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 3.461
adyaiva ca kuryād iṣtaṃ ko jāne maraṇaṃ śuve /
na hi na saṃgataṃ tena bahusainyena mṛtyunā //
ity uktvā sa ca rājā tasyaiva śroṇakasya ṛṣer antikāt pravrajitaḥ //
___bhagavān āha // tat kiṃ manyadhvaṃ bhikṣavo anyo so tena kālena tena samayena śroṇako nāma ṛṣir abhūṣi na khalv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / ahaṃ sa tena kālena tena samayena śroṇako nāma rṣi abhuṣi / nānyo rājā arindamo draṣṭavyo / ayaṃ so rājā śreṇiyo bimbisāro // tadāpi eṣo yo asya śroṇakaṃ kathesi tasya vipulo dāyo dinno / idānīṃ pi etena purohitaputrasya vipulo dāyo dinno mama buddhasya varṇaṃ kathesi iti //
_____arindamarājajātakaṃ samāptaṃ //
___idam avocad bhagavān āttamanā ca devāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragā sā ca sarvāvatī varṣat te ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan //
___iti āryamahāsāṃghikānāṃ lokottaravādināṃ pāṭhena iti śrīmahāvastu-avadānaṃ samāptaṃ //
ye dharmā hetuprabhāvā hetun teṣāṃ tathāgato /
hy avadat teṣāṃ ca yo nirodho evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ //
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na hi na saṃgataṃ tena bahusainyena mṛtyunā //
ity uktvā sa ca rājā tasyaiva śroṇakasya ṛṣer antikāt pravrajitaḥ //
___bhagavān āha // tat kiṃ manyadhvaṃ bhikṣavo anyo so tena kālena tena samayena śroṇako nāma ṛṣir abhūṣi na khalv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / ahaṃ sa tena kālena tena samayena śroṇako nāma rṣi abhuṣi / nānyo rājā arindamo draṣṭavyo / ayaṃ so rājā śreṇiyo bimbisāro // tadāpi eṣo yo asya śroṇakaṃ kathesi tasya vipulo dāyo dinno / idānīṃ pi etena purohitaputrasya vipulo dāyo dinno mama buddhasya varṇaṃ kathesi iti //
_____arindamarājajātakaṃ samāptaṃ //
___idam avocad bhagavān āttamanā ca devāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragā sā ca sarvāvatī varṣat te ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan //
___iti āryamahāsāṃghikānāṃ lokottaravādināṃ pāṭhena iti śrīmahāvastu-avadānaṃ samāptaṃ //
ye dharmā hetuprabhāvā hetun teṣāṃ tathāgato /
hy avadat teṣāṃ ca yo nirodho evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ //
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