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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 1.210
devīṃ sa pṛcchati // kiṃ dharesi // sā āha // cakravartin ti //
kukṣiṃ prabhāsayantaṃ kanakavapuṃ pravaralakṣaṇasamaṃgiṃ /
dhāremi cakravartiṃ varapuruṣaṃ rājaśārdūlaṃ //
devā nabhe bhagavato ghoṣam udīrayensuḥ // buddho bhaviṣyati na rājā balacakravartī // mahābrahmā gāthāṃ bhāṣati //
gajaṃ ratnaśreṣṭhaṃ madanabalavegāpanayanaṃ
pradīpaṃ lokasya tamatimiramohāpanayanaṃ /
guṇānāṃ koṣaṃ tvaṃ aparimitaratnākaradharaṃ
dharesi rājarṣi apratihatacakraṃ amararuciṃ //
devī āha
yathā mama na rāgadoṣā prasahanti narendragarbham upalabhya /
niḥsaṃśayaṃ bhaviṣyati samaruci yatha niścarati vācā //
bodhisatve khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana mātuḥ kukṣigate bodhisatvamātā sukhaṃ gacchati tiṣṭhati pi niṣīdati pi śayyām api kalpayati bodhisatvasyaiva tejena / śastraṃ kāye na kramati na viṣaṃ nāgnir nāśaniḥ prasahati bodhisatvasyaiva tejena // bodhisatve khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana mātuḥ kukṣigate bodhisatvamātaraṃ devakanyā divyehi ucchādanaparimardanapariṣkārehi parijāgaranti // divyavastrasaṃvṛtaśarīrā divyābharaṇadhāriṇī bhavati bodhisatvasyaiva tejena // lābhinī bhavati divyānāṃ gandhānāṃ divyānāṃ mālyānāṃ divyānāṃ vilepanānāṃ divyānāṃ ojānāṃ bodhisatvasyaiva tejena // bodhisatve
kukṣiṃ prabhāsayantaṃ kanakavapuṃ pravaralakṣaṇasamaṃgiṃ /
dhāremi cakravartiṃ varapuruṣaṃ rājaśārdūlaṃ //
devā nabhe bhagavato ghoṣam udīrayensuḥ // buddho bhaviṣyati na rājā balacakravartī // mahābrahmā gāthāṃ bhāṣati //
gajaṃ ratnaśreṣṭhaṃ madanabalavegāpanayanaṃ
pradīpaṃ lokasya tamatimiramohāpanayanaṃ /
guṇānāṃ koṣaṃ tvaṃ aparimitaratnākaradharaṃ
dharesi rājarṣi apratihatacakraṃ amararuciṃ //
devī āha
yathā mama na rāgadoṣā prasahanti narendragarbham upalabhya /
niḥsaṃśayaṃ bhaviṣyati samaruci yatha niścarati vācā //
bodhisatve khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana mātuḥ kukṣigate bodhisatvamātā sukhaṃ gacchati tiṣṭhati pi niṣīdati pi śayyām api kalpayati bodhisatvasyaiva tejena / śastraṃ kāye na kramati na viṣaṃ nāgnir nāśaniḥ prasahati bodhisatvasyaiva tejena // bodhisatve khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana mātuḥ kukṣigate bodhisatvamātaraṃ devakanyā divyehi ucchādanaparimardanapariṣkārehi parijāgaranti // divyavastrasaṃvṛtaśarīrā divyābharaṇadhāriṇī bhavati bodhisatvasyaiva tejena // lābhinī bhavati divyānāṃ gandhānāṃ divyānāṃ mālyānāṃ divyānāṃ vilepanānāṃ divyānāṃ ojānāṃ bodhisatvasyaiva tejena // bodhisatve