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 2.345
parasparasya tada utthahitvā
bhūyasyā mātrayā tata medinīyaṃ /
nabhāto kṣiptā yatha citrapaṭṭā
tathaiva sā tada abhu mārasenā //
asantrasanto varabodhisatvo
vigatabhayo atuliyo puṇyakṣetro /
pūrvañ caritvā varadharmaśreṣṭhaṃ
prabhāsi loke yatha rasmirājaḥ //
idaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ ayaṃ ca samudayaḥ
tathā nirodho atha mārgaśreṣṭho /
imasmiṃ sante prādurbhoti
imasmiṃ naṣṭe idam astam eti //
avidyā hetu bhavasaṃskṛtasya
taṃ pratyayaṃ bhavati jānanāya /
vijñānahetu bhave nāmarūpaṃ
pratyayaṃ ca taṃ bhavati ṣaḍindriyasya //
ṣaḍindriyaṃ bhavati tatha sparśajātaṃ
sparśo ca hetu bhave vedanānāṃ /
saṃvedayanto jāyati tṛṣṇālu
tṛṣṇāpratyayaṃ bhavati upādānaṃ //
upādānahetuṃ bhavaṃ saṃsmaranti
jātījarāmaraṇaṃ tathaiva vyādhiḥ /
bhūyasyā mātrayā tata medinīyaṃ /
nabhāto kṣiptā yatha citrapaṭṭā
tathaiva sā tada abhu mārasenā //
asantrasanto varabodhisatvo
vigatabhayo atuliyo puṇyakṣetro /
pūrvañ caritvā varadharmaśreṣṭhaṃ
prabhāsi loke yatha rasmirājaḥ //
idaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ ayaṃ ca samudayaḥ
tathā nirodho atha mārgaśreṣṭho /
imasmiṃ sante prādurbhoti
imasmiṃ naṣṭe idam astam eti //
avidyā hetu bhavasaṃskṛtasya
taṃ pratyayaṃ bhavati jānanāya /
vijñānahetu bhave nāmarūpaṃ
pratyayaṃ ca taṃ bhavati ṣaḍindriyasya //
ṣaḍindriyaṃ bhavati tatha sparśajātaṃ
sparśo ca hetu bhave vedanānāṃ /
saṃvedayanto jāyati tṛṣṇālu
tṛṣṇāpratyayaṃ bhavati upādānaṃ //
upādānahetuṃ bhavaṃ saṃsmaranti
jātījarāmaraṇaṃ tathaiva vyādhiḥ /