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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 2.81
chatraṃ mahantaṃ yatha varṣakāle /
eṣo nuśaṃso dharme sucīrṇe
na durgatiṃ gacchati dharmacārī //
adharmacārī hi naro pramatto
yāṃ yāṃ gatiṃ gacchati adharmacārī /
so naṃ adharmo carito hanāti
sāmaṃ gṛhīto yatha kṛṣṇasarpo //
na hi dharmo adharmo ca ubhau samavipākinau /
adharmo nirayaṃ neti dharmo prāpeti svargatiṃ //
dharmo hi vai rakṣati dharmacāriṃ
chatraṃ mahantaṃ yatha varṣakāle /
dharmeṇa gupto mama dharmapālo
anyasya asthīni sukhī kumāro //
so brāhmaṇo saparivāro bhojayitvā brahmāyunā brāhmaṇena visarjito so ca brāhmaṇo āśramaṃ gato dharmapālaṃ ca māṇavakaṃ tahiṃ āśrame paśyati / te dāni sarve vismitā suṣṭu purohitena jñātaṃ //
___bhagavān āha // syāt khalu punar bhikṣavaḥ yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena brahmāyur nāma brāhmaṇo abhūṣi / na khalv eta devaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / ahaṃ bhikṣavaḥ tena kālena tena samayena brahmāyur nāma brāhmaṇaḥ // syāt khalu punar bhikṣavo yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena brahmāyusya brāhmaṇasya dharmapālo nāma putro abhūṣi / naitad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / eṣa rāhulo tena kālena tena samayena brahmāyusya
eṣo nuśaṃso dharme sucīrṇe
na durgatiṃ gacchati dharmacārī //
adharmacārī hi naro pramatto
yāṃ yāṃ gatiṃ gacchati adharmacārī /
so naṃ adharmo carito hanāti
sāmaṃ gṛhīto yatha kṛṣṇasarpo //
na hi dharmo adharmo ca ubhau samavipākinau /
adharmo nirayaṃ neti dharmo prāpeti svargatiṃ //
dharmo hi vai rakṣati dharmacāriṃ
chatraṃ mahantaṃ yatha varṣakāle /
dharmeṇa gupto mama dharmapālo
anyasya asthīni sukhī kumāro //
so brāhmaṇo saparivāro bhojayitvā brahmāyunā brāhmaṇena visarjito so ca brāhmaṇo āśramaṃ gato dharmapālaṃ ca māṇavakaṃ tahiṃ āśrame paśyati / te dāni sarve vismitā suṣṭu purohitena jñātaṃ //
___bhagavān āha // syāt khalu punar bhikṣavaḥ yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena brahmāyur nāma brāhmaṇo abhūṣi / na khalv eta devaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / ahaṃ bhikṣavaḥ tena kālena tena samayena brahmāyur nāma brāhmaṇaḥ // syāt khalu punar bhikṣavo yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena brahmāyusya brāhmaṇasya dharmapālo nāma putro abhūṣi / naitad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / eṣa rāhulo tena kālena tena samayena brahmāyusya