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Mahavastu [sanskrit verses and english]
by Émile Senart | 1882 | 56,574 words
This is the Sanskrit Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition only includes those metrical verses occuring in the various stories and Jatakas, as well as the corresponding English translation by J. J. Jones.
Chapter 66
kṛtapuṇyo hi vardhati nyagrodho iva subhūmiyā |
jāto nupanthake va drumo so lpapuṇyaḥ viruhyati || 1 ||
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sarvasatvā mariṣyanti maraṇāntaṃ hi jīvitaṃ |
yathākarma gamiṣyanti puṇyapāpaphalopagāḥ || 2 ||
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nirayaṃ pāpakarmāṇo kṛtapuṇyā ca sadgatiṃ |
apare ca mārgaṃ bhāvetvā parinirvāyanty anāśravā iti || 3 ||
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sarvakubjehi me vairaṃ ye kecit pṛthiviniśritā |
yatrāyaṃ vṛṣalā kubjā mama icchati ghātituṃ || 4 ||
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śakro smi devānām indro trāyastriṃśāna īśvaro |
varaṃ varehi me bhadre yaṃ kiṃcit manasecchasi || 5 ||
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śakro smi devānām indro trāyastriṃśāna īśvaro |
varaṃ varehi me bhadre yan tuvaṃ manasecchasi || 6 ||
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siṃhasupīṭho balavāṃ śobhe suvipulo mahāṃ |
khe candro iva ābhāti samantaparimaṇḍalaṃ || 7 ||
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cakroratāmrāyatākṣo kāmadevo va śobhati |
hastino mocaye rājā sthāmopeto nararṣabho || 8 ||
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bhadrikā khu ayaṃ kubjā yā rājānaṃ praśaṃsati |
kāśikāni te vastrāṇi dadāmi caturo ahaṃ || 9 ||
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na nāma etāye kubjāye jihvāye asti cchedako |
sutīkṣṇena śastreṇa yā rājānaṃ praśaṃsati || 10 ||
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pratitarjenti rājāno bandhanena vadhena vā |
tasmāsya varṇaṃ bhāṣāmi rakṣaṃ jīvitam ātmano || 11 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Chapter 66
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit