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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 1.245
yadā bhagavatā śākyamuninā anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhiḥ abhisaṃbuddhā dharmacakro pravṛttaḥ so mahāsamudre timitimiṃgilo nāma matsyajāti āyāmato bhahuyojanaśatikena ātmabhāvena // yadā thapakarṇi gṛhapati sayānapātro paṃcaśataparivāro tena mahāsamudraṃ okasto tadā tena makarabhūtena bubhukṣitena mukhaṃ ucchvāsitaṃ bhojanārthikena // tato yānapātrāṇi sthapakarṇikasya gṛhapatisya yena taṃ makaramukhaṃ tena pradhāvitā // niryātamukha āha // gṛhapati imāni yānapātrāṇi baḍavāmukhe patitāni yaṃ dāni karaṇīyaṃ taṃ karotha nāsti dāni vo jīvitaṃ // te dāni devadevatāṃ namasyanti svakasvakāni / kecic chivaṃ kecid vaiśravaṇaṃ kecit skandhaṃ kecid varuṇaṃ kecid yamaṃ kecid dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ kecid virūḍhakaṃ kecid virūpākṣaṃ kecid indraṃ kecid brahmaṃ kecit samudradevatāṃ // yāvad āyuṣmāṃ pūrṇako samanvāharati paśyati sthapakarṇikaṃ gṛhapatiṃ paṃcaśataparivāraṃ saṃśayaprāptaṃ // so tuṇḍaturikāto parvatāto vaihāyasam abhyudgamya mahāsamudre thapakarṇikasya yānapātraṃ upari vaihāyasam antarīkṣe asthāsi // te sarve paṃca vāṇijaśatāni prāñjaliṃ kṛtvā utthitā bhagavaṃ bhagavaṃ tava śaraṇagatā sma // sthaviro āha // nāhaṃ bhagavāṃ śrāvako'ham asmi // sarve ekakaṇṭhā namo buddhasyeti udīretha // tehi sarvehi pañcehi vaṇijaśatehi namo buddhasyeti vighuṭṭhaṃ // tasya timitimiṃgilasya buddhaśabdaṃ karṇapathaṃ gato // tasya taṃ śabdaṃ śrutvā yo aprameye asaṃkhyeye kalpe meghasya māṇavasya sakāśāto dīpaṃkarabuddhaśabdo śruto taṃ mahāsamudre timitimiṃgilabhūtasya āmukhībhūto // amogho buddhaśabdo ti // tasya dāni timitimiṃgilasya bhūtasya etad abhūṣi // buddho loke prādurbhūto vayaṃ ca apāyagatā // tena dāni saṃvignena punar api mukhaṃ saṃmīlitaṃ // anāhāro kālagato taṃ buddhaśabdaṃ samanusmaranto samanantarakālagato śrāvastyāṃ mahānagaryāṃ