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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dānaśīlaṃ parigṛhya bodhisatvā mahāyaśā /
dānaṃ śīlaṃ ca prajñāṃ ca varṇayanti maharṣiṇāṃ //
buddhāna dānaṃ sugatena deśitaṃ
anomanyāyena anomabuddhinā /
tādṛśaṃ sugatam anusmaranto
nirāmiṣāṃ ko na labheta prītiṃ //
idam avocad bhagavāṃ sadevamanuṣyāsuraloko bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandat* //
_____samāptaṃ bahubuddhasūtraṃ //
mahāntaṃ dharmasaṃbhāraṃ mahājanahitāvahaṃ /
mahāvastuṃ mahājñānaṃ bhadantasugatena hi /
sarvasatvānāṃ hitāya saṃbuddhena prakāśitaṃ //
ye ca deśenti saddharmaṃ śṛṇonti ye ca deśitaṃ /
sarve te adhigacchanti nirvāṇapadam acyutaṃ //
sarvaṃdadasya pura jātir abhūṣi siddhā
ācāradānadamathair jagatīhiteṣī /
savighnarūpacarito tad abhūṣi śakro
mā cyāvayiṣyati mameṣa ito grasthānāta //
so nirmiṇitva narakaṃ sarvadasya tasya
ye dānaśūraguṇavāṃ prapatanti atra /
dānaṃ śīlaṃ ca prajñāṃ ca varṇayanti maharṣiṇāṃ //
buddhāna dānaṃ sugatena deśitaṃ
anomanyāyena anomabuddhinā /
tādṛśaṃ sugatam anusmaranto
nirāmiṣāṃ ko na labheta prītiṃ //
idam avocad bhagavāṃ sadevamanuṣyāsuraloko bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandat* //
_____samāptaṃ bahubuddhasūtraṃ //
mahāntaṃ dharmasaṃbhāraṃ mahājanahitāvahaṃ /
mahāvastuṃ mahājñānaṃ bhadantasugatena hi /
sarvasatvānāṃ hitāya saṃbuddhena prakāśitaṃ //
ye ca deśenti saddharmaṃ śṛṇonti ye ca deśitaṃ /
sarve te adhigacchanti nirvāṇapadam acyutaṃ //
sarvaṃdadasya pura jātir abhūṣi siddhā
ācāradānadamathair jagatīhiteṣī /
savighnarūpacarito tad abhūṣi śakro
mā cyāvayiṣyati mameṣa ito grasthānāta //
so nirmiṇitva narakaṃ sarvadasya tasya
ye dānaśūraguṇavāṃ prapatanti atra /