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 1.8
āviddhānāṃ evam āha // ahaha bho puruṣāḥ kim icchatha // te evam āhansuḥ // paribubhukṣitā sma saṃpipāsitā sma // tato sānaṃ narakapālāḥ ayoviṣkaṃbhanebhi mukhaṃ viṣkaṃbhayitvā ādīptasaṃprajvalitasatejobhūtehi ayoṣaṇḍaṃ dhamenti mukhaṃ svakaṃ vivarayitvā ādīptāni saṃprajvalitāni satejobhūtāni ayoguḍāni mukhe saṃprakṣipanti // taṃ bhuṃjantāṃ bhavanto // tāmralohaṃ ca sānaṃ vilīnakaṃ pāyayanti // pibantāṃ bhavanto // yo sānaṃ dhamamāna eva oṣṭhaṃ dahati oṣṭhaṃ dahitvā jihvāṃ dahati jihvāṃ dahitvā tālukaṃ dahati tālukaṃ dahitvā kaṇṭhaṃ dahati kaṇṭhaṃ dahitvā antraṃ dahati antraṃ dahitvā antraguṇam ādāya adhobhāgena gacchati na caivaṃ tāvat kālaṃ karonti karmopastabdhatvā //
___evaṃ sthaviro mahāmaudgalyāyano aṣṭasu mahānarakeṣu satvā duḥkhasahasrāṇy anubhavantā dṛṣṭvān'; aho kṛcchraṃ ti jetavanam āgatvā caturṇāṃ pariṣadāṃ vistareṇārocayati // evaṃ satvā aṣṭasu mahānarakeṣu ṣoḍaśotsadeṣu vividhāni duḥkhasahasrāṇi pratyanubhavanti / tasmāj jñātavyaṃ prāptavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ abhisaṃboddhavyaṃ kartavyaṃ kuśalaṃ kartavyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ na ca vā loke kiñcit pāpaṃ karma karaṇīyaṃ ti vademi // evaṃ sthavirasya mahāmaudgalyāyanasya śrutvā bahūni prāṇisahasrāṇi devamanuṣyāṇāṃ adbhutaṃ prāpnuvanti //
___evaṃ sthaviro mahāmaudgalyāyano aṣṭasu mahānarakeṣu satvā duḥkhasahasrāṇy anubhavantā dṛṣṭvān'; aho kṛcchraṃ ti jetavanam āgatvā caturṇāṃ pariṣadāṃ vistareṇārocayati // evaṃ satvā aṣṭasu mahānarakeṣu ṣoḍaśotsadeṣu vividhāni duḥkhasahasrāṇi pratyanubhavanti / tasmāj jñātavyaṃ prāptavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ abhisaṃboddhavyaṃ kartavyaṃ kuśalaṃ kartavyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ na ca vā loke kiñcit pāpaṃ karma karaṇīyaṃ ti vademi // evaṃ sthavirasya mahāmaudgalyāyanasya śrutvā bahūni prāṇisahasrāṇi devamanuṣyāṇāṃ adbhutaṃ prāpnuvanti //