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 1.269
saṃbuddho pi prajāyāsi ṛṣi kṣīṇapunarbhavo //
so taṃ mārgaṃ vābhijñāye duḥkhapraśamagāminaṃ /
yasya mārgasya pratilābhā duḥkhasyāntaṃ karīyati //
taṃ cātra atītā buddhā taṃ ca vīro pratāpavāṃ /
sarve samaśīlaprajñā nāsti buddhāna antaraṃ //
ye ca te hi kāle kāle saṃbuddhā nātra saṃśayaṃ /
sarve te sugatiṃ yānti ātmakarmaphalopagāḥ //
cakṣumāṃ brāhmaṇo āsi antevāsiś ca te ahaṃ /
tvayāhaṃ codito vīra pūrvāṃ jātim anusmaret* //
evam eva etad āsi yathā bhāṣasi vāgīśa /
brāhmaṇo haṃ tadā āsi antevāsi ca me bhavaṃ //
mayā tvaṃ coditaḥ santo pūrvāṃ jātim anusmaret* /
tasmā dhvajapatākāṃ ca śvetacchatraṃ ca kārayet* //
vedikāṃ caiva stūpeṣu kuryāt paṃcāṃgulāni ca /
sādhu puṇyavaraṃ vipulaṃ dāyakam adhivartati //
eṣā cānyā ca yā pūjā buddham uddiśya kriyate /
sarvā abandhyā saphalā bhavati amṛtopagā //
na hi arcanāṃ samāṃ loke paśyāmi viśiṣṭatarāṃ kuto /
yaṃ ca anyaṃ pūjayanto puṇyaṃ yāsi mahattaraṃ //
sace koci-m-asmiṃ lokasmiṃ sarvā pi devatā sadā /
so taṃ mārgaṃ vābhijñāye duḥkhapraśamagāminaṃ /
yasya mārgasya pratilābhā duḥkhasyāntaṃ karīyati //
taṃ cātra atītā buddhā taṃ ca vīro pratāpavāṃ /
sarve samaśīlaprajñā nāsti buddhāna antaraṃ //
ye ca te hi kāle kāle saṃbuddhā nātra saṃśayaṃ /
sarve te sugatiṃ yānti ātmakarmaphalopagāḥ //
cakṣumāṃ brāhmaṇo āsi antevāsiś ca te ahaṃ /
tvayāhaṃ codito vīra pūrvāṃ jātim anusmaret* //
evam eva etad āsi yathā bhāṣasi vāgīśa /
brāhmaṇo haṃ tadā āsi antevāsi ca me bhavaṃ //
mayā tvaṃ coditaḥ santo pūrvāṃ jātim anusmaret* /
tasmā dhvajapatākāṃ ca śvetacchatraṃ ca kārayet* //
vedikāṃ caiva stūpeṣu kuryāt paṃcāṃgulāni ca /
sādhu puṇyavaraṃ vipulaṃ dāyakam adhivartati //
eṣā cānyā ca yā pūjā buddham uddiśya kriyate /
sarvā abandhyā saphalā bhavati amṛtopagā //
na hi arcanāṃ samāṃ loke paśyāmi viśiṣṭatarāṃ kuto /
yaṃ ca anyaṃ pūjayanto puṇyaṃ yāsi mahattaraṃ //
sace koci-m-asmiṃ lokasmiṃ sarvā pi devatā sadā /