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 2.294
bhagavāṃs tenāṃjaliṃ praṇāmayitvā bhagavantam etad uvāca // yad bhagavatā bodhisatvabhūtena bodhimaṇḍaṃ upasaṃkramitvā bodhimaṇḍe sthihitvānāvalokitaṃ sarvalokahitāya sarvalokasukhāya taṃ bhagavāṃ nirdiśatu taṃ bhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca bodhisatvānāṃ ca mahāsatvānāṃ mahanto dharmāloko kṛto bhaviṣyati āśvāso ca datto bhavati // atha khalu viśuddhamatir bhikṣuḥ tāye velāye imāṃ gāthām abhāṣi //
kathaṃ tvaṃ lokapradyota aprameya nirupadhi /
nairaṃjanāṃ tarito si hitāya sarvaprāṇināṃ //
ye nimittā abhūt tatra taramāṇe narottame /
vyākarohi mahāvīra tathāgata mahāmuni //
yathā te lokapradyota bodhimaṇḍo alaṃkṛto /
tathā hi me pṛcchito brūhi arthakāmahitaṃkaraṃ //
yathā uttamā bodhi prāptā tvayā lokasya cetiya /
yathā pāpīmaṃ prahanesi kṛṣṇabandhuṃ sasainyakaṃ //
daśa te balā svayaṃbhū satvasāra niruttarā /
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ṛddhiprabhāvo tha pratapasi diśā sarvā sārthavāha naramarupūjita śatakṛtvo maharṣe / kramasi yathaiva hansarājā himavarapāṇḍaro śuddho dhārtarāṣṭro varasuravara akilaṃtakāyo / vrajasi diśato vidiśā tāvad eva devāsuranāgayakṣasaṃghā marubhavanā kṛtvā
kathaṃ tvaṃ lokapradyota aprameya nirupadhi /
nairaṃjanāṃ tarito si hitāya sarvaprāṇināṃ //
ye nimittā abhūt tatra taramāṇe narottame /
vyākarohi mahāvīra tathāgata mahāmuni //
yathā te lokapradyota bodhimaṇḍo alaṃkṛto /
tathā hi me pṛcchito brūhi arthakāmahitaṃkaraṃ //
yathā uttamā bodhi prāptā tvayā lokasya cetiya /
yathā pāpīmaṃ prahanesi kṛṣṇabandhuṃ sasainyakaṃ //
daśa te balā svayaṃbhū satvasāra niruttarā /
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ṛddhiprabhāvo tha pratapasi diśā sarvā sārthavāha naramarupūjita śatakṛtvo maharṣe / kramasi yathaiva hansarājā himavarapāṇḍaro śuddho dhārtarāṣṭro varasuravara akilaṃtakāyo / vrajasi diśato vidiśā tāvad eva devāsuranāgayakṣasaṃghā marubhavanā kṛtvā