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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 3.77
kālena tena samayena keśī aśvarājā abhūṣi // syāt khalu punaḥ bhikṣavo yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena sāmayena paṃca vāṇijakaśatāni abhūṣi / na khalv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / ete te bhikṣavas tena kālena tena sāmayena paṃca vāṇijakaśatāni abhūṣi // tadāpi ete mayā dāruṇāto rākṣasīdvīpāto uddharitvā kṣemeṇa mahāsamudraṃ tārayitvā jaṃbudvīpe pratiṣṭhāpitā / etarahiṃ pi ete mayā dāruṇeṣu dṛṣṭīgateṣu nivartayitvā anavarāgrāto jātijarāmaraṇasansāragahanakāntārāto tāritā //
saṃvegaṃ janayitvāna udvejetvāna mānasaṃ /
śṛṇotha ekāgramanā suprasannena cetasā //
dharmārthayuktaṃ śrāddhānāṃ romaharṣaṇasaṃjanaṃ /
pūrvaṃ caritaṃ bhagavato śṛṇotha cittaṃ prasādetvā //
atha tasmiṃ kāle aśvarājā babhūva ahaṃ karuṇalābhī /
tāresi vāṇijagaṇāṃ rākṣasidvīpāl lavaṇatoyāt //
tena khu pana samayena samudram upayāto vāṇijakagaṇo /
ūrmītaraṅgamālaṃ bahuratnavantaṃ dhanārthāya //
atha makaramatsyena bhijje taṃ yānapātraṃ lavaṇatoye /
abhidravati vegatūrṇo garuḍo ca pakṣavātena //
tasmiṃ vikīryamāṇe ravanti ārttasvarā udadhimadhye /
devāṃ ca namasyanti yo yādṛśa asti adhimukto //
kecic chivaṃ kecid vaiśravaṇaṃ skandaṃ yamaṃ kuveraṃ ca /
apare sahasranayanaṃ virūḍhakaṃ ca diśāṃ ca pare //
saṃvegaṃ janayitvāna udvejetvāna mānasaṃ /
śṛṇotha ekāgramanā suprasannena cetasā //
dharmārthayuktaṃ śrāddhānāṃ romaharṣaṇasaṃjanaṃ /
pūrvaṃ caritaṃ bhagavato śṛṇotha cittaṃ prasādetvā //
atha tasmiṃ kāle aśvarājā babhūva ahaṃ karuṇalābhī /
tāresi vāṇijagaṇāṃ rākṣasidvīpāl lavaṇatoyāt //
tena khu pana samayena samudram upayāto vāṇijakagaṇo /
ūrmītaraṅgamālaṃ bahuratnavantaṃ dhanārthāya //
atha makaramatsyena bhijje taṃ yānapātraṃ lavaṇatoye /
abhidravati vegatūrṇo garuḍo ca pakṣavātena //
tasmiṃ vikīryamāṇe ravanti ārttasvarā udadhimadhye /
devāṃ ca namasyanti yo yādṛśa asti adhimukto //
kecic chivaṃ kecid vaiśravaṇaṃ skandaṃ yamaṃ kuveraṃ ca /
apare sahasranayanaṃ virūḍhakaṃ ca diśāṃ ca pare //