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 3.285
arthasya prāptiṃ hṛdayasya śāntiṃ
dhyānānuyukto sukhasārabuddhiḥ /
tasmāj jane na karomi sākhyaṃ
sākhyaṃ na saṃvidyate tena asme //
atha khalu aratī māradevī bhagavantaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
ācchetva tṛṣṇāṃ guṇasaṃpracārī
bahv atra raktā kariṣyanti cchandaṃ /
bahuṃ vatāyaṃ janatāṃ suvedha
ācchetva . . . . . . mṛtyurājño
nayiṣyati acyutapadam aśokaṃ //
atha khalu bhagavāṃ tāṃ māradhītaro gāthāye pratyabhāṣati //
giriṃ nakhehi khanatha ayo dantehi khādatha /
parvataṃ śirasā hanatha agāḍhe gāḍham eṣatha /
kimu anvetha pāpīyo api buddhāsūyā sadā //
atha khalu tā māradhītaro jānāti māṃ śramaṇo gautamo ti duḥkhī durmanā vipratisārī yena pitā māras tenopasaṃkramitvā pitaraṃ māraṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
adya me vadhaṃ pi tāta na rāgeṇa sa āniye /
viṣayaṃ me atikrāntaḥ tasmāc chocāmy ahaṃ bhṛśaṃ //
anyo va tāta puruṣo avītasaṃgo asmākaṃ tena rūpeṇa samanvāgatānāṃ paśyitva
dhyānānuyukto sukhasārabuddhiḥ /
tasmāj jane na karomi sākhyaṃ
sākhyaṃ na saṃvidyate tena asme //
atha khalu aratī māradevī bhagavantaṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
ācchetva tṛṣṇāṃ guṇasaṃpracārī
bahv atra raktā kariṣyanti cchandaṃ /
bahuṃ vatāyaṃ janatāṃ suvedha
ācchetva . . . . . . mṛtyurājño
nayiṣyati acyutapadam aśokaṃ //
atha khalu bhagavāṃ tāṃ māradhītaro gāthāye pratyabhāṣati //
giriṃ nakhehi khanatha ayo dantehi khādatha /
parvataṃ śirasā hanatha agāḍhe gāḍham eṣatha /
kimu anvetha pāpīyo api buddhāsūyā sadā //
atha khalu tā māradhītaro jānāti māṃ śramaṇo gautamo ti duḥkhī durmanā vipratisārī yena pitā māras tenopasaṃkramitvā pitaraṃ māraṃ gāthāye adhyabhāṣe //
adya me vadhaṃ pi tāta na rāgeṇa sa āniye /
viṣayaṃ me atikrāntaḥ tasmāc chocāmy ahaṃ bhṛśaṃ //
anyo va tāta puruṣo avītasaṃgo asmākaṃ tena rūpeṇa samanvāgatānāṃ paśyitva