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 1.270
pūjeya sarvaratanaiḥ naivaṃ se pratikṛtaṃ siyā //
evaṃ mahāyaśā mahākāruṇikā anukampāhitāmitā /
odumbaram iva kusumaṃ na hi sulabhadarśanā saṃbuddhāḥ //
atha ye me bhaṇanti varṇaṃ samādhito ca śīlato ca prajñāto ca adhigamanato ca niṣkramaṇato ca prayogato ca jātyato ca bhūtato ca bhavanti maheśākhyā ca kṛtapuṇyā tāsu tāsu jātīṣu ādeyavacanā ca bhavanti kīrtanīyā ca bahujanasya //
tenaiva kuśalamūlenāropitena uttariṃ /
prāvaraṇaṃ alpakisaraṃ teṣāṃ bhavati kāyikaṃ //
tasmāt puṇyāni kuriyāt* nicayaṃ sāṃparāyikaṃ /
puṇyāni paralokasmiṃ niṣṭhā bhavati prāṇināṃ //
bhagavāṃ gaṃgām uttīrṇo vaiśālīye ca sīmām ākrānto // bhagavatā te amanuṣyakā palānā // māreṇa pāpīmatā bhagavato gacchantasya yat taṃ lecchavīhi mārgaṃ muktapuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ siktasaṃmṛṣṭaṃ pratijāgritaṃ taṃ sarvaṃ prāṇakehi sphuṭaṃ // nirmito kuṇḍalo nāma parivrājako // so bhagavato tena mārgeṇa gacchantasya āha // nivartāhi //
bahūhi prāṇehi mahī saṃvṛtā
aṇūhi sthūlehi ca madhyehi ca /
buddho yadā gacchati bhūtasaṃstṛte
vyathā tato upapadyati ākrame //
evaṃ mahāyaśā mahākāruṇikā anukampāhitāmitā /
odumbaram iva kusumaṃ na hi sulabhadarśanā saṃbuddhāḥ //
atha ye me bhaṇanti varṇaṃ samādhito ca śīlato ca prajñāto ca adhigamanato ca niṣkramaṇato ca prayogato ca jātyato ca bhūtato ca bhavanti maheśākhyā ca kṛtapuṇyā tāsu tāsu jātīṣu ādeyavacanā ca bhavanti kīrtanīyā ca bahujanasya //
tenaiva kuśalamūlenāropitena uttariṃ /
prāvaraṇaṃ alpakisaraṃ teṣāṃ bhavati kāyikaṃ //
tasmāt puṇyāni kuriyāt* nicayaṃ sāṃparāyikaṃ /
puṇyāni paralokasmiṃ niṣṭhā bhavati prāṇināṃ //
bhagavāṃ gaṃgām uttīrṇo vaiśālīye ca sīmām ākrānto // bhagavatā te amanuṣyakā palānā // māreṇa pāpīmatā bhagavato gacchantasya yat taṃ lecchavīhi mārgaṃ muktapuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ siktasaṃmṛṣṭaṃ pratijāgritaṃ taṃ sarvaṃ prāṇakehi sphuṭaṃ // nirmito kuṇḍalo nāma parivrājako // so bhagavato tena mārgeṇa gacchantasya āha // nivartāhi //
bahūhi prāṇehi mahī saṃvṛtā
aṇūhi sthūlehi ca madhyehi ca /
buddho yadā gacchati bhūtasaṃstṛte
vyathā tato upapadyati ākrame //