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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 3.327
evaṃ loke na lipyāmi tasmād ahaṃ upaka jinaḥ //
abhijñeyaṃ abhijñātaṃ sadvaktavyaṃ ca bhāṣyati /
prahātavyaṃ prahīnaṃ me tasmād ahaṃ upaka jino //
evam ukte upako ājīvako bhagavantam etad uvāca // kahiṃ bhagavāṃ gautamo gamiṣyasi // atha khalu bhagavāṃ upakaṃ ājīvakaṃ gāthāye dhyabhāṣaye //
vārāṇasīṃ gamiṣyāmi āhaniṣyaṃ amṛtadundubhiṃ /
dharmacakraṃ pravartayiṣyaṃ loke aprativartiyaṃ //
yo me dharma adhigato virāgopasamo śivo /
tam ahaṃ pravartayiṣyāmi hitāya sarvaprāṇināṃ //
ye cābhyatītā saṃbuddhā ye ca buddhā anāgatā /
ye caitarahiṃ saṃbuddhā bahūnāṃ śokanāśakā /
dharmaṃ deśenti satvānāṃ buddhānāṃ eṣā dharmatā //
devatā antarīkṣe gāthāṃ bhāṣanti //
yo evarūpaṃ naradamyasārathiṃ
dṛṣṭvā maharṣiṃ parivarjayeya /
hastehi pādehi ca so mahāśiriṃ
praṇāmaye eṣa atīvamātraṃ //
cundadvīlāyāṃ cundo nāma yakṣo // tena bhagavāṃ svake bhavane vāsena ca bhaktena ca nimantrito // bhagavāṃ cundasya yakṣasya bhavane ekarātroṣito kṛtabhaktakṛtyo sārathipure lohitavastukaṃ gacchati // lohitavastuke kamaṇḍaluko nāma nāgarājo // tena
abhijñeyaṃ abhijñātaṃ sadvaktavyaṃ ca bhāṣyati /
prahātavyaṃ prahīnaṃ me tasmād ahaṃ upaka jino //
evam ukte upako ājīvako bhagavantam etad uvāca // kahiṃ bhagavāṃ gautamo gamiṣyasi // atha khalu bhagavāṃ upakaṃ ājīvakaṃ gāthāye dhyabhāṣaye //
vārāṇasīṃ gamiṣyāmi āhaniṣyaṃ amṛtadundubhiṃ /
dharmacakraṃ pravartayiṣyaṃ loke aprativartiyaṃ //
yo me dharma adhigato virāgopasamo śivo /
tam ahaṃ pravartayiṣyāmi hitāya sarvaprāṇināṃ //
ye cābhyatītā saṃbuddhā ye ca buddhā anāgatā /
ye caitarahiṃ saṃbuddhā bahūnāṃ śokanāśakā /
dharmaṃ deśenti satvānāṃ buddhānāṃ eṣā dharmatā //
devatā antarīkṣe gāthāṃ bhāṣanti //
yo evarūpaṃ naradamyasārathiṃ
dṛṣṭvā maharṣiṃ parivarjayeya /
hastehi pādehi ca so mahāśiriṃ
praṇāmaye eṣa atīvamātraṃ //
cundadvīlāyāṃ cundo nāma yakṣo // tena bhagavāṃ svake bhavane vāsena ca bhaktena ca nimantrito // bhagavāṃ cundasya yakṣasya bhavane ekarātroṣito kṛtabhaktakṛtyo sārathipure lohitavastukaṃ gacchati // lohitavastuke kamaṇḍaluko nāma nāgarājo // tena