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 3.277
dhūpanetrāṃ grahetvāna sarve tena sukhasthitā /
pūjenti lokapradyotaṃ [bodhimaṇḍe pratiṣṭhitaṃ] //
aṃjalīhi namasyanti gāthāhi ca stavanti te /
pūjāṃ karonti buddhasya bodhimaṇḍe pratiṣṭhitā //
sarve āsannaṃ paśyanti lokanāthaṃ prabhaṃkaraṃ /
na kaścid dūre saṃjāne vyāmamātre yathā sthitaṃ //
na kaścit pṛṣṭhato buddhaṃ lokadhātūya paśyati /
sarvadiśā hi buddhasya samantā paśyati mukhaṃ //
vāmadakṣiṇapārśvena na kaścil lokanāyakaṃ /
saṃjānati mahāvīraṃ sarve paśyanti saṃmukhaṃ //
dhūpanaṃ buddhakṣetrasmiṃ dhūpitaṃ ca tad anantaraṃ /
samantā buddhakṣetrāṇāṃ gandhena koṭiyo sphuṭā //
na śakyaṃ gaṇanāṃ kartuṃ ettiyā satvakoṭiyo /
paśyitvā śiriṃ buddhasya ye bodhim abhiprasthitāḥ //
tṛṇā ca ye kecid asti auṣadhīyo vanaspati /
sarve tatomukhā āsi yena bodhi maharṣiṇo //
ko imāṃ edṛśāṃ dharmaṃ lokanāthena deśitāṃ /
śruṇitvā na siyā tuṣṭo anyatra mārapakṣikāt* //
na śakyā sarvam ākhyātuṃ vācāya ṛddhibhāṣataḥ /
yā śirī āsi buddhasya bodhiprāptasya tāyino //
pūjenti lokapradyotaṃ [bodhimaṇḍe pratiṣṭhitaṃ] //
aṃjalīhi namasyanti gāthāhi ca stavanti te /
pūjāṃ karonti buddhasya bodhimaṇḍe pratiṣṭhitā //
sarve āsannaṃ paśyanti lokanāthaṃ prabhaṃkaraṃ /
na kaścid dūre saṃjāne vyāmamātre yathā sthitaṃ //
na kaścit pṛṣṭhato buddhaṃ lokadhātūya paśyati /
sarvadiśā hi buddhasya samantā paśyati mukhaṃ //
vāmadakṣiṇapārśvena na kaścil lokanāyakaṃ /
saṃjānati mahāvīraṃ sarve paśyanti saṃmukhaṃ //
dhūpanaṃ buddhakṣetrasmiṃ dhūpitaṃ ca tad anantaraṃ /
samantā buddhakṣetrāṇāṃ gandhena koṭiyo sphuṭā //
na śakyaṃ gaṇanāṃ kartuṃ ettiyā satvakoṭiyo /
paśyitvā śiriṃ buddhasya ye bodhim abhiprasthitāḥ //
tṛṇā ca ye kecid asti auṣadhīyo vanaspati /
sarve tatomukhā āsi yena bodhi maharṣiṇo //
ko imāṃ edṛśāṃ dharmaṃ lokanāthena deśitāṃ /
śruṇitvā na siyā tuṣṭo anyatra mārapakṣikāt* //
na śakyā sarvam ākhyātuṃ vācāya ṛddhibhāṣataḥ /
yā śirī āsi buddhasya bodhiprāptasya tāyino //