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 3.436
saṃvatsaraṃ yajati puṇyaprekṣī /
sarvaṃ pi taṃ na caturbhāgam eti
abhivādanaṃ ujjugateṣu śreyaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve duḥśīlo asamāhitaḥ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyaṃ śīlavantasya dhyāyato //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve kuśido hīnavīryavān* /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyo vīryam āraṃbhato dṛḍhaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve apaśyaṃ buddhaśāsanaṃ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyo paśyato buddhaśāsanaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve apaśyaṃ dharmam uttamaṃ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyo paśyato dharmam uttamaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve apaśyaṃ udayavyayaṃ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyo paśyato udayavyayaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve apaśyaṃ acyutaṃ padaṃ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyo paśyato acyutaṃ padaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve apaśyaṃ amṛtaṃ padaṃ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyaṃ paśyato amṛtaṃ padaṃ //
te ca dāni bhagavatā balavaśībhāve vinītā sarve ca te parinirvṛtā / teṣāṃ bhagavāṃ śarīrapūjāṃ ca kṛtvā stūpāṃ ca dharmāraṇyāto ajapālasya nyagrodhamāgato //
___bhagavāṃ samyaksaṃbuddho yad arthaṃ samudāgato tad arthaṃ abhisaṃbhāvayitvā uruvilvāyāṃ viharati nadyā nairaṃjanāyās tīre ajapālasya nyagrodhamūle acirābhisaṃbuddho // tena
sarvaṃ pi taṃ na caturbhāgam eti
abhivādanaṃ ujjugateṣu śreyaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve duḥśīlo asamāhitaḥ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyaṃ śīlavantasya dhyāyato //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve kuśido hīnavīryavān* /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyo vīryam āraṃbhato dṛḍhaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve apaśyaṃ buddhaśāsanaṃ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyo paśyato buddhaśāsanaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve apaśyaṃ dharmam uttamaṃ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyo paśyato dharmam uttamaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve apaśyaṃ udayavyayaṃ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyo paśyato udayavyayaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve apaśyaṃ acyutaṃ padaṃ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyo paśyato acyutaṃ padaṃ //
yo ca varṣaśataṃ jīve apaśyaṃ amṛtaṃ padaṃ /
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ śreyaṃ paśyato amṛtaṃ padaṃ //
te ca dāni bhagavatā balavaśībhāve vinītā sarve ca te parinirvṛtā / teṣāṃ bhagavāṃ śarīrapūjāṃ ca kṛtvā stūpāṃ ca dharmāraṇyāto ajapālasya nyagrodhamāgato //
___bhagavāṃ samyaksaṃbuddho yad arthaṃ samudāgato tad arthaṃ abhisaṃbhāvayitvā uruvilvāyāṃ viharati nadyā nairaṃjanāyās tīre ajapālasya nyagrodhamūle acirābhisaṃbuddho // tena