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 3.445
atha khalv āyuṣmān uruvilvākāśyapo bhagavantaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
dṛṣṭvā muniṃ śāntam anupadhīkaṃ
akiṃcanaṃ sarvabhaveṣv asaktaṃ /
ananyathābhāvam ananyaneyaṃ
tasmān na yaṣṭe na hute ramāmi //
atha khalu bhagavān āyuṣmantam uruvilvākāśyapaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
mohan te juhito agni mohan te so tapo kṛto //
yaṃ jahe paścime kāle jīrṇāṃ va urago tvacaṃ /
atha khalv āyuṣmān uruvilvākāśyapo bhagavantaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
mohaṃ no juhito agni mohaṃ me so tapo kṛto /
yaṃ jahe paścime kāle jīrṇāṃ va urago tvacaṃ //
agnīhi yajñeṣu ca vipramuccati
iti sma me āsi pure ajānato /
andhasya jātīmaraṇānusāriṇo
apaśyato uttamam acyutaṃ padaṃ //
so dāni paśyāmi anāvilaṃ padaṃ
sudeśitaṃ nāgavareṇa tāyinā /
atyantaniṣṭhāpadam āspṛśe ahaṃ
saṃsārajātīmaraṇaṃ prahāya //
bahū satvā vihanyanti karontā vividhāṃ tapāṃ /
niṣṭhāṃ anadhigacchantā avitīrṇakathaṃkathā //
dṛṣṭvā muniṃ śāntam anupadhīkaṃ
akiṃcanaṃ sarvabhaveṣv asaktaṃ /
ananyathābhāvam ananyaneyaṃ
tasmān na yaṣṭe na hute ramāmi //
atha khalu bhagavān āyuṣmantam uruvilvākāśyapaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
mohan te juhito agni mohan te so tapo kṛto //
yaṃ jahe paścime kāle jīrṇāṃ va urago tvacaṃ /
atha khalv āyuṣmān uruvilvākāśyapo bhagavantaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
mohaṃ no juhito agni mohaṃ me so tapo kṛto /
yaṃ jahe paścime kāle jīrṇāṃ va urago tvacaṃ //
agnīhi yajñeṣu ca vipramuccati
iti sma me āsi pure ajānato /
andhasya jātīmaraṇānusāriṇo
apaśyato uttamam acyutaṃ padaṃ //
so dāni paśyāmi anāvilaṃ padaṃ
sudeśitaṃ nāgavareṇa tāyinā /
atyantaniṣṭhāpadam āspṛśe ahaṃ
saṃsārajātīmaraṇaṃ prahāya //
bahū satvā vihanyanti karontā vividhāṃ tapāṃ /
niṣṭhāṃ anadhigacchantā avitīrṇakathaṃkathā //