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 2.409
so evarūpo samucchritadhvajo
gajo yathā bhetsyati ātmabandhaṃ //
paśya tuvaṃ sarvadvipāda-uttamaṃ taṃ
candro yathā vibhāti pūrṇamāsye /
kathaṃ hi cittaṃ kramate abuddhi
yo evarūpāṃ labhate viheṭhāṃ //
aṃgārakarṣūṃ prapateya na koci
āśīviṣaṃ pi spṛśe no kareṇa /
jātyandho trasto śunakhehi pṛṣṭhe
so andhakūpe prapate acakṣuḥ //
evaṃ ime bhonti parīttacetaso
mantro ca no asti tathāvidhānāṃ /
ye evarūpaṃ pariśuddhagocaraṃ taṃ
aśraddadhānā prapatanti acakṣuṣo //
sacevaṃ etaṃ vacanaṃ na gṛhṇatha
mārgastha unmārgagatā smariṣyatha /
palāyamānā diśatā caturdiśaṃ
yathāpi . . . . bhraṣṭa kroṣṭuko //
kālo amātyo gāthāṃ bhāṣati //
sarvo svakārthasmi samucchritasmiṃ
sammoham āsanno visaṃjñabuddhiḥ /
gajo yathā bhetsyati ātmabandhaṃ //
paśya tuvaṃ sarvadvipāda-uttamaṃ taṃ
candro yathā vibhāti pūrṇamāsye /
kathaṃ hi cittaṃ kramate abuddhi
yo evarūpāṃ labhate viheṭhāṃ //
aṃgārakarṣūṃ prapateya na koci
āśīviṣaṃ pi spṛśe no kareṇa /
jātyandho trasto śunakhehi pṛṣṭhe
so andhakūpe prapate acakṣuḥ //
evaṃ ime bhonti parīttacetaso
mantro ca no asti tathāvidhānāṃ /
ye evarūpaṃ pariśuddhagocaraṃ taṃ
aśraddadhānā prapatanti acakṣuṣo //
sacevaṃ etaṃ vacanaṃ na gṛhṇatha
mārgastha unmārgagatā smariṣyatha /
palāyamānā diśatā caturdiśaṃ
yathāpi . . . . bhraṣṭa kroṣṭuko //
kālo amātyo gāthāṃ bhāṣati //
sarvo svakārthasmi samucchritasmiṃ
sammoham āsanno visaṃjñabuddhiḥ /