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 1.218
devīṃ kṛtāṃjalipuṭāḥ idam avaca prasannasaṃkalpāḥ //
adya jarāvyādhimathanaṃ janayiṣyasi amaragarbhasukumāraṃ /
devī divi bhuvi mahitaṃ hitaṃ hitakaraṃ naramarūṇāṃ //
mā khu janayī viṣādaṃ parikarma vayaṃ tavaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ /
yaṃ kartavyam udīraya dṛśyatu kṛtam eva tat sarvaṃ //
atha caturi lokapālā saparivārā āśu-r-eva sannipatitā /
divyapraveṇihastā devim upagatā pradakṣiṇato //
sarve pi devasaṃghā devīṃ parivārayitva ākāśe /
sthitā mālyagandhahastā svaparivāreṇopaśobhanti //
bodhisatvo smṛto saṃprajāno mātaram abādhamāno dakṣiṇena pārśvena prādurbhavati //
dakṣiṇena hi pārśvena jāyante puruṣottamāḥ /
sarve puruṣaśārdūlā bhavanty atravihāriṇaḥ //
kin taṃ na bhidyate pārśvaṃ tasyā jinajanetriye /
janentiye naraśreṣṭhaṃ vedanā ca na jāyati //
manomayena rūpeṇa prādurbhonti tathāgatā /
evaṃ na bhidyate pārśvaṃ vedanā ca na jāyate //
garbhāvāsapariśrānto saptadhā vikramate bhuvi /
diśāṃ ca praviloketi mahāhāsaṃ ca ūhati //
atra kiṃ kāraṇam uktaṃ yaṃ sapta kramate kramān* /
na ca aṣṭa na ca ṣaṣṭi atra āgamanaṃ śṛṇu //
adya jarāvyādhimathanaṃ janayiṣyasi amaragarbhasukumāraṃ /
devī divi bhuvi mahitaṃ hitaṃ hitakaraṃ naramarūṇāṃ //
mā khu janayī viṣādaṃ parikarma vayaṃ tavaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ /
yaṃ kartavyam udīraya dṛśyatu kṛtam eva tat sarvaṃ //
atha caturi lokapālā saparivārā āśu-r-eva sannipatitā /
divyapraveṇihastā devim upagatā pradakṣiṇato //
sarve pi devasaṃghā devīṃ parivārayitva ākāśe /
sthitā mālyagandhahastā svaparivāreṇopaśobhanti //
bodhisatvo smṛto saṃprajāno mātaram abādhamāno dakṣiṇena pārśvena prādurbhavati //
dakṣiṇena hi pārśvena jāyante puruṣottamāḥ /
sarve puruṣaśārdūlā bhavanty atravihāriṇaḥ //
kin taṃ na bhidyate pārśvaṃ tasyā jinajanetriye /
janentiye naraśreṣṭhaṃ vedanā ca na jāyati //
manomayena rūpeṇa prādurbhonti tathāgatā /
evaṃ na bhidyate pārśvaṃ vedanā ca na jāyate //
garbhāvāsapariśrānto saptadhā vikramate bhuvi /
diśāṃ ca praviloketi mahāhāsaṃ ca ūhati //
atra kiṃ kāraṇam uktaṃ yaṃ sapta kramate kramān* /
na ca aṣṭa na ca ṣaṣṭi atra āgamanaṃ śṛṇu //