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 1.179
yadi tasya phalam asti tasya devapuraṃ gatiḥ //
devabhūto mama jñātvā imāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ vimocayet* /
ity uktvāsti paraloko dṛṣṭiṃ muñcāhi pāpakāṃ //
yasya ca paralokasya pravṛttir nopalabhyate /
tasmāt pitā mamāgatvā saṃpraharṣayatu mānasaṃ //
tato lokānukampārthaṃ kāruṇo mahadviśāradaḥ /
kaliṃgarājasya rūpaṃ nirmaṇati svayaṃ muniḥ //
prāsādavaraṃ āruhya antaḥpuragato tathā /
antaḥpurasya darśeti yat taṃ prakṛtidarśanaṃ //
tato sa nirmito rājā antarīkṣagatasthitaḥ /
rājānam abhayaṃ dhīro uvāca puruṣottamaḥ //
parityajya svakāryāṇi parakāryeṣu vyāpṛtaḥ /
mithyādarśanasaṃyuktaṃ arājyaṃ rājyasaṃjñitaṃ //
adya bhave gatī tubhyaṃ narako dāruṇo mahat* /
ye ca te darśayiṣyanti teṣām api ca sā gati //
anyān* hi vihato hanti naṣṭo nāśayate parāṃ /
andhīkaroti anyā pi svayam andhavyapatrapo //
sumuṣṭo muṣase anyā mṛto ca mārase parāṃ /
sukhitān api satvā tvaṃ duḥkhāpayasi durmate //
nimagno kāmapaṃkasmiṃ gṛddhu kām eṣu mūrcchitaḥ /
devabhūto mama jñātvā imāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ vimocayet* /
ity uktvāsti paraloko dṛṣṭiṃ muñcāhi pāpakāṃ //
yasya ca paralokasya pravṛttir nopalabhyate /
tasmāt pitā mamāgatvā saṃpraharṣayatu mānasaṃ //
tato lokānukampārthaṃ kāruṇo mahadviśāradaḥ /
kaliṃgarājasya rūpaṃ nirmaṇati svayaṃ muniḥ //
prāsādavaraṃ āruhya antaḥpuragato tathā /
antaḥpurasya darśeti yat taṃ prakṛtidarśanaṃ //
tato sa nirmito rājā antarīkṣagatasthitaḥ /
rājānam abhayaṃ dhīro uvāca puruṣottamaḥ //
parityajya svakāryāṇi parakāryeṣu vyāpṛtaḥ /
mithyādarśanasaṃyuktaṃ arājyaṃ rājyasaṃjñitaṃ //
adya bhave gatī tubhyaṃ narako dāruṇo mahat* /
ye ca te darśayiṣyanti teṣām api ca sā gati //
anyān* hi vihato hanti naṣṭo nāśayate parāṃ /
andhīkaroti anyā pi svayam andhavyapatrapo //
sumuṣṭo muṣase anyā mṛto ca mārase parāṃ /
sukhitān api satvā tvaṃ duḥkhāpayasi durmate //
nimagno kāmapaṃkasmiṃ gṛddhu kām eṣu mūrcchitaḥ /