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 3.62
evam ukte śāriputro parivrājako maudgalyāyanam etad uvāca // amṛtaṃ me āyuṣman mahāmaudgalyāyana adhigataṃ amṛtagāmī ca mārgo /
yo so śruyyati śāstre puṣpam iva udumbaraṃ vane buddhā /
utpadyanti śirighanā utpanno lokapradyoto //
evam ukte maudgalyāyano parivrājako śāriputraṃ parivrājakam etad avocat* // kiṃvādī āyuṣmaṃ śāriputra śāstā kimākhyāyī // evam ukte śāriputro parivrājako maudgalyāyanam etad avocat* //
ye dharmā hetuprabhāvā hetun teṣāṃ tathāgato āha //
teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ //
atha khalu maudgalyāyanasya parivrājakasya tatraiva pṛthivīpradeśe sthitasya virajaṃ vigatamalaṃ dharmeṣu dharmacakṣu viśuddhaṃ // atha khalu maudgalyāyano parivrājako prāptadharmo prahīṇadṛṣṭiḥ tīrṇakāṃkṣo vigatakathaṃkatho udagramānasacitto mṛducitto karmaṇīyacitto nirvāṇanimno nirvāṇapravaṇo nirvāṇapragbhāro //
___atha khalu maudgalyāyano parivrājako śāriputraṃ parivrājakam etad avocat* // kahiṃ āyuṣmaṃ śāriputra śāstā viharati // evam ukte śāriputro privrājako maudgalyāyanaṃ parivrājakam etad avocat* // eṣa āyuṣmaṃ śāstā veṇuvane viharati kalandakanivāpe mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdham ardhatrayodaśabhir bhikṣuśataiḥ gacchāma saṃjayim āmantretvā śāstāraṃ veṇuvane bhagavato santike brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyāmaḥ // evam ukte maudgalyāyano
yo so śruyyati śāstre puṣpam iva udumbaraṃ vane buddhā /
utpadyanti śirighanā utpanno lokapradyoto //
evam ukte maudgalyāyano parivrājako śāriputraṃ parivrājakam etad avocat* // kiṃvādī āyuṣmaṃ śāriputra śāstā kimākhyāyī // evam ukte śāriputro parivrājako maudgalyāyanam etad avocat* //
ye dharmā hetuprabhāvā hetun teṣāṃ tathāgato āha //
teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ //
atha khalu maudgalyāyanasya parivrājakasya tatraiva pṛthivīpradeśe sthitasya virajaṃ vigatamalaṃ dharmeṣu dharmacakṣu viśuddhaṃ // atha khalu maudgalyāyano parivrājako prāptadharmo prahīṇadṛṣṭiḥ tīrṇakāṃkṣo vigatakathaṃkatho udagramānasacitto mṛducitto karmaṇīyacitto nirvāṇanimno nirvāṇapravaṇo nirvāṇapragbhāro //
___atha khalu maudgalyāyano parivrājako śāriputraṃ parivrājakam etad avocat* // kahiṃ āyuṣmaṃ śāriputra śāstā viharati // evam ukte śāriputro privrājako maudgalyāyanaṃ parivrājakam etad avocat* // eṣa āyuṣmaṃ śāstā veṇuvane viharati kalandakanivāpe mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdham ardhatrayodaśabhir bhikṣuśataiḥ gacchāma saṃjayim āmantretvā śāstāraṃ veṇuvane bhagavato santike brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyāmaḥ // evam ukte maudgalyāyano