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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 1.205
eṣo cyavāmi iti muṃci girāṃ śubhaṃ vacanaṃ udīrayi . . . . . . /
atha supinaṃ janani jinasya tasmiṃ kṣaṇe paśyate varavipākaphalaṃ //
himarajatanibho se ṣaḍviṣāṇo sucaraṇacārubhujo suraktaśīrṣo /
udaram upagato gajapradhāno lalitagatiḥ anavadyagātrasandhiḥ //
na khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana bodhisatvā kālapakṣe mātuḥ kukṣim avakrāmanti / atha pūrṇāyāṃ pūrnamāsyāṃ puṣyanakṣatrayogayuktāyāṃ bodhisatvā mātuḥ kukṣim avakrāmanti // upoṣadhikāyāṃ ārohasampannāyāṃ pariṇāhasampannāyāṃ vyaktāyāṃ agrayauvanamaṇḍaprāptāyāṃ vinītāyāṃ bahuśrutāyāṃ smṛtāyāṃ samprajānāyāṃ sarvākārapradakṣiṇacittāyāṃ sarvākārapratirūpāyāṃ pramadottamāyāṃ bodhisatvā mātuḥ kukṣim avakrāmanti // bodhisatvena mahāmaudgalyāyana tuṣitabhavanagatena cyavanakāle prabhā osṛṣṭā yāye prabhāye sarvaṃ buddhakṣetraṃ obhāsitaṃ //
___devaputro devaputraṃ pṛcchati //
kiṃ kāraṇaṃ suravareṇa prabhā pramuktā
candrāṃśuśītalatarā kanakāvadātā /
yenāsureśvaragaṇā manujeśvarāś ca
prahlāditā ca narakā jvalanārcikalpā //
so dāni āha //
ye tatra tatra janatāṃ pratipālayanti
saṃsārapaṃjaragatāṃ madanābhibhūtāṃ /
teṣāṃ vimokṣakaraṇena mahāyaśena
āmantraṇārthaṃ anaghena prabhā pramuktā //
atha supinaṃ janani jinasya tasmiṃ kṣaṇe paśyate varavipākaphalaṃ //
himarajatanibho se ṣaḍviṣāṇo sucaraṇacārubhujo suraktaśīrṣo /
udaram upagato gajapradhāno lalitagatiḥ anavadyagātrasandhiḥ //
na khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana bodhisatvā kālapakṣe mātuḥ kukṣim avakrāmanti / atha pūrṇāyāṃ pūrnamāsyāṃ puṣyanakṣatrayogayuktāyāṃ bodhisatvā mātuḥ kukṣim avakrāmanti // upoṣadhikāyāṃ ārohasampannāyāṃ pariṇāhasampannāyāṃ vyaktāyāṃ agrayauvanamaṇḍaprāptāyāṃ vinītāyāṃ bahuśrutāyāṃ smṛtāyāṃ samprajānāyāṃ sarvākārapradakṣiṇacittāyāṃ sarvākārapratirūpāyāṃ pramadottamāyāṃ bodhisatvā mātuḥ kukṣim avakrāmanti // bodhisatvena mahāmaudgalyāyana tuṣitabhavanagatena cyavanakāle prabhā osṛṣṭā yāye prabhāye sarvaṃ buddhakṣetraṃ obhāsitaṃ //
___devaputro devaputraṃ pṛcchati //
kiṃ kāraṇaṃ suravareṇa prabhā pramuktā
candrāṃśuśītalatarā kanakāvadātā /
yenāsureśvaragaṇā manujeśvarāś ca
prahlāditā ca narakā jvalanārcikalpā //
so dāni āha //
ye tatra tatra janatāṃ pratipālayanti
saṃsārapaṃjaragatāṃ madanābhibhūtāṃ /
teṣāṃ vimokṣakaraṇena mahāyaśena
āmantraṇārthaṃ anaghena prabhā pramuktā //