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).
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satyaṃ hi jīvaloke pratiṣṭhitaṃ eṣa paramārthaṃ //
rājyam apahāya sphītaṃ strīyo ca kāmāṃś ca parityajya /
mūlaphalam āharanto gurū tavāhaṃ paricariṣyaṃ //
taṃ avaca bodhisatvo kharaṃ mama śokaśalyaparidāghaṃ /
vyapanayasi rājakuṃjara imāṃ girām abhyudīrento //
idam eva udakakumbhaṃ ādāya imāhi ekapadikāhi /
asmākam āśramapadaṃ gatvā vacanena me bhaṇesi //
abhivādanaṃ punaḥ puna bhaṇesi tvaṃ mātaraṃ ca pitaraṃ ca /
kālagato vo putro so ca vo abhivādanaṃ āha //
na kathaṃcit* śocitavyaṃ nāpi ca ruṇḍena śocitenārtho /
jātena jīvaloke sarveṇa avaśyaṃ martavyaṃ //
eṣā kilānupūrvā na suciraṃ jīvitaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ /
maraṇaṃ paryavasānaṃ āḍhyānāṃ durgatānāṃ ca //
nāpi ca svayaṃkṛtānāṃ karmāṇāṃ phalaṃ palāyituṃ śakyā /
cakraparivartakasya hi uparipatati sukhaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ ca //
nāpi ca manonvitānāṃ mayā śrutaṃ nāpi cāhaṃ jānāmi /
kṣaṇikasya durbalasya ca saṃskāragatasya adhruvatāṃ //
nāpi . . . . . maraṇaṃ nāpi ca mama eva edṛśaṃ duḥkhaṃ /
anubhūto eṣa artho na kiṃci loke anāgamyaṃ //
eṣo me śokaśalyo yaṃ jīrṇā cakṣuṣā ca parihīnā /
hohanti śokabahulā tava śruṇitvāna vṛttāntaṃ //
rājyam apahāya sphītaṃ strīyo ca kāmāṃś ca parityajya /
mūlaphalam āharanto gurū tavāhaṃ paricariṣyaṃ //
taṃ avaca bodhisatvo kharaṃ mama śokaśalyaparidāghaṃ /
vyapanayasi rājakuṃjara imāṃ girām abhyudīrento //
idam eva udakakumbhaṃ ādāya imāhi ekapadikāhi /
asmākam āśramapadaṃ gatvā vacanena me bhaṇesi //
abhivādanaṃ punaḥ puna bhaṇesi tvaṃ mātaraṃ ca pitaraṃ ca /
kālagato vo putro so ca vo abhivādanaṃ āha //
na kathaṃcit* śocitavyaṃ nāpi ca ruṇḍena śocitenārtho /
jātena jīvaloke sarveṇa avaśyaṃ martavyaṃ //
eṣā kilānupūrvā na suciraṃ jīvitaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ /
maraṇaṃ paryavasānaṃ āḍhyānāṃ durgatānāṃ ca //
nāpi ca svayaṃkṛtānāṃ karmāṇāṃ phalaṃ palāyituṃ śakyā /
cakraparivartakasya hi uparipatati sukhaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ ca //
nāpi ca manonvitānāṃ mayā śrutaṃ nāpi cāhaṃ jānāmi /
kṣaṇikasya durbalasya ca saṃskāragatasya adhruvatāṃ //
nāpi . . . . . maraṇaṃ nāpi ca mama eva edṛśaṃ duḥkhaṃ /
anubhūto eṣa artho na kiṃci loke anāgamyaṃ //
eṣo me śokaśalyo yaṃ jīrṇā cakṣuṣā ca parihīnā /
hohanti śokabahulā tava śruṇitvāna vṛttāntaṃ //