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 2.359
śīlavāṃ bhoti alpārtho alpakṛtyo guṇe rato /
samādhiṃ labhate kṣipraṃ sa cāpi prasādaṃ gacchati //
śīlaskandhena guptena bhikṣu bhoti viśārado /
na tasya hanyate cakṣuṃ paśyitvā jinaśrāvakāṃ //
śīlaṃ ca bhikṣu śodhitvā nivāsaṃ purimaṃ smare /
kalpakoṭīsahasrāṇi saṃprajānapratismṛto //
śīlasya ca sa niṣyando yaṃ nirīkṣīya gacchati /
brahmalokaṃ mahāvīro sarvalokasya cetiyo //
śīlena pariśuddhena divyaṃ cakṣu viśudhyati /
na tasyāgamanaṃ bhoti buddhakṣetreṣu sarvaśo //
śīlena susamāptena aprameyatathāgataḥ /
cyutopapādaṃ jānāti sarvasatvāna nāyako //
śīlavāṃ vicare loke apramatto pradhānavāṃ /
na tasya dullabho bhoti buddhaghoṣo manoramo //
śīlavāṃ priyo satvānāṃ bhavati sarvatra pūjito /
satkṛto mānitaś cāpi śuddhacitto anaṃgaṇo //
śīlena pariśuddhena cyavantaṃ paśyate naraḥ /
vimānaṃ ruciraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ apsarogaṇasevitaṃ //
śīlena pariśuddhena cyavantaṃ paśyate naraḥ /
sumerumūrdhne rucire trāyastriśānamālaye //
śīlena pariśuddhena yāmāṃ paśyati devatāṃ /
taṃ caiva nagaraṃ divyaṃ apsarāhi parisphuṭaṃ //
samādhiṃ labhate kṣipraṃ sa cāpi prasādaṃ gacchati //
śīlaskandhena guptena bhikṣu bhoti viśārado /
na tasya hanyate cakṣuṃ paśyitvā jinaśrāvakāṃ //
śīlaṃ ca bhikṣu śodhitvā nivāsaṃ purimaṃ smare /
kalpakoṭīsahasrāṇi saṃprajānapratismṛto //
śīlasya ca sa niṣyando yaṃ nirīkṣīya gacchati /
brahmalokaṃ mahāvīro sarvalokasya cetiyo //
śīlena pariśuddhena divyaṃ cakṣu viśudhyati /
na tasyāgamanaṃ bhoti buddhakṣetreṣu sarvaśo //
śīlena susamāptena aprameyatathāgataḥ /
cyutopapādaṃ jānāti sarvasatvāna nāyako //
śīlavāṃ vicare loke apramatto pradhānavāṃ /
na tasya dullabho bhoti buddhaghoṣo manoramo //
śīlavāṃ priyo satvānāṃ bhavati sarvatra pūjito /
satkṛto mānitaś cāpi śuddhacitto anaṃgaṇo //
śīlena pariśuddhena cyavantaṃ paśyate naraḥ /
vimānaṃ ruciraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ apsarogaṇasevitaṃ //
śīlena pariśuddhena cyavantaṃ paśyate naraḥ /
sumerumūrdhne rucire trāyastriśānamālaye //
śīlena pariśuddhena yāmāṃ paśyati devatāṃ /
taṃ caiva nagaraṃ divyaṃ apsarāhi parisphuṭaṃ //