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 1.219
garbhāvāsapariśrānto sarvalokahito muniḥ /
paścimo garbhāvāso yaṃ atha vegena prakrami //
bhūmau saptakrame nyaste devasaṃghā nilīyatha /
sahasā lokapālānām aṃkehi dharito muniḥ //
atha varṣaṃ samutpadyi divyakusumaśīkaraḥ /
mandāravarajākīrṇaṃ divyacandanasaṃkulaṃ //
dīrghakālaṃ udagrāś ca suramukhyāgradhūpanaṃ /
pramuṃciṣu vibhūṣārthaṃ tasya uttamabuddhinaḥ //
yad arthañ ca viloketi diśāṃ apratipudgalaḥ /
tatrāham āgamaṃ vakṣye upadeśaṃ manoramaṃ //
na so vidyati satvānāṃ deveṣu manujeṣu ca /
yasyaivaṃ saṃbhavo bhavet* garbhokramaṇam eva ca //
khadyotakanakanirbhāsaṃ pārśvaṃ jinajanetriye /
jāyate yadā sarvajñaḥ jāyanto carame bhave //
jātamātrasya tac cittaṃ abhūt pravaravādino /
asti kaścit samabuddhi me cc'; etaṃ tarkaṃ nivartituṃ //
kecit saṃsārapāśena arttiyante yathā ahaṃ /
ityarthaṃ puruṣādityo diśāṃ sarvāṃ nirīkṣati //
atha diśā vilokento paśyati vadatāṃ varo /
devakoṭisahasrāṇi tasmāt* hāsaṃ pramuṃcati //
paścimo garbhāvāso yaṃ atha vegena prakrami //
bhūmau saptakrame nyaste devasaṃghā nilīyatha /
sahasā lokapālānām aṃkehi dharito muniḥ //
atha varṣaṃ samutpadyi divyakusumaśīkaraḥ /
mandāravarajākīrṇaṃ divyacandanasaṃkulaṃ //
dīrghakālaṃ udagrāś ca suramukhyāgradhūpanaṃ /
pramuṃciṣu vibhūṣārthaṃ tasya uttamabuddhinaḥ //
yad arthañ ca viloketi diśāṃ apratipudgalaḥ /
tatrāham āgamaṃ vakṣye upadeśaṃ manoramaṃ //
na so vidyati satvānāṃ deveṣu manujeṣu ca /
yasyaivaṃ saṃbhavo bhavet* garbhokramaṇam eva ca //
khadyotakanakanirbhāsaṃ pārśvaṃ jinajanetriye /
jāyate yadā sarvajñaḥ jāyanto carame bhave //
jātamātrasya tac cittaṃ abhūt pravaravādino /
asti kaścit samabuddhi me cc'; etaṃ tarkaṃ nivartituṃ //
kecit saṃsārapāśena arttiyante yathā ahaṃ /
ityarthaṃ puruṣādityo diśāṃ sarvāṃ nirīkṣati //
atha diśā vilokento paśyati vadatāṃ varo /
devakoṭisahasrāṇi tasmāt* hāsaṃ pramuṃcati //