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 2.395
puṇyavanto smṛtivanta prajñavanto /
āśvāsaprāpto vicarati sarvaloke
yathābhiprāyaṃ janayati teṣu prītiṃ //
prapūravākyaṃ svarāṅgaṃ bhavati śuddhaṃ
jñāpeti satvān susakhilaślakṣṇavākyo /
na tasya kopi jane īśvarīyaṃ
ullokanīyo bhavati bahujanasya //
priyavadya dānaṃ tatha arthacaryā
samānārthatā ca bahujanasya /
akruṣṭavanto na janeti roṣaṃ
yo aṃgulīhi name buddhastūpaṃ //
na so apāyaṃ prapateya bhūyaḥ
varjeti hīnāṃ kula martyaloke /
āḍhyaś ca so bhoti prabhūtakośo
yo aṃjalīye vandati buddhastūpaṃ //
devendra bhoti gata devalokaṃ
manuṣyabhūto pi ca bhoti rājā /
na pārihāni ca kadāci tasya
yo aṃjalīye vandati buddhastūpaṃ //
ayuktavācaṃ na kadāci bhāṣe
subhāṣitaṃ bhāṣati nityakālaṃ /
atṛpta satvā vacanena tasya
yaṃ so pramuṃced varam ekavācaṃ //
āśvāsaprāpto vicarati sarvaloke
yathābhiprāyaṃ janayati teṣu prītiṃ //
prapūravākyaṃ svarāṅgaṃ bhavati śuddhaṃ
jñāpeti satvān susakhilaślakṣṇavākyo /
na tasya kopi jane īśvarīyaṃ
ullokanīyo bhavati bahujanasya //
priyavadya dānaṃ tatha arthacaryā
samānārthatā ca bahujanasya /
akruṣṭavanto na janeti roṣaṃ
yo aṃgulīhi name buddhastūpaṃ //
na so apāyaṃ prapateya bhūyaḥ
varjeti hīnāṃ kula martyaloke /
āḍhyaś ca so bhoti prabhūtakośo
yo aṃjalīye vandati buddhastūpaṃ //
devendra bhoti gata devalokaṃ
manuṣyabhūto pi ca bhoti rājā /
na pārihāni ca kadāci tasya
yo aṃjalīye vandati buddhastūpaṃ //
ayuktavācaṃ na kadāci bhāṣe
subhāṣitaṃ bhāṣati nityakālaṃ /
atṛpta satvā vacanena tasya
yaṃ so pramuṃced varam ekavācaṃ //