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 2.368
na so hanyati īrṣyāye na ca mānena kadā cana //
so anīrṣu sūrataś caiva kṣāntiye pāramiṃgato /
hitaiṣī guṇasaṃpanno yo bodhim abhiprasthito //
ratanaṃ sarvalokasmiṃ utpādas tasya durlabho /
aniṃdito dakṣiṇīyo yo bodhim abhiprasthito //
gagaṇe nimiṣe śakyaṃ bālena gaṇetu tārakāṃ /
na tasya guṇaparyantaṃ śakyaṃ vācāya bhāṣituṃ //
śakyaṃ sarveṣāṃ satvānāṃ triyadhvacittaṃ jānituṃ /
na tasya guṇaparyantaṃ śakyaṃ vācāya bhāṣituṃ //
mahāsamudrāś catvāro bālena sikatāṃ tathā /
nāgakoṭīsahasrāṇi na tasya guṇa bhāṣituṃ //
ye romā sarvasatvānāṃ gatiṣu ṣaṭsu ye jage /
gaṇetu nimiṣe śakyaṃ na tasya guṇa bhāṣituṃ //
yatreyaṃ vasudhā sarvā āpaskandhe pratiṣṭhitā /
nirmituṃ śakyate bālena na tasya guṇa bhāṣituṃ //
devāgāram upādāya ye kalpasthāyijīvino /
ye atrāntareṇa vṛkṣā ye ca bhūmi anāgatā //
puṣpā phalāni ca śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ vijānatā /
ta tasya buddhaputrasya guṇaparyanta bhāṣituṃ //
bhāṣeyus tasya śūrasya varṇamālāṃ manoramāṃ /
so anīrṣu sūrataś caiva kṣāntiye pāramiṃgato /
hitaiṣī guṇasaṃpanno yo bodhim abhiprasthito //
ratanaṃ sarvalokasmiṃ utpādas tasya durlabho /
aniṃdito dakṣiṇīyo yo bodhim abhiprasthito //
gagaṇe nimiṣe śakyaṃ bālena gaṇetu tārakāṃ /
na tasya guṇaparyantaṃ śakyaṃ vācāya bhāṣituṃ //
śakyaṃ sarveṣāṃ satvānāṃ triyadhvacittaṃ jānituṃ /
na tasya guṇaparyantaṃ śakyaṃ vācāya bhāṣituṃ //
mahāsamudrāś catvāro bālena sikatāṃ tathā /
nāgakoṭīsahasrāṇi na tasya guṇa bhāṣituṃ //
ye romā sarvasatvānāṃ gatiṣu ṣaṭsu ye jage /
gaṇetu nimiṣe śakyaṃ na tasya guṇa bhāṣituṃ //
yatreyaṃ vasudhā sarvā āpaskandhe pratiṣṭhitā /
nirmituṃ śakyate bālena na tasya guṇa bhāṣituṃ //
devāgāram upādāya ye kalpasthāyijīvino /
ye atrāntareṇa vṛkṣā ye ca bhūmi anāgatā //
puṣpā phalāni ca śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ vijānatā /
ta tasya buddhaputrasya guṇaparyanta bhāṣituṃ //
bhāṣeyus tasya śūrasya varṇamālāṃ manoramāṃ /