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 1.166
asaṃkiyā vīragirā virocate
yā sā suvelā mṛdu satyasaṃbhavā //
anuddhatāṃ tāṃ ca girāṃ prakāśaya
tvaṃ . . . . . . hi janasya sannidhau /
te tuhya śrutvā madhurāṃ subhāṣitāṃ
pibanti tṛṣṇārta ivāmbhasārṇave //
hateṣu tvaṃ prāṇiṣu maitraṃ cintaya
aiśvarya-ṛddhiṃ pratibhānam uttamaṃ /
śreṣṭheṣu dharmeṣu hi pāramīgato
yathā na kocī iha lokadhātuye //
prajñā ca te asti anuttarā mune
sarvasmi loke'pratimā anopamī /
tvam eva śreṣṭho sakalasya prāṇino
śiloccayānāṃ yatha meruparvataḥ //
na te'sti tulyo sadṛśo samāno
kutottaro guṇeṣu guṇaṃdharasya /
tvam eva śreṣṭho paramārthapudgalo
dharmāṇa nirvāṇam ivācalaṃ sukhaṃ //
rāgaṃ ca mohaṃ ca prahāya doṣaṃ
mānaṃ ca mrakṣaṃ tasiṇāṃ ca jālinīṃ /
yā sā suvelā mṛdu satyasaṃbhavā //
anuddhatāṃ tāṃ ca girāṃ prakāśaya
tvaṃ . . . . . . hi janasya sannidhau /
te tuhya śrutvā madhurāṃ subhāṣitāṃ
pibanti tṛṣṇārta ivāmbhasārṇave //
hateṣu tvaṃ prāṇiṣu maitraṃ cintaya
aiśvarya-ṛddhiṃ pratibhānam uttamaṃ /
śreṣṭheṣu dharmeṣu hi pāramīgato
yathā na kocī iha lokadhātuye //
prajñā ca te asti anuttarā mune
sarvasmi loke'pratimā anopamī /
tvam eva śreṣṭho sakalasya prāṇino
śiloccayānāṃ yatha meruparvataḥ //
na te'sti tulyo sadṛśo samāno
kutottaro guṇeṣu guṇaṃdharasya /
tvam eva śreṣṭho paramārthapudgalo
dharmāṇa nirvāṇam ivācalaṃ sukhaṃ //
rāgaṃ ca mohaṃ ca prahāya doṣaṃ
mānaṃ ca mrakṣaṃ tasiṇāṃ ca jālinīṃ /