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 1.5
paśyati aṣṭasu mahānarakeṣu pratyekaṣoḍaśotsadeṣu anekavidhāni nairayikāni duḥkhasahasrāṇi samanubhonto // ahaṃ ca āyuṣmān kolitasthaviro caranto narakacārikāṃ ādrākṣīt satvā narakeṣu anubhavantā bahū duḥkhā saṃjīve niraye ūrdhvapādā adhośirā vāsīhi ca paraśūhi ca kṣīyantā / apare pi parasparaṃ praduṣṭamanasaṃkalpā āyasehi nakhehi pāṭenti tīkṣṇāni ca asipatrāṇi hasteṣu prādurbhavanti yehi parasparaṃ gātrāṇi cchindanti na ca kālaṃ karonti yāvat sānaṃ pāpakā karmā na parikṣīṇā // kālasūtre mahānarake adrākṣīt satvāṃ kālasūtreṇa sūtritāṅgā nihatakṣīyantāṃ paraśūhi pi vipaṭīyantāṃ karapatrehi vipāṭīyantān* // takṣitapaṭito ca sānaṃ kāyo puna ruhyati asātā vedanā vedayanti na caivaṃ kālaṃ karonti karmopastabdhatvāt* // saṃghāte pi mahānarake adrākṣīt satvasahasrāṇi parvatehi pīḍiyantā ādīptasaṃprajvalitasajyotibhūtehi śoṇitanadyo ca prasavanti bhūyo ca tāni parvatāni te ca saṃkramanti na caivaṃ tāvat kālaṃ karonti karmopastabdhatvāt* // ādrākṣīd ekāntaraurave satvasahasriyo tāmramayaghaneṣu ādīptasaṃprajvalitasajyotibhūteṣu dhūmasamākuleṣu prakṣiptā duḥkhasahasrāṇi anubhontā // mahāraurave ādīptasaṃprajvalite