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 1.103
durbalā vā // atha khalu brāhmaṇā bhavanti pratyekabrāhmaṇā vā indrāś ca upendrāś ca yakṣādhipatayaś ca yakṣāś ca nāgāś ca nāgarājānaś ca gandharvā gandharvādhipatayaś ca cakravartinaś ca prādeśyāś ca rājānaḥ agrāmātyāś ca śreṣṭhinaś ca janapadapradhānāś ca rājaputrāś ca śreṣṭhiputrāś ca agramahiṣīputrāś ca nāyakāś ca sarvaśauryavīryāś ca bhavanti balasampannāḥ ca bhavanti ullokanīyāś cāvalokanīyāś cābhivandanīyāś cādeyavākyāś ca bahujanapriyāś ca bahujanakāntāś ca bahujanamanāpāś ca saṃkīrtanīyāś ca prahlādanīyāś ca mahādhanāś ca mahāvibhavāś ca mahāparivārāś ca mahotsāhā mahātejāś ca bhavanti // yadi kecit kathaṃcit āryāpavādahetoḥ saptasu bhūmiṣu vartamānā avīciṃ mahānirayaṃ gacchanti atha khalu pratyekanirayaṃ gacchanti / preteṣu atyantakāyeṣu nopapadyanti / asureṣu nopapadyanti / kṣudratiryagyoniṃ na gacchanti / uttarakuruṣu na upapadyanti / strītvaṃ na gacchanti / vipaṇḍakatvaṃ na gacchanti // atha khalu sarvāsu daśabhūmiṣu puruṣā bhavanti sarvāṃgapratyaṃgopetāḥ avikalendriyā // yaś ca bodhisatvo bodhisatvaṃ jīvitād vyaparopayati samyaksaṃbuddhaśrāvakaṃ vā śrotāpannaṃ vā ye vā satvā pratyekabuddhatvāya viniṣṭhās tathārūpaṃ