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 2.220
śakyam abhibhavituṃ kenaci tena daśabalo anabhibhūto //
yaṃ yaṃ tathāgatānāṃ smṛtiye balaṃ tāsu tāsu jātīṣu /
maitrāya ca karuṇāya ca lokaṃ anukampamānānāṃ //
taṃ sucaritaṃ bhagavato kalpaśatasahasrasaṃcitaśubhasya /
aham abhyudāhariṣyaṃ avadhānaṃ detha satkṛtya //
tena samayena bhagavāṃ vānaprasthāna tāpasakulasmiṃ /
atyantaśuddhe satvaṃ upapadyitha buddhisampanno //
tasya mātāpitarau jīrṇā ca abhūnsuś cakṣuvihīnā /
eteṣām utpadye hitāya lokottaro . . . . //
sarvamanavadyagātro ṛddhīmāṃ saumyako viśālākṣo /
tad eva tasya nāmaṃ abhūṣi śyāmo ti taṃ kālaṃ //
āścaryaṃ ṛṣikumāraṃ yo paśyati mānuṣo vā devo vā /
rūpaguṇapāramigataṃ nidhyāyanto sa na tṛpyati //
svayam eva bodhisatvo kiṃ kuśalaṃ gaveṣayaṃ samādiyati /
śuklaṃ kuśalaṃ dharmaṃ taṃ ca samādāya varteti //
akhaṇḍakam akalmāṣaṃ pariśuddhaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kuśīdehi /
svayaṃ carati brahmacaryaṃ paraṃ ca tatra niyojayati //
mātāpitṝṣu vīro upasthapetvā tīvraṃ paricarati /
brahmacaryaṃ brahmacāri svayaṃ brahmacārivrataṃ carati //
yaṃ yaṃ tathāgatānāṃ smṛtiye balaṃ tāsu tāsu jātīṣu /
maitrāya ca karuṇāya ca lokaṃ anukampamānānāṃ //
taṃ sucaritaṃ bhagavato kalpaśatasahasrasaṃcitaśubhasya /
aham abhyudāhariṣyaṃ avadhānaṃ detha satkṛtya //
tena samayena bhagavāṃ vānaprasthāna tāpasakulasmiṃ /
atyantaśuddhe satvaṃ upapadyitha buddhisampanno //
tasya mātāpitarau jīrṇā ca abhūnsuś cakṣuvihīnā /
eteṣām utpadye hitāya lokottaro . . . . //
sarvamanavadyagātro ṛddhīmāṃ saumyako viśālākṣo /
tad eva tasya nāmaṃ abhūṣi śyāmo ti taṃ kālaṃ //
āścaryaṃ ṛṣikumāraṃ yo paśyati mānuṣo vā devo vā /
rūpaguṇapāramigataṃ nidhyāyanto sa na tṛpyati //
svayam eva bodhisatvo kiṃ kuśalaṃ gaveṣayaṃ samādiyati /
śuklaṃ kuśalaṃ dharmaṃ taṃ ca samādāya varteti //
akhaṇḍakam akalmāṣaṃ pariśuddhaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kuśīdehi /
svayaṃ carati brahmacaryaṃ paraṃ ca tatra niyojayati //
mātāpitṝṣu vīro upasthapetvā tīvraṃ paricarati /
brahmacaryaṃ brahmacāri svayaṃ brahmacārivrataṃ carati //