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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 1.186
parāṃ anyāṃ pi janatāṃ grāhentaṃ pāpadarśanaṃ /
dhruvaṃ śreṣṭhiṃ vināśema āryadarśanakutsakaṃ //
etan tu vacanaṃ śrutvā dhruvo udvignamānasaḥ /
sasvinnagātro prahvaś ca babhūva trastamānasaḥ //
bhrāntacitto diśovekṣī trasto bhavati mānasaḥ /
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā idaṃ vacanam abravīt* //
rakṣogaṇo prasīdaṃtu parivārasya mahya ca /
yuṣme gatiś ca lenaś ca mama śaraṇam eva ca //
ājñāpayatha kiṃ kṛtvā mahyādya abhayaṃ bhave /
mama sabandhuvargasya na cāgaccheya durgatiṃ //
te ca bravīnsu bhūtagaṇā dhruvaṃ śreṣṭhiṃ nabhe sthitā /
mā asmākaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha tam eva śaraṇaṃ vraja //
hitaiṣiṇaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ buddhaṃ dhutajanārcitaṃ /
sarvalokottaraṃ vādiṃ śākyasiṃhaṃ manoramaṃ //
kahin nu so . . . . . . . bhagavāṃ bhūtavandito /
vayaṃ pi taṃ naraśreṣṭhaṃ gacchema śaraṇaṃ muniṃ //
eṣo sarvaguṇopetaḥ pure ratanakholake /
nānākusumasaṃcchanne udyāne gandhamādane //
vaśībhūtasahasrāṇāṃ navatīhi puraskṛto /
vihārakuśalo dhīro tatra viharate muniḥ //
dhruvaṃ śreṣṭhiṃ vināśema āryadarśanakutsakaṃ //
etan tu vacanaṃ śrutvā dhruvo udvignamānasaḥ /
sasvinnagātro prahvaś ca babhūva trastamānasaḥ //
bhrāntacitto diśovekṣī trasto bhavati mānasaḥ /
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā idaṃ vacanam abravīt* //
rakṣogaṇo prasīdaṃtu parivārasya mahya ca /
yuṣme gatiś ca lenaś ca mama śaraṇam eva ca //
ājñāpayatha kiṃ kṛtvā mahyādya abhayaṃ bhave /
mama sabandhuvargasya na cāgaccheya durgatiṃ //
te ca bravīnsu bhūtagaṇā dhruvaṃ śreṣṭhiṃ nabhe sthitā /
mā asmākaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha tam eva śaraṇaṃ vraja //
hitaiṣiṇaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ buddhaṃ dhutajanārcitaṃ /
sarvalokottaraṃ vādiṃ śākyasiṃhaṃ manoramaṃ //
kahin nu so . . . . . . . bhagavāṃ bhūtavandito /
vayaṃ pi taṃ naraśreṣṭhaṃ gacchema śaraṇaṃ muniṃ //
eṣo sarvaguṇopetaḥ pure ratanakholake /
nānākusumasaṃcchanne udyāne gandhamādane //
vaśībhūtasahasrāṇāṃ navatīhi puraskṛto /
vihārakuśalo dhīro tatra viharate muniḥ //