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 2.195
tasmiṃ cittaṃ prasādetha dakṣiṇīyeṣu tādṛśaṃ //
paśyati rakṣabhūtena karmaṃ upacitaṃ śubhaṃ //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadānakathāyāṃ kaṇṭhakasya vyākaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ //
śuddhāvasehi devehi tahiṃ araṇyāyatane kāṣāyaprāvṛto lubdhako nirmito / so dāni bodhisatvena dṛṣṭo //
tatrādrākṣīd araṇyasmiṃ lubdhakaṃ kāṣāyaprāvṛtaṃ //
so tatra upasaṃkramya idaṃ vacanam abravīt* //
imau kāśikau gṛhṇitvā dehi kāṣāyaṃ tvaṃ mama /
so tau kāśikau gṛhītvā deti kāṣāyaṃ lubdhako //
tataḥ kāṣāyau gṛhṇitvā tuṣṭo āttamano abhūt* /
so patho me varo dhīro uttamārthasya prāptaye ti //
bodhisatvo dharmāraṇyaṃ vaśiṣṭhasya ṛṣisya āśramapadaṃ praviṣṭaḥ // vaśiṣṭho pi ṛṣi bodhisatvaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismito ko yaṃ bhaviṣyati mānuṣo vā devo vā śakro vā brahmā vā yasya kāyasya prabhāye sarvam imaṃ tapovanam obhāsitaṃ // sarve te vaṭukā bodhisatvaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvaritatvaritā svakasvakāni parṇakūṭīni pradhāvitā nānāprakārāṇi phalāni gṛhya pānīyaṃ ca bodhisatvam upasaṃkrāntā //
tatra vṛddhaṃ mahāprājñaṃ tāpasantapatāṃ varaṃ /
vaśiṣṭhaṃ nāma gotreṇa dadarśa ca jagāma ca //
tāmradhūmāruṇajaṭaṃ jvālam iva adarśi taṃ /
paśyati rakṣabhūtena karmaṃ upacitaṃ śubhaṃ //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadānakathāyāṃ kaṇṭhakasya vyākaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ //
śuddhāvasehi devehi tahiṃ araṇyāyatane kāṣāyaprāvṛto lubdhako nirmito / so dāni bodhisatvena dṛṣṭo //
tatrādrākṣīd araṇyasmiṃ lubdhakaṃ kāṣāyaprāvṛtaṃ //
so tatra upasaṃkramya idaṃ vacanam abravīt* //
imau kāśikau gṛhṇitvā dehi kāṣāyaṃ tvaṃ mama /
so tau kāśikau gṛhītvā deti kāṣāyaṃ lubdhako //
tataḥ kāṣāyau gṛhṇitvā tuṣṭo āttamano abhūt* /
so patho me varo dhīro uttamārthasya prāptaye ti //
bodhisatvo dharmāraṇyaṃ vaśiṣṭhasya ṛṣisya āśramapadaṃ praviṣṭaḥ // vaśiṣṭho pi ṛṣi bodhisatvaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismito ko yaṃ bhaviṣyati mānuṣo vā devo vā śakro vā brahmā vā yasya kāyasya prabhāye sarvam imaṃ tapovanam obhāsitaṃ // sarve te vaṭukā bodhisatvaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvaritatvaritā svakasvakāni parṇakūṭīni pradhāvitā nānāprakārāṇi phalāni gṛhya pānīyaṃ ca bodhisatvam upasaṃkrāntā //
tatra vṛddhaṃ mahāprājñaṃ tāpasantapatāṃ varaṃ /
vaśiṣṭhaṃ nāma gotreṇa dadarśa ca jagāma ca //
tāmradhūmāruṇajaṭaṃ jvālam iva adarśi taṃ /