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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 1.331
lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca // so imaṃ ca lokam abhijñāya paraṃ ca lokam abhijñāya sadevakaṃ ca lokaṃ samārakaṃ saśramaṇabrāhmaṇaṃ prajāṃ sadevamanuṣyāṃ ihaiva vārāṇasīye ṛṣivadane mṛgadāve dharmacakraṃ pravarteyaṃ triparivartaṃ dvādaśākāraṃ apravartiyaṃ śramaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā māreṇa vā brahmanā vā kenacid vā punar loke saha dharmeṇa // evaṃ ca sarvākārasaṃpannaṃ sarvākāraparipūrṇaṃ dharmaṃ deśayeyaṃ yathāpi bhagavāṃ kāśyapo etarahiṃ // evaṃ ca samagraṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ parihareyaṃ yathā bhagavāṃ kāśyapo etarhiṃ // evaṃ ca me devā ca manuṣyā ca śrotavyaṃ śraddhātavyaṃ manyensu yathāpi bhagavato kāśyapasya etarahi // taṃ bhaveyyā bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukaṃpāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca // hāyensu āsurā kāyā divyā kāyā abhivarddhensu // evam ukto ānanda jyotipālo bhikṣur bhagavantaṃ kāśyapam etad avocat* // evam etaṃ bhagavan* // evam ukte ānanda bhagavāṃ jyotipālaṃ bhikṣum etad avocat* // tasmād dhi jyotipāla idaṃ suvarṇapīṭhakaṃ duṣyayugaṃ buddhapramukhe bhikṣusaṃghe dehi kṛtapuṇyās te devā ca manuṣyāś ca śrotavyaṃ śraddhātavyaṃ maniṣyanti // adāsi khalv ānanda