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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 3.354
___bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo atītamadhvāne jambudvīpe vāṇijakā dhanahetunā yānapātreṇa mahāsamudram avatīrṇās teṣāṃ taṃ yānapātraṃ makareṇa matsyajātena bhinnaṃ tahiṃ tahiṃ ye kecid vāṇijā . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bāhāhi plavanti sārthavāhenāpi kiṃcit pūrvaṃ pratipannaṃ so pi bāhāhi samudre plavati // tasya dāni sārthavāhasya samīpe paṃca vāṇijakā bāhāhi sārthavāhena sārdhaṃ mahāsamudre plavanti // sārthavāhasyaitad abhūṣi // nāsmābhiḥ śakyaṃ bāhāhi imaṃ mahāsamudraṃ tarituṃ ihāsmābhiḥ sarvehi maritavyaṃ śrutaṃ ca me mahāsamudrī mṛtakuṇapena sārdhaṃ rātriṃ na prativasati / yaṃ nūnāhaṃ dehaparityāgaṃ kṛtvā imāṃ paṃca vāṇijāṃ ito mahāsamudrāto svastinā sthalaṃ prāpayeyaṃ // sārthavāhasya ca śastraṃ va hastagataṃ āsī / so teṣāṃ paṃcānāṃ vāṇijakānāṃ āha // mama sarve lagnatha ahaṃ vo svastinā mahāsamudrāto sthale pratiṣṭhāpayiṣyāmi // te dāni tatra udake apratiṣṭhe anālambe sarve paṃcakā vāṇijakāḥ sārthavāhasya lagnā tato sārthavāhena śastreṇa svagalakaṃ vikartitaṃ na mahāsamudro mṛtakuṇapena sārdhaṃ rātriṃ prativasati // atha khalu bhikṣavo kṣipram eva mahāsamudreṇa taṃ kuṇapaṃ sthale vāsthāpitaṃ // te dāni sarve paṃca vāṇijakāḥ sāgaravegena kuṇapena sārdhaṃ sthalaṃ kṣiptā / iyaṃ ja mahāpṛthivī atiriva saṃpracalitā mahaṃto ca bhūtānāṃ ninādo abhūṣi / devā nāgā yakṣā asurā mahāsamudre kim idaṃ ti udīrinsuḥ // mahāsamudradevatā āha // eṣo bodhisatvo vāṇijakehi sārdhaṃ yānapātreṇa mahāsamudram avatīrṇaḥ teṣāṃ taṃ yānapātraṃ makareṇa matsyajātena bhinnaṃ yehi ca vāṇijakehi pūrvaṃ pratipannaṃ te bodhisatvenātmaparityāgena mahāsamudrāto sthalaṃ prāpitā /