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 1.282
samantapaṇḍitā putrā nipuṇā arthacintakā //
sarveṣāṃ vo kariṣyāmi vacanam anuśāsanīṃ /
dṛṣṭo dhārmikathayā vo artho yaṃ sāṃparāyikaḥ //
pūrvenivāsaṃ bhagavāṃ pūrvejātim anusmaran* /
jātakam idam ākhyāsi śāstā bhikṣūṇam antike //
anavarāgrasmiṃ saṃsāre yatra me uṣitaṃ purā /
śuko ahaṃ tada āsi śāriputro ca sāriko //
ānando kauśiko āsi brahmadatto śuddhodano /
evam idam aparimitaṃ bahuduḥkhaṃ
uccanīcaṃ caritaṃ purāṇaṃ /
vigatajvaro vigatabhayo aśoko svajātakaṃ
bhagavāṃ bhāṣati bhikṣusaṃghamadhye //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne triśakunīyaṃ nāma jātakaṃ samāptaṃ //
atha bodhisatvas taṃ śukabhavaṃ jahitvā kumāro saṃvṛttaḥ daśakuśalāṃ karmapathāṃ deśeti //
daśa vaśitā ākhyātā buddhenādityabandhunā /
bodhisatvāna śurāṇāṃ bhāṣato taṃ śṛṇotha me //
vaśī āyuṣmanto dhīro pratibhāne tathaiva ca /
upapattiyā ca karme ca cinte ca vaśitāṃ gato //
dharme ca ṛddhivaśitā abhiprāyavaśis tathā /
kāladeśe vaśī dhīro ity ete vaśitā daśa //
sarveṣāṃ vo kariṣyāmi vacanam anuśāsanīṃ /
dṛṣṭo dhārmikathayā vo artho yaṃ sāṃparāyikaḥ //
pūrvenivāsaṃ bhagavāṃ pūrvejātim anusmaran* /
jātakam idam ākhyāsi śāstā bhikṣūṇam antike //
anavarāgrasmiṃ saṃsāre yatra me uṣitaṃ purā /
śuko ahaṃ tada āsi śāriputro ca sāriko //
ānando kauśiko āsi brahmadatto śuddhodano /
evam idam aparimitaṃ bahuduḥkhaṃ
uccanīcaṃ caritaṃ purāṇaṃ /
vigatajvaro vigatabhayo aśoko svajātakaṃ
bhagavāṃ bhāṣati bhikṣusaṃghamadhye //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne triśakunīyaṃ nāma jātakaṃ samāptaṃ //
atha bodhisatvas taṃ śukabhavaṃ jahitvā kumāro saṃvṛttaḥ daśakuśalāṃ karmapathāṃ deśeti //
daśa vaśitā ākhyātā buddhenādityabandhunā /
bodhisatvāna śurāṇāṃ bhāṣato taṃ śṛṇotha me //
vaśī āyuṣmanto dhīro pratibhāne tathaiva ca /
upapattiyā ca karme ca cinte ca vaśitāṃ gato //
dharme ca ṛddhivaśitā abhiprāyavaśis tathā /
kāladeśe vaśī dhīro ity ete vaśitā daśa //