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 1.98
atha khalu nāmatidevo nāma trāyastriṃśako bodhisatvo bhūto ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavanto dṛṣṭo tenāṃjaliṃ praṇamayya bhagavantam abhistutaḥ saṃmukhaṃ vaśībhūtagaṇasya imaiḥ ślokaiḥ //
yasya rūpaṃ hemābhāsaṃ taruṇaravi-avihatavapuṃ virājitatejasā
dvātriṃśadbhiḥ pūrṇaiḥ pūrṇaṃ kuśalacarapuruṣakathitaiḥ sulakṣaṇalakṣaṇaiḥ /
śīlenāgryaṃ saṃpūrṇābhaṃ dharaṇinagagurutarabalaṃ balottamadhāriṇaṃ
te vande śāntaṃ te dāntaṃ . . . smṛtivinayakuśalaṃ surāsurasatkṛtaṃ //
dīrghaṃ kālaṃ citrācāro kuśala ativipulaphalado bhavakṣayakāṃkṣayā
ślāghyair nānaiḥ maitrīpūrvair bahuvividhajanitakuśalaiḥ śamābhimukho muniḥ /
tyaktvā āvāsaṃ nityaṃ vidvān asurasuramahitaṃ sukhitaṃ satvapratibodhane
ikṣvākūnāṃ vaṃśodbhūto dharaṇitalam avatari yaśaḥsthito acalādhṛtiḥ //
māyāyā devyāḥ kukṣismiṃ praviśiṣu sa kumudasadṛśo varo gajarūpavāṃ
evaṃ . . . lokālokaḥ tuṣitavarabhavananilayaṃ vihāya ihāgataḥ /
satvāṃ mattāṃ andhāṃ dṛṣṭvā vimatipathaviṣamapatitāṃ samuddharituṃ prajāḥ
yasya rūpaṃ hemābhāsaṃ taruṇaravi-avihatavapuṃ virājitatejasā
dvātriṃśadbhiḥ pūrṇaiḥ pūrṇaṃ kuśalacarapuruṣakathitaiḥ sulakṣaṇalakṣaṇaiḥ /
śīlenāgryaṃ saṃpūrṇābhaṃ dharaṇinagagurutarabalaṃ balottamadhāriṇaṃ
te vande śāntaṃ te dāntaṃ . . . smṛtivinayakuśalaṃ surāsurasatkṛtaṃ //
dīrghaṃ kālaṃ citrācāro kuśala ativipulaphalado bhavakṣayakāṃkṣayā
ślāghyair nānaiḥ maitrīpūrvair bahuvividhajanitakuśalaiḥ śamābhimukho muniḥ /
tyaktvā āvāsaṃ nityaṃ vidvān asurasuramahitaṃ sukhitaṃ satvapratibodhane
ikṣvākūnāṃ vaṃśodbhūto dharaṇitalam avatari yaśaḥsthito acalādhṛtiḥ //
māyāyā devyāḥ kukṣismiṃ praviśiṣu sa kumudasadṛśo varo gajarūpavāṃ
evaṃ . . . lokālokaḥ tuṣitavarabhavananilayaṃ vihāya ihāgataḥ /
satvāṃ mattāṃ andhāṃ dṛṣṭvā vimatipathaviṣamapatitāṃ samuddharituṃ prajāḥ