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 1.44
eṣa abhiyo bhagavatā atyantasubhāṣitagītadhvajena /
sarvābhibhunā muninā viyākṛto hohisi jino tvaṃ //
taṃ hitasukhāya hohisi sabrahmasurāsurasya lokasya /
hāyiṣyati asurakāyaṃ naramarusaṃgho vivarddhanti //
atha khalu mahāmaudgalyāyana te duve gandhikamahattarakā abhiyasya anuttarāye samyaksaṃbodhaye vyākaraṇaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭāḥ tuṣṭāḥ pramuditāḥ prītisaumanasyajātā evaṃ cittam utpādensuḥ // yadā abhiyo bhikṣuḥ anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddho bhaveya tadā vayam etasya agraśrāvakā bhaveyāma agrayugo bhadrayugo yathāyaṃ bhavati sarvābhibhūsya śrāvakayugo eko agro prajñāye eko agro ṛddhīye // aśroṣīt mahāmaudgalyāyana uttiyasya śreṣṭhasya dhītā abhiyo bhikṣuḥ bhagavatā sarvābhibhūnā anuttarāye samyaksaṃbodhaye vyākṛto // atha mahāmaudgalyāyana uttiyasya śreṣṭhisya dhītā taṃ bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ satkṛtvā gurukṛtvā mānayitvā pūjayitvā apacāyitvā evaṃ praṇidhim utpādesi // mama abhiyena bhikṣuṇā īrṣyāprakṛtena abhūto abhyākhyāno dinno // yan mayā bhagavato sarvābhibhūsya saśrāvakasaṃghasya adhikāraṃ kṛtvā kuśalam arjitam aham etena kuśalamūlena yatra yatra abhiyo bhikṣuḥ utpadyeya tatra tatra naṃ abhūtena abhyākhyānena
sarvābhibhunā muninā viyākṛto hohisi jino tvaṃ //
taṃ hitasukhāya hohisi sabrahmasurāsurasya lokasya /
hāyiṣyati asurakāyaṃ naramarusaṃgho vivarddhanti //
atha khalu mahāmaudgalyāyana te duve gandhikamahattarakā abhiyasya anuttarāye samyaksaṃbodhaye vyākaraṇaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭāḥ tuṣṭāḥ pramuditāḥ prītisaumanasyajātā evaṃ cittam utpādensuḥ // yadā abhiyo bhikṣuḥ anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddho bhaveya tadā vayam etasya agraśrāvakā bhaveyāma agrayugo bhadrayugo yathāyaṃ bhavati sarvābhibhūsya śrāvakayugo eko agro prajñāye eko agro ṛddhīye // aśroṣīt mahāmaudgalyāyana uttiyasya śreṣṭhasya dhītā abhiyo bhikṣuḥ bhagavatā sarvābhibhūnā anuttarāye samyaksaṃbodhaye vyākṛto // atha mahāmaudgalyāyana uttiyasya śreṣṭhisya dhītā taṃ bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ satkṛtvā gurukṛtvā mānayitvā pūjayitvā apacāyitvā evaṃ praṇidhim utpādesi // mama abhiyena bhikṣuṇā īrṣyāprakṛtena abhūto abhyākhyāno dinno // yan mayā bhagavato sarvābhibhūsya saśrāvakasaṃghasya adhikāraṃ kṛtvā kuśalam arjitam aham etena kuśalamūlena yatra yatra abhiyo bhikṣuḥ utpadyeya tatra tatra naṃ abhūtena abhyākhyānena