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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pūjāṃ karonti buddhasya bodhimaṇḍe pratiṣṭhitā //
sarve āsannaṃ paśyanti lokanāthaṃ prabhaṃkaraṃ /
na kaścid dūre saṃjāne vyāmamātre yathā sthitaṃ //
na kaścit pṛṣṭhato buddhaṃ lokadhātūya paśyati /
sarvā diśā hi buddhasya saṃmukhāṃ paśyati dṛśāṃ //
vāmadakṣiṇapārśvehi na kaścil lokanāyakaṃ /
saṃjānati mahāvīraṃ sarve paśyanti nāyakaṃ //
dhūpitaṃ buddhakṣetrasmiṃ dhūpanaṃ ca tad anantaraṃ /
samantā buddhakṣetrāṇāṃ gandhena koṭiyo sphuṭā //
na śakyaṃ gaṇanāṃ kartuṃ ettiyā satvakoṭiyo /
paśyitvā śiriṃ buddhasya saṃbodhim abhiprasthitāḥ //
tṛṇā ca atha kāṣṭhā ca auṣadhīyo vanaspatī /
sarve tatomukhā āsi yena bodhi maharṣiṇo //
ko ayaṃ īdṛśān dharmā lokanāthena darśitāṃ /
śruṇitvā na siyā tuṣṭo anyatra mārapakṣikāt* //
na śakyaṃ sarvaṃ khyāpetuṃ vācayā ṛddhi bhāṣataḥ /
yā śiri āsi buddhasya bodhiprāptasya tāyinaḥ //
yehi ca dṛṣṭo saṃbuddho bodhimaṇḍe pratiṣṭhitaḥ /
pūjitaś ca mahāvīro te śrutvā tuṣṭa paṇḍitāḥ //
śīlaskandhe ca acchidre ye bhikṣū supratiṣṭhitāḥ /
te śruṇitvā idaṃ sūtraṃ harṣaṃ kāhinti bhadrakaṃ //
sarve āsannaṃ paśyanti lokanāthaṃ prabhaṃkaraṃ /
na kaścid dūre saṃjāne vyāmamātre yathā sthitaṃ //
na kaścit pṛṣṭhato buddhaṃ lokadhātūya paśyati /
sarvā diśā hi buddhasya saṃmukhāṃ paśyati dṛśāṃ //
vāmadakṣiṇapārśvehi na kaścil lokanāyakaṃ /
saṃjānati mahāvīraṃ sarve paśyanti nāyakaṃ //
dhūpitaṃ buddhakṣetrasmiṃ dhūpanaṃ ca tad anantaraṃ /
samantā buddhakṣetrāṇāṃ gandhena koṭiyo sphuṭā //
na śakyaṃ gaṇanāṃ kartuṃ ettiyā satvakoṭiyo /
paśyitvā śiriṃ buddhasya saṃbodhim abhiprasthitāḥ //
tṛṇā ca atha kāṣṭhā ca auṣadhīyo vanaspatī /
sarve tatomukhā āsi yena bodhi maharṣiṇo //
ko ayaṃ īdṛśān dharmā lokanāthena darśitāṃ /
śruṇitvā na siyā tuṣṭo anyatra mārapakṣikāt* //
na śakyaṃ sarvaṃ khyāpetuṃ vācayā ṛddhi bhāṣataḥ /
yā śiri āsi buddhasya bodhiprāptasya tāyinaḥ //
yehi ca dṛṣṭo saṃbuddho bodhimaṇḍe pratiṣṭhitaḥ /
pūjitaś ca mahāvīro te śrutvā tuṣṭa paṇḍitāḥ //
śīlaskandhe ca acchidre ye bhikṣū supratiṣṭhitāḥ /
te śruṇitvā idaṃ sūtraṃ harṣaṃ kāhinti bhadrakaṃ //