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 2.33
kumārasya na kāṃcid vipattiṃ paśyāmi / edṛśānāṃ mahārāja mahāpuruṣāṇāṃ kadācit kahiṃcil loke prādurbhāvo bhavati / ayaṃ mahāpuruṣo prādurbhūtaḥ buddho loke bhaviṣyati / ahaṃ ca vṛddho na drakṣyāmi / dharmaṃ ca deśayiṣyati aupasamikaṃ cāryaṃ ca nirvāṇikaṃ ca taṃ ca na śroṣyāmi / gaṇavaraṃ cāsya na drakṣyāmi buddhavikurvitāni na drakṣyāmi / tad etāṃ mahārāja ātmano mahāvipattiṃ dṛṣṭvā rodāmi // ṛṣiḥ bodhisatvaṃ caturhi kāraṇehi ekāṃśena vyākaritvā buddho yaṃ loke bhaviṣyatīti prakrānto //
nīvaraṇāni vijahitva ekāgreṇa manasā mama śṛṇotha /
yathā asito parideve utpanne śākiyakumāre //
asito nāma maharṣiḥ abhūṣi yo vasati vindhyaviṣayasmiṃ /
niyatanicayo mahātmā mahākapila-uttamāṃgaruhaḥ //
āraṇyaśāstrakuśalo lābhī pañcāna so abhijñāna /
kailāsaśikharavāsī dhanapatir iva guhyakādhipati //
so vasati kānanamūrdhni mūlaphalam akṛṣṭaṃ rucchāṃ vṛttiṃ /
śiṣyeṇa nālakena sārdhaṃ anyehi ca bahūhi //
daśakuśalakarmasevī praśamadamarato pare ca ovadati /
devaguṇapāramigato ṛṣiḥ paramaśīlasaṃpanno //
obhāso ca suvipulo prītī lokottara asaṃmuhyantī /
satvā caikāntasukhī abhunsu pṛthivī ca kampesi //
so tatra saṃniṣaṇṇo paśyati mandāravāṇi kusumāni /
dharaṇītale patitāni divyāni ca kalpapuṣpāṇi //
nīvaraṇāni vijahitva ekāgreṇa manasā mama śṛṇotha /
yathā asito parideve utpanne śākiyakumāre //
asito nāma maharṣiḥ abhūṣi yo vasati vindhyaviṣayasmiṃ /
niyatanicayo mahātmā mahākapila-uttamāṃgaruhaḥ //
āraṇyaśāstrakuśalo lābhī pañcāna so abhijñāna /
kailāsaśikharavāsī dhanapatir iva guhyakādhipati //
so vasati kānanamūrdhni mūlaphalam akṛṣṭaṃ rucchāṃ vṛttiṃ /
śiṣyeṇa nālakena sārdhaṃ anyehi ca bahūhi //
daśakuśalakarmasevī praśamadamarato pare ca ovadati /
devaguṇapāramigato ṛṣiḥ paramaśīlasaṃpanno //
obhāso ca suvipulo prītī lokottara asaṃmuhyantī /
satvā caikāntasukhī abhunsu pṛthivī ca kampesi //
so tatra saṃniṣaṇṇo paśyati mandāravāṇi kusumāni /
dharaṇītale patitāni divyāni ca kalpapuṣpāṇi //