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 3.397
jātīmaraṇaṃ upātivṛtto
śramaṇo tādi pravuccati tathatvā //
visnāpiya sarvapāpakāni
adhyātma vahirdhā ca sarvaloke /
devamanuṣyehi kalpitāni
kalpaṃ neti punar* snātako me //
aguṃ na karoti kiṃci loke
sarvayogehi visṛjya bandhanāni /
sarvatra aniśrito vimukto
nāgo tāyi pravuccati tathatvā /
atha khalu sabhiko parivrājako bhagavantam etad uvāca //
kiṃprāptinam āhu vedako ti
anuviditaṃ kin ti kathanti vīryavā ti /
ājāneyo kahin ti nāma bhoti
praśnaṃ me bhagavaṃ pṛṣṭo anupūrvam anulomam anusaṃdhim anudharmaṃ vyākarohi //
evam ukte bhagavāṃ sabhikaṃ parivrājakam etad uvāca //
vedāni vicārya kevalāni
śramaṇānāṃ . . . . . . //
so sarvavedanāsu vītarāgo
sarvavedanām atītya vedako ti //
śramaṇo tādi pravuccati tathatvā //
visnāpiya sarvapāpakāni
adhyātma vahirdhā ca sarvaloke /
devamanuṣyehi kalpitāni
kalpaṃ neti punar* snātako me //
aguṃ na karoti kiṃci loke
sarvayogehi visṛjya bandhanāni /
sarvatra aniśrito vimukto
nāgo tāyi pravuccati tathatvā /
atha khalu sabhiko parivrājako bhagavantam etad uvāca //
kiṃprāptinam āhu vedako ti
anuviditaṃ kin ti kathanti vīryavā ti /
ājāneyo kahin ti nāma bhoti
praśnaṃ me bhagavaṃ pṛṣṭo anupūrvam anulomam anusaṃdhim anudharmaṃ vyākarohi //
evam ukte bhagavāṃ sabhikaṃ parivrājakam etad uvāca //
vedāni vicārya kevalāni
śramaṇānāṃ . . . . . . //
so sarvavedanāsu vītarāgo
sarvavedanām atītya vedako ti //