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 1.252
bodhi bhaviṣyati tuhyaṃ aśvattho varapādapaḥ //
tasya vyākaraṇaṃ śrutvā maṅgalasya maharṣiṇaḥ /
viriyaṃ pragrahetvāna dṛḍhaṃ kṛtvāna mānasaṃ /
caranto bodhicaryāṇi nāhaṃ kaṃcit parityaje //
uttaraṃ nāma nagaraṃ sundaro nāma kṣatriyo /
śirikā nāma janikā maṅgalasya maharṣiṇo //
sudevo dharmadevo ca abhunsuḥ agraśrāvakāḥ /
śīvālī ca aśokā ca bhunsu agraśrāvikā //
pālito nāma upasthāko maṃgalasya maharṣiṇo /
bodhi tasya nāgavṛkṣo bodhivṛkṣaṃ supuṣpitaṃ //
koṭīśatasahasrāṇāṃ saṃgho āsi maharṣiṇo /
tiṣṭhamāno mahāvīro tāresi janatāṃ bahuṃ //
tārayi bahujanatāṃ vaistārikaṃ kṛtva śāsanaṃ /
jvalito agniskandho vā suriyo vā samudgato //
yathā sāgarasya ūrmiyo na śakiyaṃ gaṇayituṃ /
tathaiva bhagavato putrā na śakiyaṃ gaṇayituṃ //
so ca buddho mahābhāgo saddharmo ca gaṇottamo /
sarve samanantara atītā anuriktā eva saṃskārāḥ //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne maṃgalasya vastuṃ samāptaṃ
tasya vyākaraṇaṃ śrutvā maṅgalasya maharṣiṇaḥ /
viriyaṃ pragrahetvāna dṛḍhaṃ kṛtvāna mānasaṃ /
caranto bodhicaryāṇi nāhaṃ kaṃcit parityaje //
uttaraṃ nāma nagaraṃ sundaro nāma kṣatriyo /
śirikā nāma janikā maṅgalasya maharṣiṇo //
sudevo dharmadevo ca abhunsuḥ agraśrāvakāḥ /
śīvālī ca aśokā ca bhunsu agraśrāvikā //
pālito nāma upasthāko maṃgalasya maharṣiṇo /
bodhi tasya nāgavṛkṣo bodhivṛkṣaṃ supuṣpitaṃ //
koṭīśatasahasrāṇāṃ saṃgho āsi maharṣiṇo /
tiṣṭhamāno mahāvīro tāresi janatāṃ bahuṃ //
tārayi bahujanatāṃ vaistārikaṃ kṛtva śāsanaṃ /
jvalito agniskandho vā suriyo vā samudgato //
yathā sāgarasya ūrmiyo na śakiyaṃ gaṇayituṃ /
tathaiva bhagavato putrā na śakiyaṃ gaṇayituṃ //
so ca buddho mahābhāgo saddharmo ca gaṇottamo /
sarve samanantara atītā anuriktā eva saṃskārāḥ //
_____iti śrīmahāvastu-avadāne maṃgalasya vastuṃ samāptaṃ