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 3.388
ghāseṣī na cchinnakatho na vācā prepsutāṃ bhaṇe //
sa pātrapāṇī vicareyā amūgo mūgsaṃmato /
taṃ taṃ dānaṃ na niṃdeyā dātāraṃ nāvajāniyā //
adāsi iti te sādhu nādāsi bhadram astu te /
ubhayenaiva sadṛśo rukṣatvaṃ vinivartaye //
so piṇḍacāraṃ caritvā navāntaṃ abhirakṣaye /
ūnodaro mitāhāro alpeccho syād alolupaḥ //
so vṛkṣamūlopagato āsanopagato muni /
dhyāpayati ato bhavyaṃ ātmānaṃ nātitoṣaye //
yasyātra saritāā nāsti cchinnaśrotasya bhikṣavaḥ /
kṛtyākṛtyaprahīṇasya paridāgho na vijjati //
evaṃ layanam ākhyātaṃ saṃbuddhena prajānatā /
eko va abhiramiṣyasi evaṃ gamiṣyasi diśo daśa //
evaṃ mauneyaṃ upeṣyasi kṣuradhāropamo bhava /
jihvāya tālum āsādya tādṛśo saṃyato bhava //
nirāmagandho asito vṛkṣamūlaparāyaṇo /
ekāsanasya śikṣāsi śramaṇopāsanasya ca //
śrutvā ṛjurahaṃ dhyānaṃ dhyāyināṃ kāmacāgināṃ /
sa pātrapāṇī vicareyā amūgo mūgsaṃmato /
taṃ taṃ dānaṃ na niṃdeyā dātāraṃ nāvajāniyā //
adāsi iti te sādhu nādāsi bhadram astu te /
ubhayenaiva sadṛśo rukṣatvaṃ vinivartaye //
so piṇḍacāraṃ caritvā navāntaṃ abhirakṣaye /
ūnodaro mitāhāro alpeccho syād alolupaḥ //
so vṛkṣamūlopagato āsanopagato muni /
dhyāpayati ato bhavyaṃ ātmānaṃ nātitoṣaye //
yasyātra saritāā nāsti cchinnaśrotasya bhikṣavaḥ /
kṛtyākṛtyaprahīṇasya paridāgho na vijjati //
evaṃ layanam ākhyātaṃ saṃbuddhena prajānatā /
eko va abhiramiṣyasi evaṃ gamiṣyasi diśo daśa //
evaṃ mauneyaṃ upeṣyasi kṣuradhāropamo bhava /
jihvāya tālum āsādya tādṛśo saṃyato bhava //
nirāmagandho asito vṛkṣamūlaparāyaṇo /
ekāsanasya śikṣāsi śramaṇopāsanasya ca //
śrutvā ṛjurahaṃ dhyānaṃ dhyāyināṃ kāmacāgināṃ /