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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 1.268
nṛtyavāditragītena nānāmālyasamāgatā //
brāhmaṇo pi vicinteti pitā buddhasya paṇḍito /
yaṃ nūnaṃ chatraṃ kāreyaṃ ratnākṛtaṃ śubhapāṇḍaraṃ //
vimalaṃ chatraṃ stūpasmiṃ adhiropiya saṃcite /
aśrūṇi ca pravartento pitā putram apūjayi //
so taṃ karma karitvāna kalyāṇaṃ buddhavarṇitaṃ /
brāhmaṇo akari kālaṃ jātānām eva dharmatā //
saṃvartāñ ca vivartāñ ca aśītin tena karmaṇā /
durgatiṃ nopalabhate etac cchatrasya tatphalaṃ //
manuṣyeṣu tadā rājyaṃ dharmeṇa anuśāsayaṃ /
pṛthivyāṃ cakravarty āsi vijitāvī mahābalo //
citrā janapadā āsi anuyātrāsi kṣatriye /
tam eva apacāyesi śvetacchatraṃ dadat sukhaṃ //
tato cāpi cyavitvāna deveṣu upapadyitha /
marūṇāṃ pravaro āsi devakāyāna pūjito //
pūjito marusaṃghānām aiśvaryakambalasthito /
vasanta'trāpi vartesi śvetacchatrasya tatphalaṃ //
devānām uttamo āsi manuṣyāṇāṃ pi uttamo /
sarvatra uttamo āsi devānāṃ manujāna ca //
devānām uttamaḥ bhūtvā manuṣyāṇāṃ ca uttamo /
taṃ bhavañ ca vijahitvāna āgatvā paścimaṃ bhavaṃ /
brāhmaṇo pi vicinteti pitā buddhasya paṇḍito /
yaṃ nūnaṃ chatraṃ kāreyaṃ ratnākṛtaṃ śubhapāṇḍaraṃ //
vimalaṃ chatraṃ stūpasmiṃ adhiropiya saṃcite /
aśrūṇi ca pravartento pitā putram apūjayi //
so taṃ karma karitvāna kalyāṇaṃ buddhavarṇitaṃ /
brāhmaṇo akari kālaṃ jātānām eva dharmatā //
saṃvartāñ ca vivartāñ ca aśītin tena karmaṇā /
durgatiṃ nopalabhate etac cchatrasya tatphalaṃ //
manuṣyeṣu tadā rājyaṃ dharmeṇa anuśāsayaṃ /
pṛthivyāṃ cakravarty āsi vijitāvī mahābalo //
citrā janapadā āsi anuyātrāsi kṣatriye /
tam eva apacāyesi śvetacchatraṃ dadat sukhaṃ //
tato cāpi cyavitvāna deveṣu upapadyitha /
marūṇāṃ pravaro āsi devakāyāna pūjito //
pūjito marusaṃghānām aiśvaryakambalasthito /
vasanta'trāpi vartesi śvetacchatrasya tatphalaṃ //
devānām uttamo āsi manuṣyāṇāṃ pi uttamo /
sarvatra uttamo āsi devānāṃ manujāna ca //
devānām uttamaḥ bhūtvā manuṣyāṇāṃ ca uttamo /
taṃ bhavañ ca vijahitvāna āgatvā paścimaṃ bhavaṃ /