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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 3.347
aparyantaṃ tava sthānaṃ bhavatu lokanāyaka //
apāyā tatrāntībhūtā svayaṃbhū tava tejasā /
nirākāśo kṛto svargo tvāṃ prāpya puruṣottama //
yo mithyatvaniyato rāśi puruṣapuṃgavottama /
eṣa aniyataṃ rāśiṃ tvāṃ prāpya pūrayiṣyati //
yaś cāpy aniyato raśi tvāṃ prāpya suravandita /
pūrayiṣyati samyaktvarāśiṃ rājakulodita //
adbhutānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ vivṛddhir upalabhyate /
tvāṃ prāpya puruṣādityaṃ tamontakaram acyutaṃ //
tasya te bhāṣamāṇasya bhūtāṃ dharmāṃ janapriya /
abhinandati te vākyaṃ sendro loko mahāmune //
iti stuvanti devagaṇā varadaṃ prītimānasaṃ /
anantaguṇasaṃpannaṃ sārthavāhanarottamam iti //
bhikṣū bhagavantam āhaṃsuḥ // kasya bhagavan karmasya vipākena āyuṣmatā ājñātakauṇḍinyena sarvaprathamaṃ dharmaṃ ājñātaṃ // bhagavān āha // etasyaivaiṣa bhikṣavaḥ pūrvapraṇidhānaṃ // bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo atītam adhvānaṃ rājagṛhe nagare kumbhakāraśālāyāṃ pratyekabuddhena pittavyādhikena pratiśrayo yācito / so tena kumbhakāreṇa upasthito ca pittābādhāto mocito // tena dāni pratyekabuddhena ye paricāritā pratyekbuddhā te tahiṃ bhārgavaśālāṃ tasya pratyekabuddhasya pittavyādhikasya kṣemaṇīyapṛcchā āgatā // bhārgavo pratyekabuddhṃ tato pittābādhāto mocetvā pṛcchati / kena vo prathamaṃ dharmaṃ ājñātaṃ //
apāyā tatrāntībhūtā svayaṃbhū tava tejasā /
nirākāśo kṛto svargo tvāṃ prāpya puruṣottama //
yo mithyatvaniyato rāśi puruṣapuṃgavottama /
eṣa aniyataṃ rāśiṃ tvāṃ prāpya pūrayiṣyati //
yaś cāpy aniyato raśi tvāṃ prāpya suravandita /
pūrayiṣyati samyaktvarāśiṃ rājakulodita //
adbhutānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ vivṛddhir upalabhyate /
tvāṃ prāpya puruṣādityaṃ tamontakaram acyutaṃ //
tasya te bhāṣamāṇasya bhūtāṃ dharmāṃ janapriya /
abhinandati te vākyaṃ sendro loko mahāmune //
iti stuvanti devagaṇā varadaṃ prītimānasaṃ /
anantaguṇasaṃpannaṃ sārthavāhanarottamam iti //
bhikṣū bhagavantam āhaṃsuḥ // kasya bhagavan karmasya vipākena āyuṣmatā ājñātakauṇḍinyena sarvaprathamaṃ dharmaṃ ājñātaṃ // bhagavān āha // etasyaivaiṣa bhikṣavaḥ pūrvapraṇidhānaṃ // bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo atītam adhvānaṃ rājagṛhe nagare kumbhakāraśālāyāṃ pratyekabuddhena pittavyādhikena pratiśrayo yācito / so tena kumbhakāreṇa upasthito ca pittābādhāto mocito // tena dāni pratyekabuddhena ye paricāritā pratyekbuddhā te tahiṃ bhārgavaśālāṃ tasya pratyekabuddhasya pittavyādhikasya kṣemaṇīyapṛcchā āgatā // bhārgavo pratyekabuddhṃ tato pittābādhāto mocetvā pṛcchati / kena vo prathamaṃ dharmaṃ ājñātaṃ //