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 3.373
sarabhaṃgo āha //
sevanto vṛddhā nipuṇo bahuśruto
ogrāhako ca paripṛcchamāno /
śruṇanto satkṛtya subhāṣitāni
evaṃkaro prajñāvāṃ bhoti manye //
so prajñānāṃ kāmaguṇaṃ vipaśyati
duḥkhaṃ anityaṃ vipariṇāmadharmaṃ /
evaṃ vipaśyaṃ prajahāti cchandaṃ
mahadbhayeṣu vadhakopameṣu //
so vītarāgo suvinītadoṣo
maitrābhāvanāṃ bhāvaye apramatto /
maitreṇa cittena hitānukampī
evaṃkaro svargam upeti sthānaṃ //
subhāṣitārthaṃ idam evarūpā
gāthā imā satpuruṣeṇa bhāṣitā /
yo pi imāṃ samma samācareyā
adarśanaṃ mṛtyurājasya gacche //
subhāṣitan taṃ anumodamānā
brahmā ca indro tridaśā ca devās* /
te vegajātā muditā kṛtāṃjalī
gacchensu tad devapuraṃ yaśasvino //
mahārthiyaṃ āgamanaṃ abhūṣi
aṣṭamakasya bhīmarathasya caiva /
sevanto vṛddhā nipuṇo bahuśruto
ogrāhako ca paripṛcchamāno /
śruṇanto satkṛtya subhāṣitāni
evaṃkaro prajñāvāṃ bhoti manye //
so prajñānāṃ kāmaguṇaṃ vipaśyati
duḥkhaṃ anityaṃ vipariṇāmadharmaṃ /
evaṃ vipaśyaṃ prajahāti cchandaṃ
mahadbhayeṣu vadhakopameṣu //
so vītarāgo suvinītadoṣo
maitrābhāvanāṃ bhāvaye apramatto /
maitreṇa cittena hitānukampī
evaṃkaro svargam upeti sthānaṃ //
subhāṣitārthaṃ idam evarūpā
gāthā imā satpuruṣeṇa bhāṣitā /
yo pi imāṃ samma samācareyā
adarśanaṃ mṛtyurājasya gacche //
subhāṣitan taṃ anumodamānā
brahmā ca indro tridaśā ca devās* /
te vegajātā muditā kṛtāṃjalī
gacchensu tad devapuraṃ yaśasvino //
mahārthiyaṃ āgamanaṃ abhūṣi
aṣṭamakasya bhīmarathasya caiva /