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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 1.317
tālaskandham unmūletvā yena te brāhmaṇā tena pratyudgatā // taṃ tālaskandhaṃ pṛthivīye chaṭāchaṭāye uparipatitaṃ // te brāhmaṇā bhītā nāśanaṣṭāḥ //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne mālinīye vastu samāptaṃ //
evaṃ mayā śrutaṃ ekasmiṃ samaye bhagavāṃ kośaleṣu cārikāṃ caramāṇo mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhaṃ paṃcahi bhikṣuśatehi yena kośalānāṃ mārakaraṇḍo nigamo tad avasāri tad anuprāpto tatraiva viharati anyatarasmiṃ vanaṣaṇḍe // atha khalu bhagavān sāyāhnakālasamaye pratisaṃlayanād vyutthāya vihārāto nirgamya ūrdhvaṃ ca ulloketvā diśābhāgāṃ ca abhiviloketvā adho ca oloketvā samaṃ ca bhūmibhāgaṃ samavekṣitvā smitaṃ prāduṣkaritvā dīrghaṃ caṃkramaṃ caṃkrame // adrākṣīt* atha khalv āyuṣmān ānando bhagavantaṃ sāyāhnakālasamaye pratisaṃlayanād vyūtthāya ūrdhvaṃ ca ulloketvā diśābhāgāṃ ca abhiviloketvā adho ca oloketvā samaṃ ca bhūmibhāgaṃ samavekṣitvā smitaṃ prāduṣkaritvā dīrghaṃ caṃkramaṃ cakramantaṃ / dṛṣṭvā punar yena saṃbahulā bhikṣavas tenopasaṃkramitvā bhikṣūn etat avocat* // eṣo buddho bhagavān sāyāhnasamaye pratisaṃlayanād vyūtthāya ūrdhvaṃ ca ulloketvā diśābhāgāṃ ca abhiviloketvā adho ca avaloketvā samaṃ bhūmibhāgaṃ samavekṣitvā smitaṃ ca prāduṣkaritvā dīrghaṃ caṃkramaṃ caṃkramati // na ca punar āvusāvo tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksambuddhāḥ ahetu apratyayaṃ smitaṃ prāduṣkurvanti // kiṃ punar vayaṃ āvusāvo yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkramitvā bhagavantam etam arthaṃ pṛcchema // yathā taṃ bhagavāṃ vyākariṣyati tathā taṃ dhārayiṣyāma // sādhv āyuṣmann iti te bhikṣū āyuṣmato ānandasya pratyaśroṣi //
___atha khalu āyuṣmān ānando tehi bhikṣuhi sārdhaṃ yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkramitvā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vinditvā ekānte asthāsi // ekānte sthitaḥ āyuṣmān ānando
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne mālinīye vastu samāptaṃ //
evaṃ mayā śrutaṃ ekasmiṃ samaye bhagavāṃ kośaleṣu cārikāṃ caramāṇo mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhaṃ paṃcahi bhikṣuśatehi yena kośalānāṃ mārakaraṇḍo nigamo tad avasāri tad anuprāpto tatraiva viharati anyatarasmiṃ vanaṣaṇḍe // atha khalu bhagavān sāyāhnakālasamaye pratisaṃlayanād vyutthāya vihārāto nirgamya ūrdhvaṃ ca ulloketvā diśābhāgāṃ ca abhiviloketvā adho ca oloketvā samaṃ ca bhūmibhāgaṃ samavekṣitvā smitaṃ prāduṣkaritvā dīrghaṃ caṃkramaṃ caṃkrame // adrākṣīt* atha khalv āyuṣmān ānando bhagavantaṃ sāyāhnakālasamaye pratisaṃlayanād vyūtthāya ūrdhvaṃ ca ulloketvā diśābhāgāṃ ca abhiviloketvā adho ca oloketvā samaṃ ca bhūmibhāgaṃ samavekṣitvā smitaṃ prāduṣkaritvā dīrghaṃ caṃkramaṃ cakramantaṃ / dṛṣṭvā punar yena saṃbahulā bhikṣavas tenopasaṃkramitvā bhikṣūn etat avocat* // eṣo buddho bhagavān sāyāhnasamaye pratisaṃlayanād vyūtthāya ūrdhvaṃ ca ulloketvā diśābhāgāṃ ca abhiviloketvā adho ca avaloketvā samaṃ bhūmibhāgaṃ samavekṣitvā smitaṃ ca prāduṣkaritvā dīrghaṃ caṃkramaṃ caṃkramati // na ca punar āvusāvo tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksambuddhāḥ ahetu apratyayaṃ smitaṃ prāduṣkurvanti // kiṃ punar vayaṃ āvusāvo yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkramitvā bhagavantam etam arthaṃ pṛcchema // yathā taṃ bhagavāṃ vyākariṣyati tathā taṃ dhārayiṣyāma // sādhv āyuṣmann iti te bhikṣū āyuṣmato ānandasya pratyaśroṣi //
___atha khalu āyuṣmān ānando tehi bhikṣuhi sārdhaṃ yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkramitvā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vinditvā ekānte asthāsi // ekānte sthitaḥ āyuṣmān ānando