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 3.139
viditvā tasyāye velāye smitaṃ prāduṣkare samanantaraṃ prāduṣkṛte ca bhagavato mukhadvārāto nānāvarṇā anekavarṇā arciṣo niścaritvā nīlapītamāṃjiṣṭhā raktaśvetāvadātā kanakavarṇā sarvaṃ buddhakṣetraṃ obhāsayitvā yāvad akaniṣṭhā devanikāyā bhagavantaṃ trikhuttaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtvā bhagavato purato aṃtarahitāḥ //
___atha khalv āyuṣmān aśvakī yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkramitvā tenāṃjaliṃ praṇāmayitvā bhagavantam etad uvāca // nāhetukaṃ nāpratyayaṃ tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāduṣkaronti / ko bhagavaṃ hetoḥ kaḥ pratyayo smitasya prāduṣkaraṇāya // atha bhagavān āyuṣmatā aśvakinā pṛṣṭo taṃ [asurā yāvad akaniṣṭhā devanikāyā bhagavantaṃ trikṣuttaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtvā bhagavato purataḥ aṃtarahitā] asurāṇāṃ cetopraṇidhānaṃ gāthābhi vyākarṣi //
tatram akāsi smitaṃ dvipadendro
dānavacitta viditvam udāraṃ /
pṛcchati aśvaki prāṃjaliṃ kṛtvā
dṛṣṭva smitaṃ sugatasya mukhāto //
neha ahetuka lokapradīpo
prādukaroti smitaṃ paramarṣi /
brūhi narottama hetu smitasya
yat te kṛtaṃ iha lokahiteṣī //
adya niḥsaṃśayaṃ bodhir udārā
kenaci saṃjanitā pariṣāyāṃ /
yasya tathāgata āśaya jñātvā
prādukaroti smitaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ //
___atha khalv āyuṣmān aśvakī yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkramitvā tenāṃjaliṃ praṇāmayitvā bhagavantam etad uvāca // nāhetukaṃ nāpratyayaṃ tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāduṣkaronti / ko bhagavaṃ hetoḥ kaḥ pratyayo smitasya prāduṣkaraṇāya // atha bhagavān āyuṣmatā aśvakinā pṛṣṭo taṃ [asurā yāvad akaniṣṭhā devanikāyā bhagavantaṃ trikṣuttaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtvā bhagavato purataḥ aṃtarahitā] asurāṇāṃ cetopraṇidhānaṃ gāthābhi vyākarṣi //
tatram akāsi smitaṃ dvipadendro
dānavacitta viditvam udāraṃ /
pṛcchati aśvaki prāṃjaliṃ kṛtvā
dṛṣṭva smitaṃ sugatasya mukhāto //
neha ahetuka lokapradīpo
prādukaroti smitaṃ paramarṣi /
brūhi narottama hetu smitasya
yat te kṛtaṃ iha lokahiteṣī //
adya niḥsaṃśayaṃ bodhir udārā
kenaci saṃjanitā pariṣāyāṃ /
yasya tathāgata āśaya jñātvā
prādukaroti smitaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ //