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).
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___evam ukte bhavanto mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo mahābrahmāṇam etad avocat* // hitvā mamatvaṃ ti vayaṃ bhavanto mahābrahmaṇo bhāṣamāṇasya etam artham ājānāma yadaikatyo agārasyānagāriyaṃ pravraje alpaṃ bhogaskandhaṃ prahāya mahāntaṃ vā bhogaskandhaṃ prahāya alpaṃ vā jñātivargaṃ prahāya mahāntaṃ vā jñātivargaṃ prahāya / uccakulād vā nīcakulād vā saṃbhavati apahṛtagṛhivyaṃjano saṃghāṭīpātracīvaram ādāya śikṣati śikṣāpadeṣu kāyakarmavācākarmaṇā samanvāgato pariśuddhena pariśuddhājīvo hitvā mamatvaṃ ti vayaṃ bhavanto mahābrahmaṇo bhāṣamāṇasya etam arthaṃ jānāma // ekotībhāvaṃ bhavanto mahābrahmaṇo etam artham ājānāma // yad ihaikatyo vitarkavicārāṇāṃ vyupaśamād adhyātmasaṃprasādāc cetasa ekotībhāvād avitarkam avicāraṃ vivekajaṃ prītisukhaṃ prathamaṃ dhyānam upasaṃpadya viharati ekotībhūto ti vayaṃ bhavanto mahābrahmaṇo bhāṣamāṇasya etam artham ājānāma // karuṇo vivikto ti vayaṃ bhavanto mahābrahmaṇo bhāṣamāṇasya etam artham ājānāma // yad ihaikatyo karuṇāpareṇa cetasā ekān diśāṃ spharitvopasaṃpadya viharati vipulenamudgatena advayenāpramāṇenāvaireṇāvyābādhena tathā dvitīyaṃ tathā tṛtīyaṃ tathā caturtham iti ūrdhvam adho tiryak sarvehi sarvatratāye sarvāvantaṃ lokaṃ spharitvopasaṃpadya viharati karuṇo vivikto ti vayaṃ bhavanto mahābrahmaṇo