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 3.97
cārikām anubandhensu carante lokanāyake //
na tatra kṣudhā pipāsā vā nāpi ca hāni varṇitā /
cārikāṃ caramāṇasya śikhisya lokanāyake //
na tatra śītam uṣṇaṃ vā daṃśā vā maśakā pi vā /
cārikāṃ caramāṇasya śikhisya lokanāyake //
so cārikāṃ caritvāna vinayitvā bahūṃ janāṃ /
saṃbuddho parinirvāye ṛṣī kṣīṇapunarbhavo //
atha khalv āyuṣmāṃ śāriputro utthāyāsanāto ekāṃsam uttarāsaṃgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpayitvā yena bhagavāṃs tenāṃjaliṃ praṇāmayitvā bhagavantam etad avocat* // bhagavān api bhagavato śikhisya samaśīlo samaprajño balehi vaiśāradyehi buddhadharmehi / bhagavato pi edṛśā yeva cārikā bhaviṣyati yathāpi bhagavato śikhisya // bhagavāṃ cārikāṃ care bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukaṃpāye mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca //
tato karitvā ekāṃsaṃ praṇāmetvāna aṃjaliṃ /
cārikān tatra yācesi śariputro tathāgataṃ //
etasya dāni samayo yaṃ dāni bhagavāṃ pi hi /
cārikāṃ prakrame śāstā anukaṃpāya prāṇināṃ //
yācitā bhāvitadharmā śarīrāntimacāriṇo /
prakareyu avakāśaṃ anukaṃpāya prāṇināṃ //
ito ham ardhamāsena karitvāna upoṣadhaṃ /
na tatra kṣudhā pipāsā vā nāpi ca hāni varṇitā /
cārikāṃ caramāṇasya śikhisya lokanāyake //
na tatra śītam uṣṇaṃ vā daṃśā vā maśakā pi vā /
cārikāṃ caramāṇasya śikhisya lokanāyake //
so cārikāṃ caritvāna vinayitvā bahūṃ janāṃ /
saṃbuddho parinirvāye ṛṣī kṣīṇapunarbhavo //
atha khalv āyuṣmāṃ śāriputro utthāyāsanāto ekāṃsam uttarāsaṃgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpayitvā yena bhagavāṃs tenāṃjaliṃ praṇāmayitvā bhagavantam etad avocat* // bhagavān api bhagavato śikhisya samaśīlo samaprajño balehi vaiśāradyehi buddhadharmehi / bhagavato pi edṛśā yeva cārikā bhaviṣyati yathāpi bhagavato śikhisya // bhagavāṃ cārikāṃ care bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukaṃpāye mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca //
tato karitvā ekāṃsaṃ praṇāmetvāna aṃjaliṃ /
cārikān tatra yācesi śariputro tathāgataṃ //
etasya dāni samayo yaṃ dāni bhagavāṃ pi hi /
cārikāṃ prakrame śāstā anukaṃpāya prāṇināṃ //
yācitā bhāvitadharmā śarīrāntimacāriṇo /
prakareyu avakāśaṃ anukaṃpāya prāṇināṃ //
ito ham ardhamāsena karitvāna upoṣadhaṃ /