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 1.178
samutkarṣesi svavidhānakovido
upālino taṃ vacanopahāraṃ //
tathā paraṃ merutaṭe samāgatāṃ
sa vādisiṃho vaśināṃ vaśī vaśī /
paropahāraṃ bhagavāṃ sa bhikṣu-
saṃghasya taṃ idam avacā mahāmunir iti //
etāṃ sarvāṃ pravakṣyāmi upahārāṃ manoramāṃ /
tasya satvapradhānasya śṛṇu vikrīḍitaṃ śubhaṃ //
utpanne puruṣaśreṣṭhe dharmacakre pravartite /
kaliṃgarājā kārayati rājyaṃ sphītam akaṇṭakaṃ //
nāmena abhayo nāma tasyedaṃ darśanaṃ abhūt* /
śubhāśubhānāṃ karmāṇāṃ phalaṃ nāstīti niścayaḥ //
paraloko tathā nāsti dānaphalaṃ kvacid yatra /
vītarāgo vītadoṣo vītamoho na vidyate //
so taṃ ca darśanaṃ prāpya janatāṃ sannipātayet* /
svakāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ samākhyāti paścāc ca na nivartate //
yadi mahyaṃ pitā bruyāt pratyakṣaṃ mama agrataḥ /
svayam upagamya evan tac chraddadhe tadā tathā //
sarvadā sa tadā āsi śīlavāṃ maitramānaso /
upālino taṃ vacanopahāraṃ //
tathā paraṃ merutaṭe samāgatāṃ
sa vādisiṃho vaśināṃ vaśī vaśī /
paropahāraṃ bhagavāṃ sa bhikṣu-
saṃghasya taṃ idam avacā mahāmunir iti //
etāṃ sarvāṃ pravakṣyāmi upahārāṃ manoramāṃ /
tasya satvapradhānasya śṛṇu vikrīḍitaṃ śubhaṃ //
utpanne puruṣaśreṣṭhe dharmacakre pravartite /
kaliṃgarājā kārayati rājyaṃ sphītam akaṇṭakaṃ //
nāmena abhayo nāma tasyedaṃ darśanaṃ abhūt* /
śubhāśubhānāṃ karmāṇāṃ phalaṃ nāstīti niścayaḥ //
paraloko tathā nāsti dānaphalaṃ kvacid yatra /
vītarāgo vītadoṣo vītamoho na vidyate //
so taṃ ca darśanaṃ prāpya janatāṃ sannipātayet* /
svakāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ samākhyāti paścāc ca na nivartate //
yadi mahyaṃ pitā bruyāt pratyakṣaṃ mama agrataḥ /
svayam upagamya evan tac chraddadhe tadā tathā //
sarvadā sa tadā āsi śīlavāṃ maitramānaso /