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 3.355
mayaṃ pramattavihārā yehi na samanvāhṛtaṃ evaṃ duṣkarakārakā bodhisatvā sarvasatvānāṃ anugrahapravṛttā //
bhūtapūrvam atītaṃ bodhāya caranto vādipravaro /
otīrṇo lavaṇajalaṃ timimakaranisevitaṃ ramyaṃ //
atha matsyena makareṇa bhagnaṃ pātraṃ jale samudrasmiṃ /
so vāṇijo visārtho pariplavati sāgare dhīro //
atrāṇāṃ anabhisarāṃ duḥkhārditāṃ vāṇījā viditvāna /
saṃcintayati upāyaṃ kathaṃ duḥkhitāṃ sukhaye satvā //
tasyāsi parivitarko śrutaṃ mayā sāgaro mṛtakuṇapena /
na saṃvasati lavaṇasalilo timimakaraniṣevito rajanīṃ //
tyajeyam ātmānaṃ mā vāṇijakā sāgare vinasyante /
iti dṛḍhamatisya buddhī cittacaritapāramigatasya //
yā eṣa mahākaruṇā . . . . hiteṣī sarvasatveṣu /
samupacitā dīrgharātraṃ sāsya bhajahe cittasaṃtānaṃ //
so avaca vāṇijagaṇaṃ ātmaṃ tyajiṣyāmi śliṣyatha mamāṃge /
na hi lavaṇasaliladevatā dhareti rajanīṃ mṛtaśarīraṃ //
tīkṣṇaṃ grahetva śastraṃ nivartaye ātmano . . . śarīraṃ /
kṣipraṃ samudratīraṃ vāṇijakā sarve upanītā //
atipracalitā giridharā sanagaranigamā saśailavanaṣaṇḍā /
bhūtapūrvam atītaṃ bodhāya caranto vādipravaro /
otīrṇo lavaṇajalaṃ timimakaranisevitaṃ ramyaṃ //
atha matsyena makareṇa bhagnaṃ pātraṃ jale samudrasmiṃ /
so vāṇijo visārtho pariplavati sāgare dhīro //
atrāṇāṃ anabhisarāṃ duḥkhārditāṃ vāṇījā viditvāna /
saṃcintayati upāyaṃ kathaṃ duḥkhitāṃ sukhaye satvā //
tasyāsi parivitarko śrutaṃ mayā sāgaro mṛtakuṇapena /
na saṃvasati lavaṇasalilo timimakaraniṣevito rajanīṃ //
tyajeyam ātmānaṃ mā vāṇijakā sāgare vinasyante /
iti dṛḍhamatisya buddhī cittacaritapāramigatasya //
yā eṣa mahākaruṇā . . . . hiteṣī sarvasatveṣu /
samupacitā dīrgharātraṃ sāsya bhajahe cittasaṃtānaṃ //
so avaca vāṇijagaṇaṃ ātmaṃ tyajiṣyāmi śliṣyatha mamāṃge /
na hi lavaṇasaliladevatā dhareti rajanīṃ mṛtaśarīraṃ //
tīkṣṇaṃ grahetva śastraṃ nivartaye ātmano . . . śarīraṃ /
kṣipraṃ samudratīraṃ vāṇijakā sarve upanītā //
atipracalitā giridharā sanagaranigamā saśailavanaṣaṇḍā /