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 3.254
satvāna mocayituṃ haṃ apunaḥbhavāya
sarvajñatāye praṇidhiṃ na nivartayeyaṃ //
evaṃ niścitamatī suviniścitārthā
bodhīnibaddhahṛdayā vicaranti loke /
laṃghitabahubhir iva pāragatā samudraṃ
prāptonti bodhiṃ sabalaṃ namuciṃ nihatvā //
atha khalu rājā śuddhodano yadā bhagavāṃ nyagrodhārāme pauruṣamātraṃ vaihāyasam antarīkṣe vividhavicitrāṇi yamakaprātihāryāṇi karoti yadā rāhur asurendro vemacitrī asurendro mucilindo asurendro anye ca ṣaṣṭir asuranayutāni anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākaritvā bahūni ca prāṇakoṭisahasrāṇi ārye dharme pratiṣṭhāpayitvā ātmanā ca śrotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtvā dṛṣṭasatyo aviparītaparyayo śāstuḥ śāsane utthāyāsanāto yena bhagavāṃs tenāṃjaliṃ praṇāmayitvā bhagavato purato imaṃ udānaṃ udānayati // labdhā me putra sulabdhā lābhā yasya me edṛśo putro dvipadānām uttamaḥ sarvaguṇair upetaḥ / amohanto putra saphalaṃ cakravartirājyam apahāya mahāntaṃ ca jñātivargaṃ vijahitvā abhiniṣkramaṇaṃ / amohaṃ te saphalaṃ ṣaḍvarṣāṇi duṣkaraṃ cīrṇaṃ aho amohaṃ te saphalakṛtena bodhiḥ prāptā / amohante saphalaṃ ca dharmo prakāśitaṃ yasya te sadṛśo nāsti sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake saśramaṇabrāhmaṇavaṇīpake prajāyāṃ sadevamānuṣāsurāyāṃ // mamāpi putra amohaṃ saphalaṃ ca jīvitaṃ
sarvajñatāye praṇidhiṃ na nivartayeyaṃ //
evaṃ niścitamatī suviniścitārthā
bodhīnibaddhahṛdayā vicaranti loke /
laṃghitabahubhir iva pāragatā samudraṃ
prāptonti bodhiṃ sabalaṃ namuciṃ nihatvā //
atha khalu rājā śuddhodano yadā bhagavāṃ nyagrodhārāme pauruṣamātraṃ vaihāyasam antarīkṣe vividhavicitrāṇi yamakaprātihāryāṇi karoti yadā rāhur asurendro vemacitrī asurendro mucilindo asurendro anye ca ṣaṣṭir asuranayutāni anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākaritvā bahūni ca prāṇakoṭisahasrāṇi ārye dharme pratiṣṭhāpayitvā ātmanā ca śrotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtvā dṛṣṭasatyo aviparītaparyayo śāstuḥ śāsane utthāyāsanāto yena bhagavāṃs tenāṃjaliṃ praṇāmayitvā bhagavato purato imaṃ udānaṃ udānayati // labdhā me putra sulabdhā lābhā yasya me edṛśo putro dvipadānām uttamaḥ sarvaguṇair upetaḥ / amohanto putra saphalaṃ cakravartirājyam apahāya mahāntaṃ ca jñātivargaṃ vijahitvā abhiniṣkramaṇaṃ / amohaṃ te saphalaṃ ṣaḍvarṣāṇi duṣkaraṃ cīrṇaṃ aho amohaṃ te saphalakṛtena bodhiḥ prāptā / amohante saphalaṃ ca dharmo prakāśitaṃ yasya te sadṛśo nāsti sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake saśramaṇabrāhmaṇavaṇīpake prajāyāṃ sadevamānuṣāsurāyāṃ // mamāpi putra amohaṃ saphalaṃ ca jīvitaṃ