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 2.45
kathaṃ nāma vijñū jine na prasīde //
śatakhutto samādāya yaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvasattvanāṃ /
tenāsya lakṣaṇavaraṃ kāye ekaṃ nivartaye //
rājā śuddhodano sāntaḥpuro śārdhaṃ kumāreṇa udyānabhūmiṃ nirdhāvito // bodhisatvo udyānabhūmīye anucaṃkramanto kṛṣigrāmam anuprāpto // tatra paśyati halāni vahantāni / tehi halehi dīrghako ca maṇḍūko ca utkṣiptā / maṇḍūko gṛhīto bhojanārthaṃ / so pi dīrghako kumāreṇa kṣipto // taṃ ca bodhisatvena dṛṣṭaṃ / dṛṣṭvā ca bodhisatvasya mahāntaṃ saṃvegam utpannaṃ //
kāmaṃ śarīraṃ samaṃ tapyati jīvitaṃ ca
prāpsyāmi adya amṛtaṃ bhavavipramokṣaṃ /
vīryaṃ mayā hi pratisaṃharituṃ na śakyaṃ
velāya ca salilavegaṃ yathāṇarvasya //
jambucchāyāyāṃ bodhisatvo niṣaṇṇo pūrvāhṇe parivṛtte divasakare chāyā bodhisatvaṃ na jahāti / savitarkaṃ savicāraṃ prathamaṃ dhyānam upasaṃpadya viharati // himavantapārśvato paṃca ṛṣayo vaihāyasena vindhyaṃ gacchanti / te tatra bodhisatvasya na śaknonti uparigantuṃ //
vayam iha maṇivajrakūṭaṃ giriṃ merum abhyudgataṃ tiryagatyarthavistārikaṃ /
śatakhutto samādāya yaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvasattvanāṃ /
tenāsya lakṣaṇavaraṃ kāye ekaṃ nivartaye //
rājā śuddhodano sāntaḥpuro śārdhaṃ kumāreṇa udyānabhūmiṃ nirdhāvito // bodhisatvo udyānabhūmīye anucaṃkramanto kṛṣigrāmam anuprāpto // tatra paśyati halāni vahantāni / tehi halehi dīrghako ca maṇḍūko ca utkṣiptā / maṇḍūko gṛhīto bhojanārthaṃ / so pi dīrghako kumāreṇa kṣipto // taṃ ca bodhisatvena dṛṣṭaṃ / dṛṣṭvā ca bodhisatvasya mahāntaṃ saṃvegam utpannaṃ //
kāmaṃ śarīraṃ samaṃ tapyati jīvitaṃ ca
prāpsyāmi adya amṛtaṃ bhavavipramokṣaṃ /
vīryaṃ mayā hi pratisaṃharituṃ na śakyaṃ
velāya ca salilavegaṃ yathāṇarvasya //
jambucchāyāyāṃ bodhisatvo niṣaṇṇo pūrvāhṇe parivṛtte divasakare chāyā bodhisatvaṃ na jahāti / savitarkaṃ savicāraṃ prathamaṃ dhyānam upasaṃpadya viharati // himavantapārśvato paṃca ṛṣayo vaihāyasena vindhyaṃ gacchanti / te tatra bodhisatvasya na śaknonti uparigantuṃ //
vayam iha maṇivajrakūṭaṃ giriṃ merum abhyudgataṃ tiryagatyarthavistārikaṃ /