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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anagāraṃ upetasya bhikṣājīvaṃ cikīrṣato /
muni pravyāhara dharmaṃ mauneyaṃ uttamaṃ padaṃ //
bhagavān āha //
mauneyaṃ ca pṛcchasi nāla duḥkaraṃ durabhisaṃbhuṇaṃ /
hanta te taṃ ca vakṣyāmi saṃstambhasva dṛḍho bhava //
samānabhāgaṃ kuryāsi grāme ākruṣṭavanditaṃ /
manopradoṣaṃ rakṣesi kṣānto cānumato bhava //
uccāvacā niścaranti dāve agniśikhā iva /
nārī munipralobhāye tāva taṃ mā pralobhaye //
virato maithunā dharmā hitvā kāmaṃ parovaraṃ /
aviruddho asaṃruddho ye satvā trasasthāvarāḥ //
yathātmano tathānyeṣāṃ yathānyeṣāṃ tathātmano /
ātmānaṃ upamāṃ kṛtvā naiva hiṃse na ghātaye //
hitvām iha alpicchāṃ pi aniccho bhohi nirvṛto /
tyaja icchāṃ ca lobhaṃ ca yatra saktā pṛthagjanāḥ /
paṇḍito pratipajjeya so tare narakaṃ imaṃ //
tato rātrivivāsāto grāmaṃ piṇḍāya otare /
āhvayaṃ nābhinandeya abhihāraṃ ca grāmato //
na muni grāmam āsādya kuleṣu sahasā care /
muni pravyāhara dharmaṃ mauneyaṃ uttamaṃ padaṃ //
bhagavān āha //
mauneyaṃ ca pṛcchasi nāla duḥkaraṃ durabhisaṃbhuṇaṃ /
hanta te taṃ ca vakṣyāmi saṃstambhasva dṛḍho bhava //
samānabhāgaṃ kuryāsi grāme ākruṣṭavanditaṃ /
manopradoṣaṃ rakṣesi kṣānto cānumato bhava //
uccāvacā niścaranti dāve agniśikhā iva /
nārī munipralobhāye tāva taṃ mā pralobhaye //
virato maithunā dharmā hitvā kāmaṃ parovaraṃ /
aviruddho asaṃruddho ye satvā trasasthāvarāḥ //
yathātmano tathānyeṣāṃ yathānyeṣāṃ tathātmano /
ātmānaṃ upamāṃ kṛtvā naiva hiṃse na ghātaye //
hitvām iha alpicchāṃ pi aniccho bhohi nirvṛto /
tyaja icchāṃ ca lobhaṃ ca yatra saktā pṛthagjanāḥ /
paṇḍito pratipajjeya so tare narakaṃ imaṃ //
tato rātrivivāsāto grāmaṃ piṇḍāya otare /
āhvayaṃ nābhinandeya abhihāraṃ ca grāmato //
na muni grāmam āsādya kuleṣu sahasā care /