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 3.244
atyuccagāmi bhagavāṃ varṣaśatasahasram asthāsi //
yaśottaro navati varṣasahasrāṇi arthadarśī asthāsi /
paṃcanavatiṃ ca tiṣyo dvānavatiṃ puṣya asthāsi //
aśīti varṣasaharāṇi buddhasya vipasyino purā āyuḥ /
saptati varṣasahasrāṇi śikhīsya āyus tadā āsi //
ṣaṣṭiṃ ca viśvabhuvasya paṃcāśat krakucchandasya purāyuḥ /
triṃśat konākamuner viṃśat punaḥ kāśyapaśirisya //
asmākam api ānanda etarahiṃ parīttaka asmiṃ loke /
varṣaśatamātram eva āyuḥ śākyādhirājasya //
[eke asthāsu ṛddhīye eke asthānsu karmaṇā /
ṛddhikarma sthapetvāna antarā parinirvṛtā //]
ādityo va tapanto śaradasmiṃ udgato yathākāśe /
yojanaśataṃ prabhāye dīpaṃkaro spharitvāsthāsi //
prabhāsayanto daśadiśaṃ dharmaṃ deśayaṃto dullabhotpādaṃ /
lokān dīpeti tena dīpaṃkaro ti se sā saṃjñā //
sarvābhibhū daśabalo abhibhūya prāṇikoṭisahasrāṇi /
amṛtapadasmiṃ vinesi tena se saṃjñā anabhibhūtā //
padumottaro puravare udyānagato sare abhiramanto /
yaśottaro navati varṣasahasrāṇi arthadarśī asthāsi /
paṃcanavatiṃ ca tiṣyo dvānavatiṃ puṣya asthāsi //
aśīti varṣasaharāṇi buddhasya vipasyino purā āyuḥ /
saptati varṣasahasrāṇi śikhīsya āyus tadā āsi //
ṣaṣṭiṃ ca viśvabhuvasya paṃcāśat krakucchandasya purāyuḥ /
triṃśat konākamuner viṃśat punaḥ kāśyapaśirisya //
asmākam api ānanda etarahiṃ parīttaka asmiṃ loke /
varṣaśatamātram eva āyuḥ śākyādhirājasya //
[eke asthāsu ṛddhīye eke asthānsu karmaṇā /
ṛddhikarma sthapetvāna antarā parinirvṛtā //]
ādityo va tapanto śaradasmiṃ udgato yathākāśe /
yojanaśataṃ prabhāye dīpaṃkaro spharitvāsthāsi //
prabhāsayanto daśadiśaṃ dharmaṃ deśayaṃto dullabhotpādaṃ /
lokān dīpeti tena dīpaṃkaro ti se sā saṃjñā //
sarvābhibhū daśabalo abhibhūya prāṇikoṭisahasrāṇi /
amṛtapadasmiṃ vinesi tena se saṃjñā anabhibhūtā //
padumottaro puravare udyānagato sare abhiramanto /