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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 3.302
tejānubhāvena // tasya dāni ajapālasya nyagrodhapotaṃ ośākhapraśākhaṃ prāsādikaṃ prasādanīyaṃ dṛṣṭvā atiriva cittaṃ prasīdati // so dāni tena cittaprasādena ca kuśalamūlena ca kāyasya bhedāt trayastriṃśadevanikāye upapanno nyagrodho nāma devaputro maharddhiko mahānubhāvo / so paścād upapaṃno samāno anyāṃ pūrvotpannāṃs trayastriṃśakāyikā devaputrāṃ divyehi paṃcahi sthānehi abhibhavati divyenāyuṣā divyena varṇena divyena sukhena divyenaiśvaryeṇa divyena parivāreṇa // tasya samanantaropapannasya etad abhūṣi / kiṃ mayā manuṣyabhūtena kuśalaṃ karma kṛtaṃ upacitaṃ kasya karmasya vipākena iha trāyastriṃśabhavane upapanno haṃ // so dāni nyagrodho devaputro kuśalamūlaṃ samanvāharanto paśyati bhagavantam uddiśya nyagrodhaṃ nadīye nairaṃjanāye tīre ropitaṃ // so dāni nyagrodho devaputro anekadevaputrasahasrehi parivṛtaḥ abhikrāntavarṇo abhikrāntavarṇena kevalakalpaṃ muciliṃdasya nāgarājño bhavanaṃ udāreṇa varṇena obhāsetvā yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkramitvā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte asthāsi // ekāṃśīkṛto prāṃjalīkṛto bhagavantam etad uvāca // mayā bhagavan manuṣyabhūtena ajapālenājāni pālentena eṣo nyagrodho ropitaḥ bhagavantam uddiśya tenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena manuṣyeṣu cyavitvā bhagavan trāyastriṃśe devanikāye upapanno / sādhu bhagavān etaṃ nyagrodhaṃ paribhuṃjatu anukaṃpām upādāya yathā me mahāphalataraṃ bhaveyā // adhivāsate bhagavāṃ tasya devaputrasya tūṣṇībhāvena // atha khalu so devaputro tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā tuṣṭo hṛṣṭo āttamano prītisaumanasyajāto bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvāna tṛṣkṛtyo pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā tatraiva antarahāye //
___bhagavān muciliṃdasya nāgarājño bhavanāto utthihitvā ṣaṣṭhaṃ saptāhaṃ nirāhāro prītisukhenājapālanyagrodhamūle vītināmesi // tato ajapālasya nyagrodhamūlāto
___bhagavān muciliṃdasya nāgarājño bhavanāto utthihitvā ṣaṣṭhaṃ saptāhaṃ nirāhāro prītisukhenājapālanyagrodhamūle vītināmesi // tato ajapālasya nyagrodhamūlāto