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 3.46
rājā kathayati //
na eṣo asti pratyayo na etaṃ sthānaṃ vidyati /
yatra dānapati santo cyuto gaccheya durgatiṃ //
manuṣyeṣu cyavitvāna svargaṃ gacchanti dāyakā /
tatra amānuṣāṃ ṛddhiṃ anubhonti svayaṃkṛtāṃ //
kāmaṃ pi duḥkhaṃ narakeṣu . .
analparūpam īdṛśaṃ . . . /
. . . . . . narendra
dṛṣṭvā na taṃ yācanakaṃ prabhomi //
kathaṃ girāṃ viyāharanto dāsyaṃ
saṃpūrṇasaṃkalpamanoratho sa /
māṃ prāpya prīto kathaṃ pratikrame ti
sā me ratir bhavatu sahasranetra //
na taṃ bhave yaṃ na dadeha dānaṃ
aharahaṃ va pūraye tarpaye haṃ /
parāyaṇaṃ ahaṃ sa kalpavṛkṣo
. . . . parṇaphalopapeto //
na me mano kupyati yācitasya
dattvā na socāmi nānutapyāmi /
na taṃ upaśrutaṃ yan na prayacche
yaṃ ca śrutaṃ kṣipram upānayāmi //
. . . . . . . . . . .
na eṣo asti pratyayo na etaṃ sthānaṃ vidyati /
yatra dānapati santo cyuto gaccheya durgatiṃ //
manuṣyeṣu cyavitvāna svargaṃ gacchanti dāyakā /
tatra amānuṣāṃ ṛddhiṃ anubhonti svayaṃkṛtāṃ //
kāmaṃ pi duḥkhaṃ narakeṣu . .
analparūpam īdṛśaṃ . . . /
. . . . . . narendra
dṛṣṭvā na taṃ yācanakaṃ prabhomi //
kathaṃ girāṃ viyāharanto dāsyaṃ
saṃpūrṇasaṃkalpamanoratho sa /
māṃ prāpya prīto kathaṃ pratikrame ti
sā me ratir bhavatu sahasranetra //
na taṃ bhave yaṃ na dadeha dānaṃ
aharahaṃ va pūraye tarpaye haṃ /
parāyaṇaṃ ahaṃ sa kalpavṛkṣo
. . . . parṇaphalopapeto //
na me mano kupyati yācitasya
dattvā na socāmi nānutapyāmi /
na taṃ upaśrutaṃ yan na prayacche
yaṃ ca śrutaṃ kṣipram upānayāmi //
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