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 2.357
. . . . . sarvasatvahitacittatāya sarvasatva-ohitacittatāya // imehi bhikṣūḥ caturhi dharmehi samanvāgataḥ tathāgato pūrve bodhisatvacārikāṃ caramāṇa imaṃ evarūpaṃ sarvajñānam anuprāptaḥ //
___atha khalu bhagavān tāye velāye imāṃ gāthām abhāṣi //
śīlaskandho dhanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ lokanāthasya śāsane /
na suvarṇaṃ na ca rūpyaṃ dhanaṃ bhikṣusya varṇitaṃ //
śīlaṃ va pūjetu śāstu śāsane supratiṣṭhito /
duḥśīlo chambhito dūraṃ na so buddhasya śrāvako //
śīlaṃ rakṣitvā acchidraṃ paśyanti dvipadottamā /
lokanāthā mahāvīrā dvātriṃśavaralakṣaṇāḥ //
maitrāyā śīlaskandhena araṇyavāse ca utsukaḥ /
sūrataḥ sukhasaṃvāso etaṃ śrāmaṇyakaṃ dhanaṃ //
alpecho alpasantuṣṭo sūrato susamāhitaḥ /
hirī-ottappasaṃpanno etaṃ śrāmaṇyakaṃ dhanaṃ //
sādhuśīlā bhikṣū hi sarve tṛṣṇā chittvāna jālinīṃ /
sapta bodhyaṃgān bhāventi etaṃ śrāmaṇyakaṃ dhanaṃ //
śūnyatāṃ śāntāṃ bhāveti bhavā ca virato muniḥ /
bahuduḥkhā asārā ca etaṃ śrāmaṇyakaṃ dhanaṃ //
so so mahādhano bhavati yo evaṃ pratipadyati /
pratipattīya saṃpanno sa khu bhikṣu mahādhano //
___atha khalu bhagavān tāye velāye imāṃ gāthām abhāṣi //
śīlaskandho dhanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ lokanāthasya śāsane /
na suvarṇaṃ na ca rūpyaṃ dhanaṃ bhikṣusya varṇitaṃ //
śīlaṃ va pūjetu śāstu śāsane supratiṣṭhito /
duḥśīlo chambhito dūraṃ na so buddhasya śrāvako //
śīlaṃ rakṣitvā acchidraṃ paśyanti dvipadottamā /
lokanāthā mahāvīrā dvātriṃśavaralakṣaṇāḥ //
maitrāyā śīlaskandhena araṇyavāse ca utsukaḥ /
sūrataḥ sukhasaṃvāso etaṃ śrāmaṇyakaṃ dhanaṃ //
alpecho alpasantuṣṭo sūrato susamāhitaḥ /
hirī-ottappasaṃpanno etaṃ śrāmaṇyakaṃ dhanaṃ //
sādhuśīlā bhikṣū hi sarve tṛṣṇā chittvāna jālinīṃ /
sapta bodhyaṃgān bhāventi etaṃ śrāmaṇyakaṃ dhanaṃ //
śūnyatāṃ śāntāṃ bhāveti bhavā ca virato muniḥ /
bahuduḥkhā asārā ca etaṃ śrāmaṇyakaṃ dhanaṃ //
so so mahādhano bhavati yo evaṃ pratipadyati /
pratipattīya saṃpanno sa khu bhikṣu mahādhano //