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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 3.455
tan te haṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi gāthāye anupūrvaśaḥ /
śrotraṃ mo dattvā saktṛtyaṃ śṛṇohi mama bhāṣato //
saṃjīvasmiṃ ca niraye ūrdhapādāṃ adhośirāṃ /
pralaṃbayitvā takṣanti vāsīhi paraśūhi ca //
tato nakhehi tīkṣṇehi āyasehi svayaṃbhuhi /
anyamanyaṃ pi pāṭenti kruddhā krodhavasānugā //
asino cāyasā teṣāṃ tīkṣṇā hasteṣu jāyithā /
yehi cchindanti anyonyaṃ praduṣṭamānasā narāḥ //
teṣāṃ saṃchinnagātrāṇāṃ śīto vāyuḥ pravāyati /
sarvāṅgajanito teṣāṃ pūrvakarmavipākaśaḥ //
evaṃ teṣām abhijñāya śroṇako tasya rājino /
saṃjīvakan ti ākhyāsi āvāsaṃ pāpakarmaṇāṃ //
saṃjīvataś ca nirmuktā kukkulam avagāhatha /
anyamanyaṃ samāgamya dīrghāyatanavistarā //
sarve te khu pradhāvanti yojanāni anekaśaḥ /
dahyamānā kukkuleṣu duḥkhāṃ vedanti vedanāṃ //
kukkulāto ca nirmuktā kuṇapaṃ avagāhitha /
dīrghaṃ mahantaṃ vistīrṇaṃ udviddhaṃ śatapauruṣaṃ //
tam enaṃ kṛpayā tatra tīkṣṇaśaktimukhā kharā /
chaviṃ bhittvāna khādanti mānsaśoṇitabhojanā //
kuṇapāto samuttīrṇā drumāṃ paśyanti śobhanāṃ /
haritapatrasaṃchannān te upenti sukhārthinaḥ //
śrotraṃ mo dattvā saktṛtyaṃ śṛṇohi mama bhāṣato //
saṃjīvasmiṃ ca niraye ūrdhapādāṃ adhośirāṃ /
pralaṃbayitvā takṣanti vāsīhi paraśūhi ca //
tato nakhehi tīkṣṇehi āyasehi svayaṃbhuhi /
anyamanyaṃ pi pāṭenti kruddhā krodhavasānugā //
asino cāyasā teṣāṃ tīkṣṇā hasteṣu jāyithā /
yehi cchindanti anyonyaṃ praduṣṭamānasā narāḥ //
teṣāṃ saṃchinnagātrāṇāṃ śīto vāyuḥ pravāyati /
sarvāṅgajanito teṣāṃ pūrvakarmavipākaśaḥ //
evaṃ teṣām abhijñāya śroṇako tasya rājino /
saṃjīvakan ti ākhyāsi āvāsaṃ pāpakarmaṇāṃ //
saṃjīvataś ca nirmuktā kukkulam avagāhatha /
anyamanyaṃ samāgamya dīrghāyatanavistarā //
sarve te khu pradhāvanti yojanāni anekaśaḥ /
dahyamānā kukkuleṣu duḥkhāṃ vedanti vedanāṃ //
kukkulāto ca nirmuktā kuṇapaṃ avagāhitha /
dīrghaṃ mahantaṃ vistīrṇaṃ udviddhaṃ śatapauruṣaṃ //
tam enaṃ kṛpayā tatra tīkṣṇaśaktimukhā kharā /
chaviṃ bhittvāna khādanti mānsaśoṇitabhojanā //
kuṇapāto samuttīrṇā drumāṃ paśyanti śobhanāṃ /
haritapatrasaṃchannān te upenti sukhārthinaḥ //