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).
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sāgara sadānavapurā sabhujagabhavanā ca saṃkṣubhitā //
kim idaṃ ti jano parvatavanadevatā bhujaṃgā kathayensuḥ /
. . . . . pratibhaṇe lavaṇasaliladevatā duḥkhitā //
eṣo gajasatvasāro bodhāya caranto vādipravaro /
uttīrṇo lavaṇasalilaṃ mamedaṃ na viditaṃ pramattāye //
so bhinnayānapātro paripūrati sāgare narapravaro /
ātmaṃ priyaṃ parityaji parajanaparimocanārthāya //
tasyaivaṃ anubhāvā pracalitā vasuṃdharā sasāgarameru /
guhyaka sadānavapurā sabhujagabhavanā ca saṃkṣubhitā //
kathaṃ nāma sarvasatvā śaktā pratikartuṃ satvasārāṇāṃ /
bodhāya carantānāṃ prāg eva sarvajñabhūtānāṃ //
yas tu jinaśāsanasmiṃ pratipanno bhavati sarvabhāvena /
etāvatā pratikṛtaṃ bhavati hi gajasatvasārasya //
bhagavān āha // syāt khalu punar bhikṣavo yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena sārthavāho abhūṣi / naitad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetor ahaṃ sa bhikṣavaḥ sārthavāho abhūṣi // nānye te paṃca vāṇijakāḥ / ete te paṃcakā bhadravargikāstadāpi te ete mayā ātmaparityāgaṃ kṛtvā mahāsamudrāto svastinā sthale pratiṣṭhāpitā etarahiṃ pi mayā ātmaparityāgaṃ kṛtvā saṃsārāto tāritā nirvāṇe pratiṣṭhāpitāḥ //
_____samāptaṃ paṃcakānāṃ bhadravargikānāṃ jātakaṃ //
bhikṣū bhagavantam āhansuḥ // bhagavatā sadevamānuṣāye pariṣāye dharmaṃ deśitaṃ //
kim idaṃ ti jano parvatavanadevatā bhujaṃgā kathayensuḥ /
. . . . . pratibhaṇe lavaṇasaliladevatā duḥkhitā //
eṣo gajasatvasāro bodhāya caranto vādipravaro /
uttīrṇo lavaṇasalilaṃ mamedaṃ na viditaṃ pramattāye //
so bhinnayānapātro paripūrati sāgare narapravaro /
ātmaṃ priyaṃ parityaji parajanaparimocanārthāya //
tasyaivaṃ anubhāvā pracalitā vasuṃdharā sasāgarameru /
guhyaka sadānavapurā sabhujagabhavanā ca saṃkṣubhitā //
kathaṃ nāma sarvasatvā śaktā pratikartuṃ satvasārāṇāṃ /
bodhāya carantānāṃ prāg eva sarvajñabhūtānāṃ //
yas tu jinaśāsanasmiṃ pratipanno bhavati sarvabhāvena /
etāvatā pratikṛtaṃ bhavati hi gajasatvasārasya //
bhagavān āha // syāt khalu punar bhikṣavo yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena sārthavāho abhūṣi / naitad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetor ahaṃ sa bhikṣavaḥ sārthavāho abhūṣi // nānye te paṃca vāṇijakāḥ / ete te paṃcakā bhadravargikāstadāpi te ete mayā ātmaparityāgaṃ kṛtvā mahāsamudrāto svastinā sthale pratiṣṭhāpitā etarahiṃ pi mayā ātmaparityāgaṃ kṛtvā saṃsārāto tāritā nirvāṇe pratiṣṭhāpitāḥ //
_____samāptaṃ paṃcakānāṃ bhadravargikānāṃ jātakaṃ //
bhikṣū bhagavantam āhansuḥ // bhagavatā sadevamānuṣāye pariṣāye dharmaṃ deśitaṃ //