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 2.238
brahmacaryavāsaṃ // bodhisatvo āha // nāhaṃ pāpīmaṃ puṇyehi arthiko /
ramaṇīyāny araṇyāni vanagulmāṃ ca paśyiya /
uruvilvāya sāmante prahāṇaṃ prahitaṃ mayā //
parikrāmya vyāyamantaṃ uttamārthasya prāptaye /
namuci karuṇāṃ vācaṃ bhāṣamāṇa ihāgamat* //
kṛśo tvam asi durvarṇo santike maraṇaṃ tava /
saṃhara mahāprahāṇaṃ na āśā tuhya jīvite //
jīvitaṃ te hitaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ jīvan puṇyāni kāhisi /
karohi puṇyāni tāni yena pretya na śocasi //
carantena brahmacaryaṃ agnihotraṃ ca juhūtā /
anantaṃ jāyate puṇyaṃ kiṃ prahāṇena kāhisi //
dūraṃ āśā prahāṇasya duṣkaraṃ durabhisaṃbhuṇaṃ /
imāṃ vācāṃ bhaṇe māro bodhisatvasya santike //
taṃ tathā idāniṃ māraṃ bodhisatvo dhyabhāṣata /
kṛṣṇabandhu pāpīmaṃ nāhaṃ puṇyārthiko ihāgataḥ //
aṇumātraiḥ puṇyaiḥ artho mahyaṃ māra na vidyati /
yeṣāṃ tu artho puṇyehi kathaṃ tāṃ māra na vidyasi //
nāhaṃ amaro ti manyāmi maraṇāntaṃ hi jīvitaṃ /
anivartaṃ gamiṣyāmi brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ //
ramaṇīyāny araṇyāni vanagulmāṃ ca paśyiya /
uruvilvāya sāmante prahāṇaṃ prahitaṃ mayā //
parikrāmya vyāyamantaṃ uttamārthasya prāptaye /
namuci karuṇāṃ vācaṃ bhāṣamāṇa ihāgamat* //
kṛśo tvam asi durvarṇo santike maraṇaṃ tava /
saṃhara mahāprahāṇaṃ na āśā tuhya jīvite //
jīvitaṃ te hitaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ jīvan puṇyāni kāhisi /
karohi puṇyāni tāni yena pretya na śocasi //
carantena brahmacaryaṃ agnihotraṃ ca juhūtā /
anantaṃ jāyate puṇyaṃ kiṃ prahāṇena kāhisi //
dūraṃ āśā prahāṇasya duṣkaraṃ durabhisaṃbhuṇaṃ /
imāṃ vācāṃ bhaṇe māro bodhisatvasya santike //
taṃ tathā idāniṃ māraṃ bodhisatvo dhyabhāṣata /
kṛṣṇabandhu pāpīmaṃ nāhaṃ puṇyārthiko ihāgataḥ //
aṇumātraiḥ puṇyaiḥ artho mahyaṃ māra na vidyati /
yeṣāṃ tu artho puṇyehi kathaṃ tāṃ māra na vidyasi //
nāhaṃ amaro ti manyāmi maraṇāntaṃ hi jīvitaṃ /
anivartaṃ gamiṣyāmi brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ //