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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 2.349
cāpramāṇaśubhā ca śubhakṛtsnā ca vṛhatphalā ca avṛhā ca atapā ca sudṛśā ca yāva akaniṣṭhā ca devā saptāhapūraṃ tathāgataṃ bodhimaṇḍavaragataṃ satkaronti gurukaronti mānayanti pūjayanti sarvāvatī ca trisāhasramahāsāhasrā lokadhātuḥ saptāhapūraṃ ekālaṃkārā abhūṣi // atha khalu bhagavāṃ tāye velāye imāṃ gāthām abhāṣi //
saptāhapūraṃ saṃbuddho bodhiṃ buddhitva uttamāṃ /
āsanāto na utthesi sarvalokasya cetiyo //
devakoṭīsahasrāṇi gagaṇasmiṃ samāgatā /
puṣpavarṣaṃ pravarṣensu saptarātram anūnakaṃ //
utpalāṃ padumāṃ campāṃ puṇḍarīkāṃ manoramāṃ /
sahasrapatrāṃ rucirāṃ tatra devā pravarṣiṣu //
māraś ca durmano āsi kāṇḍena lokhate mahīṃ /
jito smi devadevena śākyasiṃhena tāpinā //
trāyastriṃśā ca yāmā ca tuṣitā ye ca nirmitā /
paranirmitā ye devā kāmadhātupratiṣṭhitāḥ //
lohitaṃ candanaṃ divyaṃ aguruṃ atha campakaṃ /
divyā ca puṣpavarṣāṇi antarīkṣeṇa okiri /
akṣamātrāhi dhārāhi buddhakṣetraṃ phalī imaṃ //
brahmakoṭisahasrāṇi gagaṇasmiṃ samāgatāḥ /
varṣanti sukhumaṃ cūrṇaṃ divyaṃ lohitacandanaṃ //
bhūmyā devā upādāya śuddhāvāsāḥ svayaṃprabhāḥ /
evaṃ paraṃparā āsi devatāhi parisphuṭā //
chatradhvajapatākāhi antarīkṣaṃ parisphuṭaṃ /
saptāhapūraṃ saṃbuddho bodhiṃ buddhitva uttamāṃ /
āsanāto na utthesi sarvalokasya cetiyo //
devakoṭīsahasrāṇi gagaṇasmiṃ samāgatā /
puṣpavarṣaṃ pravarṣensu saptarātram anūnakaṃ //
utpalāṃ padumāṃ campāṃ puṇḍarīkāṃ manoramāṃ /
sahasrapatrāṃ rucirāṃ tatra devā pravarṣiṣu //
māraś ca durmano āsi kāṇḍena lokhate mahīṃ /
jito smi devadevena śākyasiṃhena tāpinā //
trāyastriṃśā ca yāmā ca tuṣitā ye ca nirmitā /
paranirmitā ye devā kāmadhātupratiṣṭhitāḥ //
lohitaṃ candanaṃ divyaṃ aguruṃ atha campakaṃ /
divyā ca puṣpavarṣāṇi antarīkṣeṇa okiri /
akṣamātrāhi dhārāhi buddhakṣetraṃ phalī imaṃ //
brahmakoṭisahasrāṇi gagaṇasmiṃ samāgatāḥ /
varṣanti sukhumaṃ cūrṇaṃ divyaṃ lohitacandanaṃ //
bhūmyā devā upādāya śuddhāvāsāḥ svayaṃprabhāḥ /
evaṃ paraṃparā āsi devatāhi parisphuṭā //
chatradhvajapatākāhi antarīkṣaṃ parisphuṭaṃ /