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 3.319
yācanti atha khalu bhagavāṃ mahābrahmaṇo avakāśam akārṣīt* āryadharmacakrapravartanāya // tāye velāye bhagavān mahābrahmaṇaṃ gāthāye dhyabhāṣe //
apāvṛtaṃ me amṛtasya dvāraṃ
brahmeti bhagavantaṃ ye śrotukāmā
śraddhāṃ pramuṃcantu viheṭhasaṃjñāṃ /
viheṭhasaṃjño praguṇo abhūṣi
dharmo aśuddho magadheṣu pūrvaṃ //
atha khalu bhagavatā mahābrahmaṇe avakāśe kṛte anuttaradharmacakrapravartanāya bhūmyā devā ghoṣam udīrayensuḥ // evaṃ māriṣa brahmaṇe bhagavatāvakāśo kṛto anuttaradharmacakrapravartanāya / taṃ bhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukaṃpāya mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca hāyiṣyanti āsurāḥ kāyāḥ divyā kāyā abhivardhiṣyanti // bhūmyānāṃ devānāṃ ghoṣaṃ śrutvā caturmahārājakāyikā devā trayastriṃśā devā yāmā tuṣitā nirmāṇaratī paranirmitavaśavartī devā ghoṣam udīrayensuḥ śabdam anuśrāvayensuḥ // evaṃ māriṣa bhagavatā mahābrahmaṇo avakāśo kṛto dharmacakrapravartanāya / taṃ bhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukaṃpāya mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca hāyiṣyanti āsurāḥ kāyā divyāḥ kāyā abhivardhiṣyanti // iti hi tena kālena tena samayena yāvad brahmalokaṃ ghoṣa abhyudgato //
___ettham etaṃ śrūyati //
apāvṛtaṃ me amṛtasya dvāraṃ
brahmeti bhagavantaṃ ye śrotukāmā
śraddhāṃ pramuṃcantu viheṭhasaṃjñāṃ /
viheṭhasaṃjño praguṇo abhūṣi
dharmo aśuddho magadheṣu pūrvaṃ //
atha khalu bhagavatā mahābrahmaṇe avakāśe kṛte anuttaradharmacakrapravartanāya bhūmyā devā ghoṣam udīrayensuḥ // evaṃ māriṣa brahmaṇe bhagavatāvakāśo kṛto anuttaradharmacakrapravartanāya / taṃ bhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukaṃpāya mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca hāyiṣyanti āsurāḥ kāyāḥ divyā kāyā abhivardhiṣyanti // bhūmyānāṃ devānāṃ ghoṣaṃ śrutvā caturmahārājakāyikā devā trayastriṃśā devā yāmā tuṣitā nirmāṇaratī paranirmitavaśavartī devā ghoṣam udīrayensuḥ śabdam anuśrāvayensuḥ // evaṃ māriṣa bhagavatā mahābrahmaṇo avakāśo kṛto dharmacakrapravartanāya / taṃ bhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukaṃpāya mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca hāyiṣyanti āsurāḥ kāyā divyāḥ kāyā abhivardhiṣyanti // iti hi tena kālena tena samayena yāvad brahmalokaṃ ghoṣa abhyudgato //
___ettham etaṃ śrūyati //