mṛgadāve aṣṭāviṃśatīnāṃ vaśībhūtaśatānāṃ puraskṛtaḥ // tatra bhagavatā aṣṭādaśa buddhadharmā vibhaktāḥ atīte aṃśe apratihataṃ jñānadarśanam eva samyaksaṃbuddhānāṃ bhavatīti daśa bhūmayo samutkīrtaye // śākyamuniṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ ādau kṛtvā daśa bhūmayo deśitā // tatredam ucyate //
priyāṇi vastūni dadāti cakṣumāṃ
ciraṃ prasannena manena saṃsaran* /
tato priyaṃ budhyati jñānam uttamaṃ
svayaṃ mahīmaṇḍagato tathāgato //
vicitravastrābharaṇair alaṃkṛtāḥ
striyo dadāti parituṣṭamānaso /
vicitram asya pratijñānam adbhutaṃ
udīryate tasya phalena karmaṇaḥ //
na śaktinārāca na prāsatomarā /
prāsesi satveṣu bhaveṣu saṃsaran* /
tathāsya mārgo'tṛṇakhaṇḍakaṇṭako
priyāṇi vastūni dadāti cakṣumāṃ
ciraṃ prasannena manena saṃsaran* /
tato priyaṃ budhyati jñānam uttamaṃ
svayaṃ mahīmaṇḍagato tathāgato //
vicitravastrābharaṇair alaṃkṛtāḥ
striyo dadāti parituṣṭamānaso /
vicitram asya pratijñānam adbhutaṃ
udīryate tasya phalena karmaṇaḥ //
na śaktinārāca na prāsatomarā /
prāsesi satveṣu bhaveṣu saṃsaran* /
tathāsya mārgo'tṛṇakhaṇḍakaṇṭako