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 2.93
yaṃ codayitvā paribhāṣi devate
tatrārthaṃ paśāmi te chinnasāgaraṃ /
śrotaṃ na khaneya na mūlam uddharet*
na tv antaraṃ yasya na pāram uttaret* //
nāhaṃ kuśīdo svamaṇiṃ tyajeyaṃ
dhanaṃ haritvāhaṃ śameyaṃ vīryaṃ /
karontu bhūtā vacanaṃ mameha
tathā bhaṇeyaṃ na tathā bhaṇeyaṃ /
hutāśanaṃ prajvalitaṃ na saṃname
sacandratārāṃ parivartaye mahīṃ //
[sā devatā tatra vicintayanti]
dātavyaṃ me taṃ maṇi māṇavasya
yathā na eṣo kṣapaye samudraṃ /
eṣo ca gṛhyāna maṇiṃ praṇītaṃ
gacche māṇava siddhayānapātro //
sarvatra vīryavān sādhu kuśīdo duḥkhaṃ jīvati /
so yaṃ vīryaprabhāvena dhanam ādāya gacchati //
pūrvenivāsaṃ bhagavān pūrvejātim anusmaran* /
jātakam idam ākhyāsi śāstā bhikṣuṇam antike //
te skandhā tāni dhātūni tāni āyatanāni ca /
ātmānaṃ ca adhikṛtya bhagavān tam arthaṃ vyākare //
tatrārthaṃ paśāmi te chinnasāgaraṃ /
śrotaṃ na khaneya na mūlam uddharet*
na tv antaraṃ yasya na pāram uttaret* //
nāhaṃ kuśīdo svamaṇiṃ tyajeyaṃ
dhanaṃ haritvāhaṃ śameyaṃ vīryaṃ /
karontu bhūtā vacanaṃ mameha
tathā bhaṇeyaṃ na tathā bhaṇeyaṃ /
hutāśanaṃ prajvalitaṃ na saṃname
sacandratārāṃ parivartaye mahīṃ //
[sā devatā tatra vicintayanti]
dātavyaṃ me taṃ maṇi māṇavasya
yathā na eṣo kṣapaye samudraṃ /
eṣo ca gṛhyāna maṇiṃ praṇītaṃ
gacche māṇava siddhayānapātro //
sarvatra vīryavān sādhu kuśīdo duḥkhaṃ jīvati /
so yaṃ vīryaprabhāvena dhanam ādāya gacchati //
pūrvenivāsaṃ bhagavān pūrvejātim anusmaran* /
jātakam idam ākhyāsi śāstā bhikṣuṇam antike //
te skandhā tāni dhātūni tāni āyatanāni ca /
ātmānaṃ ca adhikṛtya bhagavān tam arthaṃ vyākare //