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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antiṣṭhaguptāṃ bahuśālimadhye //
udyānaramyāṃ śubharutasanninādāṃ
jālavicitrāṃ sukhasaṃpraveśāṃ /
dhvajapatākāhi sphuṭāṃ suramyāṃ
chatrehi cchannāṃ śubhadarśanīyāṃ //
na tatra corā na śaṭhā na dhūrtā
rājye bhavanti paravittahānī /
īryāpathena upapeta satvā
vijite santi sadā maitracittā //
ataś ca devāṃ vrajate supuṇyo
svargeṣu bhoti paripṛcchanīyo /
kiṃ kāryaṃ śuklaṃ katham ācarema
yadā vrajema ito martyaloke //
buddhāṃś ca kṣipraṃ labhe dakṣiṇīyāṃ
paśyitva so pūjati lokanāthāṃ /
bodhāya cchandaṃ janayati pūjaṃ kṛtvā
tenaiva buddhā hataraja vyākaronti //
bahujñānī bhavati mahānubhāvo
viśeṣabhūmisthito agrasatvo /
cittaprasādaṃ bhagavato ekaṃ kṛtvā
kalpasahasraṃ jahe durgatīyo //
ārocayāmi imu bhāṣamāṇo
mā koci kāṃkṣāṃ jane bhāṣato me /
udyānaramyāṃ śubharutasanninādāṃ
jālavicitrāṃ sukhasaṃpraveśāṃ /
dhvajapatākāhi sphuṭāṃ suramyāṃ
chatrehi cchannāṃ śubhadarśanīyāṃ //
na tatra corā na śaṭhā na dhūrtā
rājye bhavanti paravittahānī /
īryāpathena upapeta satvā
vijite santi sadā maitracittā //
ataś ca devāṃ vrajate supuṇyo
svargeṣu bhoti paripṛcchanīyo /
kiṃ kāryaṃ śuklaṃ katham ācarema
yadā vrajema ito martyaloke //
buddhāṃś ca kṣipraṃ labhe dakṣiṇīyāṃ
paśyitva so pūjati lokanāthāṃ /
bodhāya cchandaṃ janayati pūjaṃ kṛtvā
tenaiva buddhā hataraja vyākaronti //
bahujñānī bhavati mahānubhāvo
viśeṣabhūmisthito agrasatvo /
cittaprasādaṃ bhagavato ekaṃ kṛtvā
kalpasahasraṃ jahe durgatīyo //
ārocayāmi imu bhāṣamāṇo
mā koci kāṃkṣāṃ jane bhāṣato me /