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 2.363
devanāgāna yakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca pūjito /
bhoti sarvatra jātīṣu stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
varjeti akṣaṇāṃ aṣṭau ye kecid deśitā mayā /
ārāgeti kṣaṇaṃ ekaṃ buddhotpādaṃ suśobhanaṃ //
varṇarūpeṇa saṃpanno lakṣaṇehi alaṃkṛto /
upeto varavarṇena adīnamanamānaso //
āḍhyo mahādhano bhoti puṇyavanto anīrṣuko /
paśyitvā lokapradyotaṃ satkaroti punar punaḥ //
na so muhyati dharmeṣu nairātmyaṃ dṛṣṭvā śūnyatāṃ /
prasādaṃ labhate kṣipraṃ dharmeṇa so ca kovido //
śreṣṭhikuleṣu āḍhyeṣu sphītetu copapadyati /
atidānapatiḥ śūro muktātyāgo amatsarī //
ye kecij jaṃbūdvīpasmiṃ viśiṣṭā kulaśobhanāḥ /
tatra so jāyate vīro hīnāṃ ca parivarjayet* //
gṛhapatimahāśālo śiritejena tejito /
pūjito bhavati sarvatra stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
brāhmaṇamahāśālaś ca prajñāvanto bahuśruto /
kṣatriyamahāśālaś ca āḍhyo bhoti mahādhano //
rājā pi dhārmiko bhoti jaṃbūdvīpasmiṃ īśvaro /
praśāsati imāṃ ca sarvāṃ medinīṃ girikuṇḍalāṃ //
cakravartī maharddhikaḥ saptaratnāna īśvaraḥ /
bhoti sarvatra jātīṣu stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
varjeti akṣaṇāṃ aṣṭau ye kecid deśitā mayā /
ārāgeti kṣaṇaṃ ekaṃ buddhotpādaṃ suśobhanaṃ //
varṇarūpeṇa saṃpanno lakṣaṇehi alaṃkṛto /
upeto varavarṇena adīnamanamānaso //
āḍhyo mahādhano bhoti puṇyavanto anīrṣuko /
paśyitvā lokapradyotaṃ satkaroti punar punaḥ //
na so muhyati dharmeṣu nairātmyaṃ dṛṣṭvā śūnyatāṃ /
prasādaṃ labhate kṣipraṃ dharmeṇa so ca kovido //
śreṣṭhikuleṣu āḍhyeṣu sphītetu copapadyati /
atidānapatiḥ śūro muktātyāgo amatsarī //
ye kecij jaṃbūdvīpasmiṃ viśiṣṭā kulaśobhanāḥ /
tatra so jāyate vīro hīnāṃ ca parivarjayet* //
gṛhapatimahāśālo śiritejena tejito /
pūjito bhavati sarvatra stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
brāhmaṇamahāśālaś ca prajñāvanto bahuśruto /
kṣatriyamahāśālaś ca āḍhyo bhoti mahādhano //
rājā pi dhārmiko bhoti jaṃbūdvīpasmiṃ īśvaro /
praśāsati imāṃ ca sarvāṃ medinīṃ girikuṇḍalāṃ //
cakravartī maharddhikaḥ saptaratnāna īśvaraḥ /