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 1.27
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne narakaparivartaṃ nāma sūtraṃ samāptaṃ //
___āyuṣmān mahāmaugalyāyano abhīkṣṇaṃ tiracchānacārikāṃ gacchati // so paśyati tiracchānayoniṣu satvā upapannā vividhā duḥkhāni pratyanubhavanto // āyuṣmāṃ kolito sthaviro caranto tiracchānacārikāṃ adrākṣīt tiryagyonīṣu satvāṃ paramaduḥkhitā śuṣkārdrāṇi tṛṇāni mukhullocakaṃ paribhujantāṃ śītoṣṇāni ca pānīyāni pibantāṃ na ca sānaṃ mātā prajñāyati na pitā na bhrātā na bhaginī na guru na gurusthānīyo na mitrajñātisālohitaṃ // anyamanyaṃ khādanti anyamanyasya śoṇitaṃ pibanti anyamanyaṃ ghātenti anyamanyaṃ visubhanti // te tamāto tamaṃ gacchanti apāyāto apāyaṃ gacchanti durgatihi durgatiṃ gacchanti vinipātāto vinipātaṃ gacchanti vividhāny api duḥkhasahasrāṇi pratyanubhavanti kṛcchreṇa tiryagyoniṣu ucchahanti // so taṃ tiryagyoniṣu mahantaṃ ādīnavaṃ dṛṣṭvā jetavanaṃ gatvā caturṇāṃ parṣāṇāṃ vistareṇārocayasi // evaṃ ye te satvā tiryagyonīṣu upapannā vividhāni duḥkhāni duḥkhasahasrāṇi pratyanubhavanti kṛcchreṇa tiryagyoniṣu ucchahanti // tasmā jñātavyaṃ prāptavyaṃ
___āyuṣmān mahāmaugalyāyano abhīkṣṇaṃ tiracchānacārikāṃ gacchati // so paśyati tiracchānayoniṣu satvā upapannā vividhā duḥkhāni pratyanubhavanto // āyuṣmāṃ kolito sthaviro caranto tiracchānacārikāṃ adrākṣīt tiryagyonīṣu satvāṃ paramaduḥkhitā śuṣkārdrāṇi tṛṇāni mukhullocakaṃ paribhujantāṃ śītoṣṇāni ca pānīyāni pibantāṃ na ca sānaṃ mātā prajñāyati na pitā na bhrātā na bhaginī na guru na gurusthānīyo na mitrajñātisālohitaṃ // anyamanyaṃ khādanti anyamanyasya śoṇitaṃ pibanti anyamanyaṃ ghātenti anyamanyaṃ visubhanti // te tamāto tamaṃ gacchanti apāyāto apāyaṃ gacchanti durgatihi durgatiṃ gacchanti vinipātāto vinipātaṃ gacchanti vividhāny api duḥkhasahasrāṇi pratyanubhavanti kṛcchreṇa tiryagyoniṣu ucchahanti // so taṃ tiryagyoniṣu mahantaṃ ādīnavaṃ dṛṣṭvā jetavanaṃ gatvā caturṇāṃ parṣāṇāṃ vistareṇārocayasi // evaṃ ye te satvā tiryagyonīṣu upapannā vividhāni duḥkhāni duḥkhasahasrāṇi pratyanubhavanti kṛcchreṇa tiryagyoniṣu ucchahanti // tasmā jñātavyaṃ prāptavyaṃ