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 3.340
viditvā ye rūpapratyayā utpadyanti āśravā vighātā paridāghā sajvarā sāṃkleśikā paunarbhavikā āyatyāṃ jātijarāmaraṇīyā te nirudhyante // sacet* manyatha bhikṣavaḥ vedanā saṃjñā saṃskārā vijñānaṃ nityaṃ vā anityaṃ vā // anityaṃ hīdaṃ bhagavan* // bhagavān āha // sādhu bhikṣavo vijñānasya khalu punar bhikṣavo anityatāṃ vā durbalatāṃ prabhaṃguṇatāṃ viditvā te nirudhyanti vyuśāmyanti prahāṇam astaṃgacchanti / teṣāṃ nirodhāto na utpadyanti āśravā vighātā paridāghā sajvarāḥ sāṃkleśikā paunarbhavikā āyatyāṃ jātijarāmaraṇīyā nirudhyanti / vijñānamūlakā āśravā vighātā paridāghā sajvarāḥ sāṃkleśikā paunarbhavikā āyatyāṃ jātijarāmaraṇīyā vijñānajātikā vijñānaprabhṛtikāḥ / tasmād iha vo bhikṣavo evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ / yat kiṃcid rūpaṃ adhyātmaṃ vā bahirdhā vā audārikaṃ vā śūkṣmaṃ vā hīnaṃ vā praṇītaṃ vā yaddūre antike vā atītānāgatapratyutpannaṃ sarvaṃ rūpaṃ naitaṃ mama naiṣo ham asmi naiṣa ātmeti evam eva taṃ yathābhūtaṃ samyakprajñayā draṣṭavyaṃ // idam avocad bhagavāṃ vārāṇasyāṃ viharanto ṛṣivadane mṛgadāve imasmiṃś ca punar vyākaraṇe bhāṣyamāṇe trayo bhikṣū balavaśībhāvaṃ prāpuṇensuḥ aśītīnāṃ ca devakoṭīnāṃ virajā vigatamalā dharmeṣu dharmacakṣūṇi viśuddhāni / āttamanā te bhikṣū bhagavato bhāṣitam abhinande //
___atha khalu bhagavāṃ āṣāḍhamāsasya uttarapakṣe dvādaśīyaṃ paścābhaktaḥ purastāt saṃmukho niṣaṇṇo dhyardhapauruṣāyāṃ chāyāyāṃ anurādhe nakṣatre vijaye muhūrte anuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ pravartitaṃ // na khalu punar buddhā bhagavanto suvarṇamayaṃ vā dharmacakraṃ pravartenti rūpyamayaṃ vā muktāmayaṃ vā vaiḍūryamayaṃ vā sphaṭikamayaṃ vā musāragalvamayaṃ vā lohitikāmayaṃ
___atha khalu bhagavāṃ āṣāḍhamāsasya uttarapakṣe dvādaśīyaṃ paścābhaktaḥ purastāt saṃmukho niṣaṇṇo dhyardhapauruṣāyāṃ chāyāyāṃ anurādhe nakṣatre vijaye muhūrte anuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ pravartitaṃ // na khalu punar buddhā bhagavanto suvarṇamayaṃ vā dharmacakraṃ pravartenti rūpyamayaṃ vā muktāmayaṃ vā vaiḍūryamayaṃ vā sphaṭikamayaṃ vā musāragalvamayaṃ vā lohitikāmayaṃ