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 3.385
cirasya vata drakṣyāma tārakair iva lakṣaṇaiḥ /
vicitragātraṃ . . . . buddhasya varabuddhino //
cirasya tava śroṣyāma vāṇiṃ brahmasvaropamāṃ /
anityaṃ duḥkham anātmeti sarvakleśapradāraṇīṃ //
etāṃ śrutvā navaghoṣāṃ vāṇiṃ brahmasvaropamāṃ /
mokṣaṃ prāpsyāma tīrthebhyaḥ āsādetva nararṣabhaṃ //
dṛṣṭvāna lokārthacaraṃ maharṣiṃ
mahāyaśaṃ kāśyapa arthadarśiṃ /
. . . . . sarvasya śubhasya mūlaṃ
śīlaṃ rakṣyāmo camarīva bālaṃ //
chittvāna panthaṃ kuvanāntarasmiṃ
yathā śāstāraṃ muniṃ no ca kṛtvā /
khaṇḍitva śikṣāṃ paramārthadarśino
mārgā cyuto vīcim upeti kṛcchraṃ //
patanti gātreṣu giriprakāśā
. . . . . vṛṣṭir anantaviddhiḥ /
śāṭeti gātrāṇi duḥkhārditasya
tato pramocehi viśālakīrte //
śṛṇomi dharmaṃ na ca addaśāmi
netroddhṛtaḥ sūryam ivodayantaṃ /
āśvāsayādityamarīciteja
vicitragātraṃ . . . . buddhasya varabuddhino //
cirasya tava śroṣyāma vāṇiṃ brahmasvaropamāṃ /
anityaṃ duḥkham anātmeti sarvakleśapradāraṇīṃ //
etāṃ śrutvā navaghoṣāṃ vāṇiṃ brahmasvaropamāṃ /
mokṣaṃ prāpsyāma tīrthebhyaḥ āsādetva nararṣabhaṃ //
dṛṣṭvāna lokārthacaraṃ maharṣiṃ
mahāyaśaṃ kāśyapa arthadarśiṃ /
. . . . . sarvasya śubhasya mūlaṃ
śīlaṃ rakṣyāmo camarīva bālaṃ //
chittvāna panthaṃ kuvanāntarasmiṃ
yathā śāstāraṃ muniṃ no ca kṛtvā /
khaṇḍitva śikṣāṃ paramārthadarśino
mārgā cyuto vīcim upeti kṛcchraṃ //
patanti gātreṣu giriprakāśā
. . . . . vṛṣṭir anantaviddhiḥ /
śāṭeti gātrāṇi duḥkhārditasya
tato pramocehi viśālakīrte //
śṛṇomi dharmaṃ na ca addaśāmi
netroddhṛtaḥ sūryam ivodayantaṃ /
āśvāsayādityamarīciteja