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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 2.364
rājye pratiṣṭhito buddhaṃ satkaroti punar punaḥ //
cyutaś ca gacchate svargaṃ prasanno buddhaśāsane /
śakro pi bhoti devendro merumūrdhani īśvaro //
suyāmo bhoti devendro bhoti saṃtuṣito pi ca /
nirmito pi ca devendro vaśavartī ca īśvaraḥ //
brahmā pi brahmalokasmiṃ īśvaro bhoti paṇḍito /
satkṛto devakoṭīhi stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
na śakyaṃ bhāṣaṇakṣapaṇaṃ kalpakoṭiśatehi pi /
ye stūpaṃ lokanāthasya karonti abhipradakṣiṇaṃ //
na jātu andho kāṇo vā bhoti kalpāna koṭibhiḥ /
bodhāya cittaṃ nāmetvā yo vande śāstu cetiyaṃ //
viśuddhāṃ labhate netrāṃ viśālāṃ nīlaśobhanāṃ /
cetiyaṃ lokanāthasya kṛtvā abhipradakṣiṇaṃ //
upeto balavīryeṇa na kausīdyaṃ sa gacchati /
apramatto sadā bhoti stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
dṛḍhavīryo dṛḍhasthāmo dhaureyo dṛḍhavikramo /
kauśalyaṃ gacchate kṣipraṃ stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
agniviṣeṇa śastreṇa na jātu kālaṃ karoti ca /
kālaṃ karoti pūrṇena āyuḥkṣīṇena paṇḍito //
vighuṣṭo rājadhānīṣu rāṣṭreṣu nigameṣu ca /
rūpeṇa arthabhogehi stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
śucigātro śucivastraḥ śukladharmapratiṣṭhito /
tato na sevate kāmāṃ caranto bodhicārikāṃ //
cyutaś ca gacchate svargaṃ prasanno buddhaśāsane /
śakro pi bhoti devendro merumūrdhani īśvaro //
suyāmo bhoti devendro bhoti saṃtuṣito pi ca /
nirmito pi ca devendro vaśavartī ca īśvaraḥ //
brahmā pi brahmalokasmiṃ īśvaro bhoti paṇḍito /
satkṛto devakoṭīhi stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
na śakyaṃ bhāṣaṇakṣapaṇaṃ kalpakoṭiśatehi pi /
ye stūpaṃ lokanāthasya karonti abhipradakṣiṇaṃ //
na jātu andho kāṇo vā bhoti kalpāna koṭibhiḥ /
bodhāya cittaṃ nāmetvā yo vande śāstu cetiyaṃ //
viśuddhāṃ labhate netrāṃ viśālāṃ nīlaśobhanāṃ /
cetiyaṃ lokanāthasya kṛtvā abhipradakṣiṇaṃ //
upeto balavīryeṇa na kausīdyaṃ sa gacchati /
apramatto sadā bhoti stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
dṛḍhavīryo dṛḍhasthāmo dhaureyo dṛḍhavikramo /
kauśalyaṃ gacchate kṣipraṃ stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
agniviṣeṇa śastreṇa na jātu kālaṃ karoti ca /
kālaṃ karoti pūrṇena āyuḥkṣīṇena paṇḍito //
vighuṣṭo rājadhānīṣu rāṣṭreṣu nigameṣu ca /
rūpeṇa arthabhogehi stūpaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ //
śucigātro śucivastraḥ śukladharmapratiṣṭhito /
tato na sevate kāmāṃ caranto bodhicārikāṃ //