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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 2.263
samaś ca bhikṣavaḥ sa pṛthivīpradeśo bhavati susaṃskṛtāvikṛto pāṇitalajāto / anodake citra-utpalapadumudanalinisaugandhikāni jātāni bhavanti / abhijñāto ca bhikṣavaḥ so pṛthivīpradeśo bhavati / abhilakṣito ca bhikṣavaḥ so pṛthivīpradeśo bhavati / maheśākhyasatvasaṃsevito ca bhikṣavaḥ sa pṛthivīpradeśo bhavati / duṣpradharṣo ca bhikṣavaḥ sa pṛthivīpradeśo bhavati / aparājito ca bhikṣavaḥ pṛthivīpradeśo bhavati / na khalu punar bhikṣavaḥ tasmiṃ pṛthivīpradeśe kocid eva satvo avatāraṃ gacchati yad idaṃ māro vā mārakāyiko vā / devānām agṛhīto ca bhikṣavaḥ sa pṛthivīpradeśo bhavati / yad idaṃ siṃhāsanan ti pṛthivīmaṇḍale saṃkhyāto bhavati bhikṣavaḥ sa pṛthivīpradeśo / vajropamo ca bhikṣavaḥ sa pṛthivīpradeśo bhavati / caturaṃgulamātrā ca bhikṣavaḥ tatra pṛthivīpradeśe tṛṇāni jātāni bhavanti nīlā mṛdū mayūragrīvāsannikāśā abhilakṣaṇā kuṇḍalāvartāḥ / ye pi te bhikṣavo rājāno cakravartino taṃ pṛthivīpradeśaṃ adhisthihanti nānyatra cetiyārthaṃ // evaṃ khalu bhikṣavaḥ sa pṛthivīpradeśo ṣoḍaśāṃgasamanvāgato bhavati yasmiṃ pṛthivīpradeśe bodhisatvā niṣīditvā mahāntaṃ yakṣaṃ nihananti etc. . . . . sarvakuśaladharmavaśipāramitāṃ cānuprāpnuvanti //
___atha khalu bhikṣavo bodhisatvo uruvilvāye duṣkaracārikāṃ caritvā sujātāye grāmikadhītāye madhupāyasam ādāya yena nadī nairaṃjanā tenopasaṃkramitvā nadīye nairaṃjanāye tīre gātrāṇi śītalīkṛtvā sujātāye grāmikaduhituḥ madhupāyasaṃ bhuṃjitvā
___atha khalu bhikṣavo bodhisatvo uruvilvāye duṣkaracārikāṃ caritvā sujātāye grāmikadhītāye madhupāyasam ādāya yena nadī nairaṃjanā tenopasaṃkramitvā nadīye nairaṃjanāye tīre gātrāṇi śītalīkṛtvā sujātāye grāmikaduhituḥ madhupāyasaṃ bhuṃjitvā