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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 2.9
pramadottamāyāṃ sananditāyāṃ avilakṣitāyāṃ akṣudrāvacarāyāṃ prāsadikāyāṃ śucigātrāyāṃ mandarāgāyāṃ jātisaṃpannāyāṃ kulasaṃpannāyāṃ rūpasampannāyāṃ varṇasampannāyāṃ nāmasampannāyāṃ ārohasampannāyāṃ pariṇāhasampannāyāṃ vyaktāyāṃ agrayauvanamaṇḍaprāptāyāṃ viśrutāyāṃ paṇḍitāyāṃ smṛtāyāṃ saṃprajānāyāṃ pradakṣiṇacittāyāṃ sarvākārasampannāyāṃ sarvākāraparipūrṇāyāṃ pramadottamāyāṃ bodhisatvā mātuḥ kukṣim avakrāmanti // bodhisatvena prabhā osṛṣṭā yāye prabhāye sarvaṃ buddhakṣetraṃ avabhāsitaṃ / devaputro devaputraṃ pṛcchati //
kiṃ kāraṇaṃ suravareṇa prabhā pramuktā
candrāṃśuśītalatarā kanakāvadātā /
yenāsureśvaragaṇā manujeśvarāś ca
prahlāditā ca narakā jvalanāgnikalpāḥ //
so dāni āha //
ye tatra tatra janatāṃ pratipālayanti
saṃsārapaṃjaragatāṃ madanābhibhūtāṃ /
teṣāṃ vimokṣakaraṇena mahāyaśena
āmantraṇārtham anaghena prabhā pramuktā //
bodhisatva āha //
muñcatha amarā purāṇi na kila prāmodyasya ayaṃ kālo /
jarāmaraṇapuraṃ bhettuṃ kālo jñānaprahāreṇa //
bodhisatvo smṛto saṃprajāno pradakṣiṇacitto mātuḥ kukṣiṃ okrānto //
iti sa nadiya siṃhanādaṃ narasiṃho cyavanakālasamayasmiṃ /
antarahito kṣaṇena narendrabhavane samupapadyi //
kiṃ kāraṇaṃ suravareṇa prabhā pramuktā
candrāṃśuśītalatarā kanakāvadātā /
yenāsureśvaragaṇā manujeśvarāś ca
prahlāditā ca narakā jvalanāgnikalpāḥ //
so dāni āha //
ye tatra tatra janatāṃ pratipālayanti
saṃsārapaṃjaragatāṃ madanābhibhūtāṃ /
teṣāṃ vimokṣakaraṇena mahāyaśena
āmantraṇārtham anaghena prabhā pramuktā //
bodhisatva āha //
muñcatha amarā purāṇi na kila prāmodyasya ayaṃ kālo /
jarāmaraṇapuraṃ bhettuṃ kālo jñānaprahāreṇa //
bodhisatvo smṛto saṃprajāno pradakṣiṇacitto mātuḥ kukṣiṃ okrānto //
iti sa nadiya siṃhanādaṃ narasiṃho cyavanakālasamayasmiṃ /
antarahito kṣaṇena narendrabhavane samupapadyi //