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 2.35
ko na khalu mahānubhāvo utpanno adya jaṃbudvīpasmiṃ /
kasya yaśena yaśavato ayam edṛśako mahābhāvo //
tahim edṛśaṃ nimittaṃ lokasmiṃ yasya kasyacid bhoti /
buddhānām utpāde edṛśakā bhonti ākārāḥ //
pṛthivīya patantānāṃ śṛṇoti ākāśe amarasaṃghānāṃ /
utpanno lokanātho buddho hohiṣyati aneyo //
so dāni pramuditamano gaganatale śruṇiya devasaṃghānāṃ /
adya naravīragarbho buddho lokasmiṃ utpanno //
so sarvaṃ jambudvīpaṃ olokayi divyalocanehi ṛṣi /
addasa śākyāna kule jāto śuddhodanasuto yaṃ //
tasyāpi evaṃ dṛṣṭvā jāto diśāsu bodhiya kaulīno /
tatraiṣa buddhaśabdo carati drakṣyāmi taṃ kāle //
te cāpi kuṭhārihastā kṛṣṇājinasukṛta-uttarāsaṃgā /
valkalacīrāṃbaradharā ādāya phalodakam āgami //
ākāśe nirālambe vāyupathe . . . . prakrāmi ṛṣiḥ /
ṛddhiṃ saṃjanayitvā kṣaṇena āgami kapilavastuṃ //
himavatamūle adarśi nagaraṃ ramyaṃ ādityabandhuguptaṃ /
durdharṣaṃ paraśatrubhiḥ taṃ ca suramaṇīyaṃ tridaśāna iva /
devānāṃ praviśe ṛṣi puraṃ śākiyadarśanārthāye //
susannibhantaṃ praviśe āpaṇapaṇyakrayaprasaktaṃ pūrṇaṃ /
kasya yaśena yaśavato ayam edṛśako mahābhāvo //
tahim edṛśaṃ nimittaṃ lokasmiṃ yasya kasyacid bhoti /
buddhānām utpāde edṛśakā bhonti ākārāḥ //
pṛthivīya patantānāṃ śṛṇoti ākāśe amarasaṃghānāṃ /
utpanno lokanātho buddho hohiṣyati aneyo //
so dāni pramuditamano gaganatale śruṇiya devasaṃghānāṃ /
adya naravīragarbho buddho lokasmiṃ utpanno //
so sarvaṃ jambudvīpaṃ olokayi divyalocanehi ṛṣi /
addasa śākyāna kule jāto śuddhodanasuto yaṃ //
tasyāpi evaṃ dṛṣṭvā jāto diśāsu bodhiya kaulīno /
tatraiṣa buddhaśabdo carati drakṣyāmi taṃ kāle //
te cāpi kuṭhārihastā kṛṣṇājinasukṛta-uttarāsaṃgā /
valkalacīrāṃbaradharā ādāya phalodakam āgami //
ākāśe nirālambe vāyupathe . . . . prakrāmi ṛṣiḥ /
ṛddhiṃ saṃjanayitvā kṣaṇena āgami kapilavastuṃ //
himavatamūle adarśi nagaraṃ ramyaṃ ādityabandhuguptaṃ /
durdharṣaṃ paraśatrubhiḥ taṃ ca suramaṇīyaṃ tridaśāna iva /
devānāṃ praviśe ṛṣi puraṃ śākiyadarśanārthāye //
susannibhantaṃ praviśe āpaṇapaṇyakrayaprasaktaṃ pūrṇaṃ /