Sanghabhedavastu [sanskrit]

79,275 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Sanghabhedavastu: The 17th and last section of the Vinaya of the Mulasarvastivadin. The text includes descriptions of the life of the Buddha Original titles: Saṅghabhedavastu (सङ्घभेदवस्तु), Saṃghabhedavastu (संघभेदवस्तु, Samghabhedavastu)

Chapter 5 - The tasting of the pṛthivīrasa

athānyatamo lolupajātīyaḥ satvaḥ pṛthivīrasamaṅgulyagreṇāsvādayati | yathā yathāsvādayati tathā tathā rocayate; yathā yathā rocayate tathā tathā kavaḍīkārāhāropakrameṇa paribhuṅkte | adrākṣuranye'pi satvā taṃ satvaṃ pṛthivīrasamaṅgulyagreṇāsvādayamānaṃ yathā yathāsvādayati tathā tathā rocayate; yathā yathā rocayate tathā tathā kavaḍīkāropakrameṇa paribhuktavāniti | dṛṣṭvā ca punaste satvāḥ pṛthivīrasamaṅgulyagreṇa āsvādayitumārabdhāḥ; yathā yathāsvādayanti tathā tathā rocayante; yathā yathā rocayante tataḥ kavaḍīkāropakrameṇa paribhuktavantaḥ; yatasca te satvāḥ pṛthivīrasaṃ kavaḍīkārāhāropakrameṇa paribhuktāstatasteṣāṃ satvānāṃ kharatvaṃ ca gurutvaṃ ca kāye'vakrāntam | teṣāṃ yāsau śubhā varṇanibhā sāntarhitā | andhakāraṃ loke prādurbhūtam | dharmatā khalu gautamā andhakārasya loke prādurbhāvātsūryācandramasorloke prādurbhāvo bhavati; nakṣatrāṇāṃ kṣaṇalavamuhūrtānāṃ rātrindivasānāṃ māsārdhamāsaritusaṃvatsarāṇāṃ loke prādurbhāvo bhavati (9) | te tadbhakṣāstadāhārā dīrghāyuṣo dīrghamadhvānaṃ tiṣṭhanti | teṣāṃ yo'lpataramāhāramāharati sa varṇavān bhavati; yaḥ prabhūtataramāhāramāharati sa durvarṇo bhavati; ityāhāradvimātratāṃ pratītya varṇadvimātratā prajñāyate | varṇadvimātratāyāṃ satyāṃ satvaḥ satvamavamanyate: hambhoḥ satva varṇavānahaṃ; duvarṇastvamiti; teṣāṃ varṇābhimānikānāṃ satāṃ teṣāmeva pāpakānāmakuśalānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ samādānahetoḥ pṛthivīraso'ntarhitaḥ | antarhite pṛthivīrase te satvāḥ saṃgamya samāgamya śocanti klāmyanti paridevante | evaṃ cāhuraho rasa aho rasa iti | tadyathaitarhi manuṣyāḥ kiṃcideva svādu subhojanaṃ bhuktvā tadeva purāṇamakṣarapadavyañjanamanusmaranta evamāhuraho rasa aho rasa iti | evaṃ te satvā antarhite gautamā pṛthivīrase saṃgamya samāgamya śocanti klāmyanti paridevante | evaṃ cāhuraho rasa aho rasa iti | arthaṃ cāsya na jānanti: ayamasya bhāṣitasyārtho'yamasya bhāṣitasyārtha iti

Let's grow together!

I humbly request your help to keep doing what I do best: provide the world with unbiased sources, definitions and images. Your donation direclty influences the quality and quantity of knowledge, wisdom and spiritual insight the world is exposed to.

Let's make the world a better place together!

Like what you read? Help to become even better: