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 1.243
buddho tuvaṃ bheṣyasi megha māṇava
anāgate aparimitasmiṃ kalpe /
kapilāhvaye ṛṣibhavanasmiṃ śākiyo
tadā tvaṃ pi praṇidhivipākam eṣyasi //
tena aparāṇi paṃca purāṇaśatāni preṣitāni ācāryasya // niryātetvā evaṃvidhaṃ sarvaṃ meghadattasya ācikṣati // evaṃ maye bhagavāṃ dīpaṃkaraḥ pūjito anuttarāye samyaksaṃbodhaye vyākṛto // gacchāma tarhiṃ bhagavato dīpaṃkarasya santike brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyāma tāṃ ca samitim anubhaviṣyāmaḥ // so āha // ahaṃ tāva asamāptavedo tatra na śakyāmi gantuṃ //
yathā kāṣṭhaṃ vivahyate mahante udakārṇave /
saṃghaṭṭito vinaśyati evaṃ priyasamāgamo //
megho gatvā bhagavato dīpaṃkarasya santike pravrajito // te tādṛśā kalyāṇamitrāṇy āgamya buddhasahasrakoṭiyo aparimeyāṃ asaṃkhyeyāṃ ārādhetvā pūjayitvā ca saśrāvakasaṃghāṃ aprameyāni ca pratyekabuddhakoṭiniyutā pūjayitvā divyamānuṣikāṃ saṃpattim anubhavanti yāvat anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhā // yo rūpaṃ naradamyasārathiṃ śrutvā na rūpaṃ na upādi gacche'haṃ upāde'haṃ ca // so tv āha // śiraḥpraṇāmāye eṣa atīva pravaṇo megho vartate // meghasya māṇavasya sakāśāto buddhaśabdaṃ śruṇitvā na hṛṣṭo / pāpamitrasamaṃgitāye paṃcānantaryāṇi kṛtāni // paradāre prasakto tatra kāle vā vikāle
anāgate aparimitasmiṃ kalpe /
kapilāhvaye ṛṣibhavanasmiṃ śākiyo
tadā tvaṃ pi praṇidhivipākam eṣyasi //
tena aparāṇi paṃca purāṇaśatāni preṣitāni ācāryasya // niryātetvā evaṃvidhaṃ sarvaṃ meghadattasya ācikṣati // evaṃ maye bhagavāṃ dīpaṃkaraḥ pūjito anuttarāye samyaksaṃbodhaye vyākṛto // gacchāma tarhiṃ bhagavato dīpaṃkarasya santike brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyāma tāṃ ca samitim anubhaviṣyāmaḥ // so āha // ahaṃ tāva asamāptavedo tatra na śakyāmi gantuṃ //
yathā kāṣṭhaṃ vivahyate mahante udakārṇave /
saṃghaṭṭito vinaśyati evaṃ priyasamāgamo //
megho gatvā bhagavato dīpaṃkarasya santike pravrajito // te tādṛśā kalyāṇamitrāṇy āgamya buddhasahasrakoṭiyo aparimeyāṃ asaṃkhyeyāṃ ārādhetvā pūjayitvā ca saśrāvakasaṃghāṃ aprameyāni ca pratyekabuddhakoṭiniyutā pūjayitvā divyamānuṣikāṃ saṃpattim anubhavanti yāvat anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhā // yo rūpaṃ naradamyasārathiṃ śrutvā na rūpaṃ na upādi gacche'haṃ upāde'haṃ ca // so tv āha // śiraḥpraṇāmāye eṣa atīva pravaṇo megho vartate // meghasya māṇavasya sakāśāto buddhaśabdaṃ śruṇitvā na hṛṣṭo / pāpamitrasamaṃgitāye paṃcānantaryāṇi kṛtāni // paradāre prasakto tatra kāle vā vikāle