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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 1.177
guruṃ dhuraṃ samāropya na viṣīdanti paṇḍitā /
yathāvādītathākārī anupakruṣṭacāraṇā //
dṛṣṭiviṣaṃ taṃ ghoraṃ ca dagdhvā jñānāgninā prabhūḥ /
anuttrāsitāsantrastā paraṃ pradanti prāṇināṃ //
kāntāraṃ samatikramya kṣemaṃ prāpya nararṣabhāḥ /
āhvāyanti janadhīrā ihaiva nirbhayaṃ idaṃ //
jarāmaraṇarogāṇāṃ utpatti neha vidyate /
iha āyāsaśokānāṃ pravṛttir nopalabhyate //
te tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā madhuraṃ devamānuṣā /
anuśāstiṃ tathā kṛtvā pratipadyanti tatsukhaṃ //
tenāsti kīrtivistīrṇāḥ triṣu lokeṣu cottamāḥ /
caranti arcitā sadbhi na caiva praśamanti te iti //
paropahārāṃś ca bho dhutadharmadhara upaharanti samyakasṃbuddhāḥ satvānām anugrahārthaṃ // tadyathā kaliṃgarājñaḥ kusumāye devyā paropahāraṃ bhagavāṃ dhruvasya śreṣṭhino vacanopahāraṃ bhagavāṃ vṛttavāṃ //
tathaiva ca rājagṛhe purottame
paropahāraṃ bhagavāṃ pravṛttavāṃ /
yathāvādītathākārī anupakruṣṭacāraṇā //
dṛṣṭiviṣaṃ taṃ ghoraṃ ca dagdhvā jñānāgninā prabhūḥ /
anuttrāsitāsantrastā paraṃ pradanti prāṇināṃ //
kāntāraṃ samatikramya kṣemaṃ prāpya nararṣabhāḥ /
āhvāyanti janadhīrā ihaiva nirbhayaṃ idaṃ //
jarāmaraṇarogāṇāṃ utpatti neha vidyate /
iha āyāsaśokānāṃ pravṛttir nopalabhyate //
te tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā madhuraṃ devamānuṣā /
anuśāstiṃ tathā kṛtvā pratipadyanti tatsukhaṃ //
tenāsti kīrtivistīrṇāḥ triṣu lokeṣu cottamāḥ /
caranti arcitā sadbhi na caiva praśamanti te iti //
paropahārāṃś ca bho dhutadharmadhara upaharanti samyakasṃbuddhāḥ satvānām anugrahārthaṃ // tadyathā kaliṃgarājñaḥ kusumāye devyā paropahāraṃ bhagavāṃ dhruvasya śreṣṭhino vacanopahāraṃ bhagavāṃ vṛttavāṃ //
tathaiva ca rājagṛhe purottame
paropahāraṃ bhagavāṃ pravṛttavāṃ /