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 2.21
atra kiṃ kāraṇaṃ uktaṃ yaṃ sapta kramate kramān* /
na ca aṣṭa na ca ṣaṣṭi atra āgamanaṃ śṛṇu //
garbhāvāsapariśrānto sarvalokahito muniḥ /
paścimo garbhāvāso yaṃ atha vegena prakrami //
taṃ tu saptapade nyaste devasaṃghābhilīyata /
sahasā lokapālebhyo aṃkena dhāriye muniḥ //
atha varṣo samutpadye divyakusumaśīkaro /
mandāravarajākīrṇṇo divyacandanasaṃkulo //
dīrghakālam udagrāś ca suramukhyā agradhūpanaṃ /
pramuṃciṣu vibhūṣārthaṃ tasya uttamabuddhino //
yad arthaṃ ca viloketi diśāṃ apratipudgalo /
tatrāpi āgamaṃ vakṣye upadeśaṃ manoramaṃ //
na so vidyate satvānāṃ deveṣu manujeṣu vā /
yasyaivaṃ saṃbhavo bhavati garbhokramaṇam eva ca //
khadyotakanakanirbhāsaṃ pārśvaṃ jinajanetriye /
āyate yadā sarvajñaḥ āyate carame bhave //
jātamātrasya taccittaṃ āsi pravaravādino /
asti kaścit samabuddhi me idaṃ tarkaṃ nivartituṃ //
kecit saṃsāracāreṇa artīyanti yathā ahaṃ /
ityarthaṃ puruṣādityaḥ diśāṃ sarvāṃ nirīkṣati //
atha diśāṃ vilokento dṛśyati vadatāṃ varaḥ /
na ca aṣṭa na ca ṣaṣṭi atra āgamanaṃ śṛṇu //
garbhāvāsapariśrānto sarvalokahito muniḥ /
paścimo garbhāvāso yaṃ atha vegena prakrami //
taṃ tu saptapade nyaste devasaṃghābhilīyata /
sahasā lokapālebhyo aṃkena dhāriye muniḥ //
atha varṣo samutpadye divyakusumaśīkaro /
mandāravarajākīrṇṇo divyacandanasaṃkulo //
dīrghakālam udagrāś ca suramukhyā agradhūpanaṃ /
pramuṃciṣu vibhūṣārthaṃ tasya uttamabuddhino //
yad arthaṃ ca viloketi diśāṃ apratipudgalo /
tatrāpi āgamaṃ vakṣye upadeśaṃ manoramaṃ //
na so vidyate satvānāṃ deveṣu manujeṣu vā /
yasyaivaṃ saṃbhavo bhavati garbhokramaṇam eva ca //
khadyotakanakanirbhāsaṃ pārśvaṃ jinajanetriye /
āyate yadā sarvajñaḥ āyate carame bhave //
jātamātrasya taccittaṃ āsi pravaravādino /
asti kaścit samabuddhi me idaṃ tarkaṃ nivartituṃ //
kecit saṃsāracāreṇa artīyanti yathā ahaṃ /
ityarthaṃ puruṣādityaḥ diśāṃ sarvāṃ nirīkṣati //
atha diśāṃ vilokento dṛśyati vadatāṃ varaḥ /