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 97

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yaṃ kuśalamūlam upacitam aśanavasanabhakṣyapāricariyāye |
tena kuśalamūlen puruṣavarasamāgamo bhavatu || 1 ||
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yathā tvayā sarvaprathamaṃ dharmo ājñāto paścānyehi |
evam ahaṃ sarvaprathamaṃ deśitam ājāneyaṃ jinasya || 2 ||
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alpecchaḥ saṃtuṣṭaḥ itaretarapiṇḍakena yāpento |
praśamasukhavṛṃhitamano na lābhasatkāraṃ spṛhayeyaṃ || 3 ||
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prāntāraṇya mṛhayūthaparyaṭitā parvatāni + + + |
tatra mama nidhanasamaye śarīranikṣepaṇo bhaveyā || 4 ||
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satkṛta asatkṛtā vā āyur vijñānaṃ uṣmagatā va |
kasya janeti prītir dharaṇirajasame mṛtaśarīre || 5 ||
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tava pravādena hi tyāgaśūra dūrato śrutvā iha āgato smi |
manorathāśābalavṛṃhitā me āśā nirāśā kṛta darśanena || 6 ||
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manorathaśatāna ahaṃ pradātā sadevamanuje sadṛśo na me sti |
prāṇāṃ tyajiṣyaṃ tava kāraṇāya mā me pravādo vitatho bhaveyā || 7 ||
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na utsahāmi puruṣarṣabhasya pracartuṃ pāpaṃ dhanakāraṇārthaṃ |
yathāśravo tādṛśaṃ darśanan te suduṣkaraṃ kriyati lokapaṇḍita || 8 ||
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kiṃ jīvitaphalaṃ yeṣāṃ loke śravo na mahābhago |
arthārtho na upagato bhagnapraṇayo nivarteya || 9 ||
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kāmaṃ śatrubhir vadhiṣyaṃ suduṣkaraṃ kāmaṃ śatruś chetsyati mahya gātraṃ |
kāmaṃ hi prāpsyaṃ vedanām atitīvrāṃ duḥkhaṃ sahiṣyaṃ mā ca te syān nirāśā || 10 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Chapter 97

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019