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 2.148
tāta saṃśāranāṭakam upalakṣayāmi yantravijñānanaṭavedanavikārāṃ janayati / traidhātukaṃ raṃgaṃ sthānaṃ satvānāṃ kṛtavikṛtiṣaṅgatiṣu raṃgaṃ praviśati tṛṣṇāsnehavaraṃ ca kleśaśatānāṃ gābhīratā / evaṃ purimā koṭi na prajñāyati parasparaṃ nāṭakaṃ satvānāṃ vaṃcanagrahaṇavipāṭakaṃ // nāsti so satvo vā satvakāyo vā yo saṃskāreṣu na khalīkṛto na vaṃcito athāparaṃ gurujaneṣu / tato udagram anubhavāhi tāta saṃsāranāṭakaṃ vinivartayitvā samathanirvāṇapuram anupravekṣyāmi yatra jarāmaraṇaṃ nākrāmanti pūrvam eva padaṃ parimārgayiṣye yantaṃ purimakehi tathāgatehi arhantehi samyaksaṃbuddhehi parimārgitaṃ //
___rājā āha // imaṃ te putra vimānaṃ devabhavanasadṛśaṃ samṛddhaṃ tava cāntarapuraṃ tvaṃ pi putra abhirūpavāṃ varalakṣaṇapuṇyasahasracito kim idaṃ putra ratiṃ na vindasi api tu niṣkramaṇam eva abhikāṃkṣasi vihāya nagarapuraṃ // kumāro āha //
gatiṣu santrastamānaso śṛṇohi
mama tāta me yena na asti rati //
jarāvyādhi ripur maraṇaṃ tṛtīyaṃ
abhimardati tena me nāsti ratiḥ //
yadi nityasukhaṃ ātumano bhave
yadi vātmano duḥkhabalaṃ na bhave //
yadi saṃskṛtapratyayam idaṃ na bhave
atha kisya mamātu ratir na bhave //
upalabhyati kāyo karaṇḍasamo
upalabhyati kāye ca sarpasamā //
___rājā āha // imaṃ te putra vimānaṃ devabhavanasadṛśaṃ samṛddhaṃ tava cāntarapuraṃ tvaṃ pi putra abhirūpavāṃ varalakṣaṇapuṇyasahasracito kim idaṃ putra ratiṃ na vindasi api tu niṣkramaṇam eva abhikāṃkṣasi vihāya nagarapuraṃ // kumāro āha //
gatiṣu santrastamānaso śṛṇohi
mama tāta me yena na asti rati //
jarāvyādhi ripur maraṇaṃ tṛtīyaṃ
abhimardati tena me nāsti ratiḥ //
yadi nityasukhaṃ ātumano bhave
yadi vātmano duḥkhabalaṃ na bhave //
yadi saṃskṛtapratyayam idaṃ na bhave
atha kisya mamātu ratir na bhave //
upalabhyati kāyo karaṇḍasamo
upalabhyati kāye ca sarpasamā //