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 2.204
. . . . bhairavakarā karonti rūpāṇi ca bahūni //
pādapavanasmiṃ tasmiṃ viharati so sarvalokahitakāmo /
caṇḍamṛgarākṣasānāṃ hṛtabahumānena yo ramyo //
yatha ātmano mṛgapatiḥ sarvajagahitaṃ tato viśeṣeṇa /
prārthayati satvasāro satvāna tad api damāścaryaṃ //
ekekasatvamokṣaṇe yadi kalpam asaṃkhyaṃ sarvasatvānāṃ /
duḥkham anubhomi tāreṣyaṃ sarvasatvānāṃ vyavasitam idaṃ //
satvasārasya ṣaḍvarṣā duṣkaraṃ vane caritvā karmakṣaye /
smṛti labdhā yatra pathāsmi gato nāyaṃ mārgo mokṣāye //
asti tasmiṃ mati pūrve jaṃbudrume śākyarājam udyāne /
prathamaṃ dhyānaṃ samādayi sa bhaviṣyati bodhiye mārgo //
na ca śākyaṃ durbalena kṛśena pariśuṣkarudhiramānsena /
bodhim abhigantuṃ yad ahaṃ punar āhāram abhyavahareyaṃ //
devatā avoca mā tvaṃ āharayahi mā te yaśo parihāye /
vayam ojaṃ gātreṣu tuhyaṃ upasaṃhariṣyāmatha //
tasyāsi ahaṃ sarvaśo satatam anāhāra ity abhijñāto /
ojaś ce mahya tehi upasaṃhāritaṃ mṛṣā asyā //
so anṛtavacanabhīto alam iti tāṃ devatāṃ pratikṣipiya /
mudrakulacchahareṇḍā phāṇikṛtaṃ yūṣam upabhuṃje //
pādapavanasmiṃ tasmiṃ viharati so sarvalokahitakāmo /
caṇḍamṛgarākṣasānāṃ hṛtabahumānena yo ramyo //
yatha ātmano mṛgapatiḥ sarvajagahitaṃ tato viśeṣeṇa /
prārthayati satvasāro satvāna tad api damāścaryaṃ //
ekekasatvamokṣaṇe yadi kalpam asaṃkhyaṃ sarvasatvānāṃ /
duḥkham anubhomi tāreṣyaṃ sarvasatvānāṃ vyavasitam idaṃ //
satvasārasya ṣaḍvarṣā duṣkaraṃ vane caritvā karmakṣaye /
smṛti labdhā yatra pathāsmi gato nāyaṃ mārgo mokṣāye //
asti tasmiṃ mati pūrve jaṃbudrume śākyarājam udyāne /
prathamaṃ dhyānaṃ samādayi sa bhaviṣyati bodhiye mārgo //
na ca śākyaṃ durbalena kṛśena pariśuṣkarudhiramānsena /
bodhim abhigantuṃ yad ahaṃ punar āhāram abhyavahareyaṃ //
devatā avoca mā tvaṃ āharayahi mā te yaśo parihāye /
vayam ojaṃ gātreṣu tuhyaṃ upasaṃhariṣyāmatha //
tasyāsi ahaṃ sarvaśo satatam anāhāra ity abhijñāto /
ojaś ce mahya tehi upasaṃhāritaṃ mṛṣā asyā //
so anṛtavacanabhīto alam iti tāṃ devatāṃ pratikṣipiya /
mudrakulacchahareṇḍā phāṇikṛtaṃ yūṣam upabhuṃje //