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 2.376
varjeti hīnā kulā ye daridrā //
yena tasya kvacij janiyati īśvaratvaṃ
praduṣṭacitto na bhavati kaści satvo /
pāpaṃ ca karmaṃ garahati so pareṣāṃ
viśuddhaśīlo bhavati sadāpramatto
amatsarī bhavati anāgrahītaḥ
so muktatyāgo bhavati aśokaprāpto /
na jīvikārthaṃ janayati so pareṣāṃ
vighuṣṭaśabdo bhavati sadā praśasto //
paśyitva buddhaṃ mahāsārthavāhaṃ
karoti pūjāṃ sada hṛṣṭacitto /
chatraiḥ patākaiḥ dhvajagandhamālyaiḥ
sadā caranto aśabalabrahmacaryaṃ //
manuṣyaloke gurukṛta satkṛto ca
deveṣu divyaṃ labhati vimānaśreṣṭhaṃ /
manojñavarṇaṃ suruciradarśanīyaṃ
rajatābhicchannaṃ maṇisphāṭikehi //
[citraṃ] sumerumūrdhne labhati īśvaratvaṃ
sarve sya devā abhinata śiṣyabhūtā /
dharmeṇa teṣāṃ janayati saumanasyaṃ
na jātu bhoti paramapramatto //
tato cyavitvā bhaviṣyati manuṣyaloke
rājāna śreṣṭho varacakravartī /
na tasya pāpaṃ janayati kaści satvaḥ
yena tasya kvacij janiyati īśvaratvaṃ
praduṣṭacitto na bhavati kaści satvo /
pāpaṃ ca karmaṃ garahati so pareṣāṃ
viśuddhaśīlo bhavati sadāpramatto
amatsarī bhavati anāgrahītaḥ
so muktatyāgo bhavati aśokaprāpto /
na jīvikārthaṃ janayati so pareṣāṃ
vighuṣṭaśabdo bhavati sadā praśasto //
paśyitva buddhaṃ mahāsārthavāhaṃ
karoti pūjāṃ sada hṛṣṭacitto /
chatraiḥ patākaiḥ dhvajagandhamālyaiḥ
sadā caranto aśabalabrahmacaryaṃ //
manuṣyaloke gurukṛta satkṛto ca
deveṣu divyaṃ labhati vimānaśreṣṭhaṃ /
manojñavarṇaṃ suruciradarśanīyaṃ
rajatābhicchannaṃ maṇisphāṭikehi //
[citraṃ] sumerumūrdhne labhati īśvaratvaṃ
sarve sya devā abhinata śiṣyabhūtā /
dharmeṇa teṣāṃ janayati saumanasyaṃ
na jātu bhoti paramapramatto //
tato cyavitvā bhaviṣyati manuṣyaloke
rājāna śreṣṭho varacakravartī /
na tasya pāpaṃ janayati kaści satvaḥ