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 1.81
bodhisatvā avaivartikatāyai pariṇāmenti kin tu khalu teṣām upacitakuśalapuṇyānāṃ prathamā praṇidhir utpadyati āhosvid upacitakuśalamūlānām iti // evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākātyāyana āyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapaṃ gāthābhir adhyabhāṣati //
pūjayanti prathamaṃ tathāgatāṃ
gauraveṇa mahatā mahāyaśā /
naiva tāva janayanti mānasaṃ
agrapudgalagataṃ narottamā //
te ca pratyekabuddhakoṭiyo
pūjayanti paramārthapudgalāṃ /
naiva tāva janayanti mānasaṃ
sarvadharmavidutāya paṇḍitāḥ //
pūjayanti vaśibhūtakoṭiyo
pūrvam eva vaśipāramiṃ gatā /
naiva tāva janayanti mānasaṃ
jñānasāgaratarāya nāyakāḥ //
te yadā vipulapuṇyasaṃcayā
bhonti bhāvitaśarīramānasāḥ /
te sametya vararūpadhāriṇāṃ
bodhaye upajanenti mānasaṃ //
yaṃ mayā kuśalamūlam arjitaṃ
tena me bhavatu sarvadarśitā /
pūjayanti prathamaṃ tathāgatāṃ
gauraveṇa mahatā mahāyaśā /
naiva tāva janayanti mānasaṃ
agrapudgalagataṃ narottamā //
te ca pratyekabuddhakoṭiyo
pūjayanti paramārthapudgalāṃ /
naiva tāva janayanti mānasaṃ
sarvadharmavidutāya paṇḍitāḥ //
pūjayanti vaśibhūtakoṭiyo
pūrvam eva vaśipāramiṃ gatā /
naiva tāva janayanti mānasaṃ
jñānasāgaratarāya nāyakāḥ //
te yadā vipulapuṇyasaṃcayā
bhonti bhāvitaśarīramānasāḥ /
te sametya vararūpadhāriṇāṃ
bodhaye upajanenti mānasaṃ //
yaṃ mayā kuśalamūlam arjitaṃ
tena me bhavatu sarvadarśitā /