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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 1.193
suvinītā bahu janatā saṃbuddhena prajānatā //
na jāyanti na jīryanti na mṛyanti kathaṃcana /
paramaṃ mitram āsādya vinītā varabuddhinā //
gambhīracaritaṃ dhīrā prajānanti parasparaṃ /
anantapratibhānaṃ ca sarve sarvāṅgaśobhanā iti //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne abhiṣekavatī nāma daśamā bhūmiḥ samāptā //
śikhare gṛddhakūṭasmiṃ pañcānāṃ vaśībhūtaśatānāṃ samavāye daśabhūmikaṃ nāma upadeśamukhaṃ bhāṣitaṃ // samāptaṃ daśabhūmikaṃ // ye satvā buddhatvāya praṇidhenti tehi uddeśitavyaṃ daśabhūmikaṃ bodhisatvānāṃ ca dṛṣṭasatyānāṃ śraddadhānānāṃ dātavyaṃ nānyeṣāṃ ete hy atra śraddadhānā anye vicikitseyuḥ //
___samāptā ādibhūmi yāvad daśamā daśabhūmayaḥ mahāvastuparisaraṃ //
dīpaṃkaravastusyādiḥ // ito mahāmaudgalyāyana aparimite asaṃkhyeye kalpe rājā arcimāṃ nāma abhūṣi cakravartī kṛtapuṇyo maheśākhyo saptaratnasamanvāgato cāturdvīpo vijitāvī anuraktapaurajānapado dhārmiko dharmarājā daśa kuśalā karmapathā samādāyavartī // tasya sapta ratanāni abhūt* / tadyathā cakraratnaṃ hastiratanaṃ aśvaratnaṃ maṇiratanaṃ strīratanaṃ gṛhapatiratnaṃ pariṇāyakaratanaṃ evaṃ saptaratnaṃ // pūrṇaṃ cāsya putrasahasraṃ abhūṣi śūrāṇāṃ vīrāṇāṃ varāṅgarūpiṇāṃ parasainyapramardakānāṃ // so imāṃ catvāri mahādvīpāṃ sāgaragiriparyantāṃ akhilāṃ akaṇṭakāṃ adaṇḍeṇāśāstreṇānutpīḍena dharmeṇemāṃ abhinirjiṇitvā adhyāvasi // arcimato khalu punaḥ mahāmaudgalyāyana
na jāyanti na jīryanti na mṛyanti kathaṃcana /
paramaṃ mitram āsādya vinītā varabuddhinā //
gambhīracaritaṃ dhīrā prajānanti parasparaṃ /
anantapratibhānaṃ ca sarve sarvāṅgaśobhanā iti //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne abhiṣekavatī nāma daśamā bhūmiḥ samāptā //
śikhare gṛddhakūṭasmiṃ pañcānāṃ vaśībhūtaśatānāṃ samavāye daśabhūmikaṃ nāma upadeśamukhaṃ bhāṣitaṃ // samāptaṃ daśabhūmikaṃ // ye satvā buddhatvāya praṇidhenti tehi uddeśitavyaṃ daśabhūmikaṃ bodhisatvānāṃ ca dṛṣṭasatyānāṃ śraddadhānānāṃ dātavyaṃ nānyeṣāṃ ete hy atra śraddadhānā anye vicikitseyuḥ //
___samāptā ādibhūmi yāvad daśamā daśabhūmayaḥ mahāvastuparisaraṃ //
dīpaṃkaravastusyādiḥ // ito mahāmaudgalyāyana aparimite asaṃkhyeye kalpe rājā arcimāṃ nāma abhūṣi cakravartī kṛtapuṇyo maheśākhyo saptaratnasamanvāgato cāturdvīpo vijitāvī anuraktapaurajānapado dhārmiko dharmarājā daśa kuśalā karmapathā samādāyavartī // tasya sapta ratanāni abhūt* / tadyathā cakraratnaṃ hastiratanaṃ aśvaratnaṃ maṇiratanaṃ strīratanaṃ gṛhapatiratnaṃ pariṇāyakaratanaṃ evaṃ saptaratnaṃ // pūrṇaṃ cāsya putrasahasraṃ abhūṣi śūrāṇāṃ vīrāṇāṃ varāṅgarūpiṇāṃ parasainyapramardakānāṃ // so imāṃ catvāri mahādvīpāṃ sāgaragiriparyantāṃ akhilāṃ akaṇṭakāṃ adaṇḍeṇāśāstreṇānutpīḍena dharmeṇemāṃ abhinirjiṇitvā adhyāvasi // arcimato khalu punaḥ mahāmaudgalyāyana