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 1.174
___bhūtapūrvaṃ bho dhutadharmadhara tuṣitabhavanakāyiko devaputro śikharadharo nāma bodhisatvaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ ṛṣivadanagataṃ vārāṇasyāṃ vanavare varacakrapravartanadivase bhagavantaṃ saṃmukhābhir adhyabhāṣe sagauravaḥ sapratīsaḥ prahvaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ //
sādhu te sādhurūpasya vācā na pratihanyate /
sādhu arthānvitā sādhyā vācā tava manoramā //
sādhu susvarasaṃyogā varṇasandhiguṇānvitā /
sādhu satyāni catvāri pravadase mahāmune //
sādhu te devagandharvā pibanti madhurāṃ girāṃ /
sādhv ihāpratimaṃ cakraṃ pravartasi anuvartikaṃ //
tubhyaṃ loke samo nāsti rūpe varṇe kule bale /
īryāpathe ca vīrye ca dhyāne jñāne śame dame //
adya hṛṣṭā daśa vīra koṭyo te prathame phale /
vinītā devaputrāṇāṃ śāsane prathame mune //
triṃśa koṭyo prabho vīra vinesi prathame phale /
dvitīye śāsane nara devaputrāṇa eva ca // {Senart aiva ca}
pañcāśa koṭīyo bhūyo śāsane tṛtīye mune /
vinītā devaputrāṇāṃ apāyehi vimocitā //
sādhu te sādhurūpasya vācā na pratihanyate /
sādhu arthānvitā sādhyā vācā tava manoramā //
sādhu susvarasaṃyogā varṇasandhiguṇānvitā /
sādhu satyāni catvāri pravadase mahāmune //
sādhu te devagandharvā pibanti madhurāṃ girāṃ /
sādhv ihāpratimaṃ cakraṃ pravartasi anuvartikaṃ //
tubhyaṃ loke samo nāsti rūpe varṇe kule bale /
īryāpathe ca vīrye ca dhyāne jñāne śame dame //
adya hṛṣṭā daśa vīra koṭyo te prathame phale /
vinītā devaputrāṇāṃ śāsane prathame mune //
triṃśa koṭyo prabho vīra vinesi prathame phale /
dvitīye śāsane nara devaputrāṇa eva ca // {Senart aiva ca}
pañcāśa koṭīyo bhūyo śāsane tṛtīye mune /
vinītā devaputrāṇāṃ apāyehi vimocitā //