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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 1.185
jñātipakṣaṃ samānetvā bhakṣyabhojyena tarpayet* //
agniskandhe ca jvalite dāhayeya pitṝn ubhau /
upahāro vidhātavyo tasya puṇyam anantakaṃ //
rākṣasīnāṃ sahasrāṇi nāyako abhinirmiṇi /
prāsādavarasuptasya dhruvasya purataḥ sthitā //
daṇḍahastā kaśāhastā śaktihastā tathaiva ca /
kuṭhārahastā asihastā ulkāhastā tathaiva ca //
atha tomarahastā ca nārācaśatapāṇiyo /
kuntamudgarahastāś ca śreṣṭhisya purataḥ sthitāḥ //
dhikkṛtāṃ dhikkṛtāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ prāpto'si puruṣādhamā /
dhikkṛtaṃ mithyātvam āsādya na śraddadhitum arhasi /
ye te duṣkarakartāraḥ ye te pūrvopakāriṇaḥ /
maitracittā āpanneṣu teṣu tvaṃ vadham icchasi //
yeṣāṃ na śakyaṃ pratikartuṃ apatyena kathaṃcana /
sarvaratnaṃ pi dadatā teṣāṃ tvaṃ vadham icchasi //
jīvitāt te mṛtaṃ śreyo na ca darśanam īdṛśaṃ /
yaḥ tvaṃ supuruṣācīrṇaṃ darśanaṃ pratibādhase //
adya te jīvitaṃ nāsti sabhāryasya sabandhunaḥ /
sabhṛtyasya saputrasya pretya ca nirayaṃ gatiḥ //
imaṃhi nāma evaṃ vā māriṣa bhadram astu vaḥ /
mithyādarśanasampannaṃ mūḍḥāpaṇḍitamānasaṃ //
agniskandhe ca jvalite dāhayeya pitṝn ubhau /
upahāro vidhātavyo tasya puṇyam anantakaṃ //
rākṣasīnāṃ sahasrāṇi nāyako abhinirmiṇi /
prāsādavarasuptasya dhruvasya purataḥ sthitā //
daṇḍahastā kaśāhastā śaktihastā tathaiva ca /
kuṭhārahastā asihastā ulkāhastā tathaiva ca //
atha tomarahastā ca nārācaśatapāṇiyo /
kuntamudgarahastāś ca śreṣṭhisya purataḥ sthitāḥ //
dhikkṛtāṃ dhikkṛtāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ prāpto'si puruṣādhamā /
dhikkṛtaṃ mithyātvam āsādya na śraddadhitum arhasi /
ye te duṣkarakartāraḥ ye te pūrvopakāriṇaḥ /
maitracittā āpanneṣu teṣu tvaṃ vadham icchasi //
yeṣāṃ na śakyaṃ pratikartuṃ apatyena kathaṃcana /
sarvaratnaṃ pi dadatā teṣāṃ tvaṃ vadham icchasi //
jīvitāt te mṛtaṃ śreyo na ca darśanam īdṛśaṃ /
yaḥ tvaṃ supuruṣācīrṇaṃ darśanaṃ pratibādhase //
adya te jīvitaṃ nāsti sabhāryasya sabandhunaḥ /
sabhṛtyasya saputrasya pretya ca nirayaṃ gatiḥ //
imaṃhi nāma evaṃ vā māriṣa bhadram astu vaḥ /
mithyādarśanasampannaṃ mūḍḥāpaṇḍitamānasaṃ //