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).
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te yakṣasaṃghā paramasughorarūpā //
asiṃ grahetvā niśitāṃ sutīkṣṇāṃ
yugapramāṇopagato kṛṣṇabandhu /
so bodhisatvaṃ avaca praduṣṭacitto
utthāhi śīghraṃ ato āsanāto //
samantāt triṃśa sphuṭa yojanāni
yakṣasahasrehi mahabhairavehi /
na śakyaṃ bhikṣu pravrajituṃ kahiṃcit*
tavādya cchetsyaṃ yatha veṇukhaṇḍaṃ //
tato pramuṃce girāṃ bodhisatvo
aṣṭāṃgupetāṃ madhurāṃ sughoṣāṃ /
sarve te satvā siyu mārabhūtā
na ca samarthā mama romam iṃjituṃ //
eko si bhikṣu sthito vṛkṣamūle
senā ca nāsti tavaivarūpā /
kasya balena na siyā samarthaṃ
taṃ mārasainyaṃ tava romam iṃjituṃ //
dāne ca śīle ca kṣāntiye ca
vīrye dhyāne bahukalpakoṭyo /
prajñāye śreṣṭhāya bhave aprameye
na mahyam asti samo sarvaloke //
maitryāvihārī karuṇāvihārī
asiṃ grahetvā niśitāṃ sutīkṣṇāṃ
yugapramāṇopagato kṛṣṇabandhu /
so bodhisatvaṃ avaca praduṣṭacitto
utthāhi śīghraṃ ato āsanāto //
samantāt triṃśa sphuṭa yojanāni
yakṣasahasrehi mahabhairavehi /
na śakyaṃ bhikṣu pravrajituṃ kahiṃcit*
tavādya cchetsyaṃ yatha veṇukhaṇḍaṃ //
tato pramuṃce girāṃ bodhisatvo
aṣṭāṃgupetāṃ madhurāṃ sughoṣāṃ /
sarve te satvā siyu mārabhūtā
na ca samarthā mama romam iṃjituṃ //
eko si bhikṣu sthito vṛkṣamūle
senā ca nāsti tavaivarūpā /
kasya balena na siyā samarthaṃ
taṃ mārasainyaṃ tava romam iṃjituṃ //
dāne ca śīle ca kṣāntiye ca
vīrye dhyāne bahukalpakoṭyo /
prajñāye śreṣṭhāya bhave aprameye
na mahyam asti samo sarvaloke //
maitryāvihārī karuṇāvihārī