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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 1.330
utpadye // aho punar ahaṃ bhaveyam anāgatam adhvānaṃ tathāgato arhaṃ samyaksambuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca // so imaṃ ca lokam abhijñāya sadevakaṃ lokaṃ samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ saśramaṇaṃ prajāṃ sadevamanuṣyāṃ ihaiva vārāṇasyāṃ ṛṣivadane mṛgadāve dharmacakraṃ pravarteyaṃ dvādaśākāraṃ apravartiyaṃ śramaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā māreṇa vā kenacid vā punar loke saha dharmeṇa // evaṃ ca sarvākārasaṃpannaṃ sarvākāraparipūrṇaṃ ca dharmaṃ deśayeyaṃ yathāpi bhagavāṃ kāśyapo etarahiṃ // evaṃ ca devamanuṣyā śrotavyaṃ śraddhātavyaṃ manyensu tathā bhagavato kāśyapasya etarahiṃ // taṃ bhaveyaṃ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca // hāyensu āsurā kāyā divyā kāyā abhivardhensu // atha khalv ānanda bhagavāṃ kāśyapo jyotipālasya bhikṣusya idam evarūpaṃ cetasā eva cetoparivitarkam ājñāya anyataraṃ bhikṣuṃ āmantrayasi // ehi tvaṃ bhikṣu yena jyotipālo bhikṣus tenopasaṃkramitvā jyotipālaṃ bhikṣum evaṃ vadehi // śāstā te āyuṣmaṃ āmantreti / upasaṃkrame yena tathāgato // bhagavato kāśyapasya pratiśrutvā yena jyotipālo bhikṣus tenopasaṃkramitvā jyotipālaṃ bhikṣum etad avocat* // śāstā āyuṣmaṃ jyotipāla āmantrayati upasaṃkrame yena bhagavāṃ // sādhv āyuṣmann iti āyuṣmāṃ jyotipālas tasya bhikṣusya pratiśrutvā yena bhagavān kāśyapas tenopasaṃkramitvā bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣīdi // ekānte niṣaṇṇaṃ āyuṣmantaṃ jyotipālaṃ bhikṣuṃ bhagavāṃ kāśyapa etad avocat* // nanu jyotipāla ekasya jyotipālasya rahogatasya pratisaṃlīnasya ayam evaṃrūpaś cetaso parivitarka utpadye // aho punar ahaṃ bhaveyaṃ anāgatam adhvānaṃ tathāgato arhaṃ samyaksambuddho vidyācaraṇasampanno sugato