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 3.197
ṛṣipravrajito bhūd eṣa upālis tadāpi etasya hīnajātyasya mama āgamya sarājikāya pariṣāya pādā vanditā etarahiṃ pi etasya hīnajātyasya mamāgamya sarājikāya pariṣāya pādā vanditā //
_____samāptaṃ upāligaṃgapālānāṃ jātakaṃ //
___bhikṣū bhagavantam āhaṃsuḥ // paśya bhagavan kathaṃ bhagavatā pravrajitena mahānto janakāyo anupravrajito // bhagavān āha // na bhikṣavo etarahim eva mayā pravrajantena mahājanakāyo anupravrajito // bhikṣū āhaṃsuḥ // anyadāpi bhagavaṃ // bhagavān āha // anyadāpi bhikṣavo //
___bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo atīmadhvāne rājā diśāṃpatī nāma abhūṣi mahāgovindīyaṃ sūtraṃ vistareṇa vyākaroti //
___bhagvān samyaksaṃbuddho yad arthaṃ samudāgato tam artham abhisaṃbhāvayitvā rājagṛhe viharati gṛddhakūṭe parvate śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca satkṛto gurukṛto mānito pūjito apacito vistareṇa kartavyaṃ nidānaṃ yāva cetovaśiprāptā ca buddhā bhagavanto yehi yehi vihārehi ākāṃkṣanti tehi tehi vihārehi viharanti // atha khalu paṃcaśikho gandharvaputro abhikrāntavarṇo abhikrāntakāyo rātrīyaṃ kevalakalpaṃ gṛddhakūṭaṃ parvataṃ varṇena obhāsayitvā yena bhagavāns tenopasaṃkramitvā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte asthāsi ekam antasthito bhagavantam etad uvāca // ārocem ahaṃ bhadanta
_____samāptaṃ upāligaṃgapālānāṃ jātakaṃ //
___bhikṣū bhagavantam āhaṃsuḥ // paśya bhagavan kathaṃ bhagavatā pravrajitena mahānto janakāyo anupravrajito // bhagavān āha // na bhikṣavo etarahim eva mayā pravrajantena mahājanakāyo anupravrajito // bhikṣū āhaṃsuḥ // anyadāpi bhagavaṃ // bhagavān āha // anyadāpi bhikṣavo //
___bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo atīmadhvāne rājā diśāṃpatī nāma abhūṣi mahāgovindīyaṃ sūtraṃ vistareṇa vyākaroti //
___bhagvān samyaksaṃbuddho yad arthaṃ samudāgato tam artham abhisaṃbhāvayitvā rājagṛhe viharati gṛddhakūṭe parvate śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca satkṛto gurukṛto mānito pūjito apacito vistareṇa kartavyaṃ nidānaṃ yāva cetovaśiprāptā ca buddhā bhagavanto yehi yehi vihārehi ākāṃkṣanti tehi tehi vihārehi viharanti // atha khalu paṃcaśikho gandharvaputro abhikrāntavarṇo abhikrāntakāyo rātrīyaṃ kevalakalpaṃ gṛddhakūṭaṃ parvataṃ varṇena obhāsayitvā yena bhagavāns tenopasaṃkramitvā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte asthāsi ekam antasthito bhagavantam etad uvāca // ārocem ahaṃ bhadanta