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 2.374
rājyaṃ ca prāpto jina satkaroti
mahānubhāvo vidu cakravartī /
suvarṇavarṇo sphuṭo lakṣaṇehi
manojñagandhāṃ labhate sarvakālaṃ //
tasya duḥkhaṃ nāsti daurmanasyaṃ
sa bhogāṃ hīnāṃ vitari cārikāsu /
āḍhyaś ca bhoti dhanavāṃ prabhūtabhogo
aśeṣaprāpto vicarati sarvaloke //
upasaṃkrami bahujanaṃ pṛcchamāno
dharmaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ jinaśāsanasmiṃ /
vineti kāṃkṣāṃ girāṃ bhāṣamāṇaḥ
śrutvā ca dharmaṃ labhe saumanasyaṃ //
na pāpakarmaṃ kari hīnabuddhiḥ
jñānaṃ tu jñātvā paramaṃ viśiṣṭo /
karoti divyaṃ śubhapremaṇīyaṃ
śodheti cakṣuṃ vidhamati andhakāraṃ //
na tīvrarāgo bhavati na tīvradoṣo
na tīvramoho bhavati manuṣyaloke /
caranta śuddhaṃ aśabalabrahmacaryaṃ
karoti arthaṃ aparimita-anantaṃ //
na kasyacid bhavati praduṣṭacitto
na bhogahānir bhavate kadācit* /
na tasya nīgho bhavati janasya
dhūpetva gandhaṃ jinacetiyeṣu //
mahānubhāvo vidu cakravartī /
suvarṇavarṇo sphuṭo lakṣaṇehi
manojñagandhāṃ labhate sarvakālaṃ //
tasya duḥkhaṃ nāsti daurmanasyaṃ
sa bhogāṃ hīnāṃ vitari cārikāsu /
āḍhyaś ca bhoti dhanavāṃ prabhūtabhogo
aśeṣaprāpto vicarati sarvaloke //
upasaṃkrami bahujanaṃ pṛcchamāno
dharmaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ jinaśāsanasmiṃ /
vineti kāṃkṣāṃ girāṃ bhāṣamāṇaḥ
śrutvā ca dharmaṃ labhe saumanasyaṃ //
na pāpakarmaṃ kari hīnabuddhiḥ
jñānaṃ tu jñātvā paramaṃ viśiṣṭo /
karoti divyaṃ śubhapremaṇīyaṃ
śodheti cakṣuṃ vidhamati andhakāraṃ //
na tīvrarāgo bhavati na tīvradoṣo
na tīvramoho bhavati manuṣyaloke /
caranta śuddhaṃ aśabalabrahmacaryaṃ
karoti arthaṃ aparimita-anantaṃ //
na kasyacid bhavati praduṣṭacitto
na bhogahānir bhavate kadācit* /
na tasya nīgho bhavati janasya
dhūpetva gandhaṃ jinacetiyeṣu //