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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 3.67
bhikṣuśatānāṃ anupādāyāśravebhyaś cittāni vimuktāni / āyuṣmāṃś ca mahāmaudgalyāyano saptāhopasampanno ṛddhibalatāṃ ṛddhivaśitaṃ ca anuprāpuṇe catvāri ca pratisaṃvidāni sākṣīkare / āyuṣmāṃ ca śāriputro ardhamāsaṃ pravrajito ardhamāsopasaṃpanno abhijñāvaśitāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ ca anuprāpuṇe catvāri ca pratisaṃvidāni sākṣīkare / āyuṣmāṃ ca maudgalyāyano acirapravrajito aciropasaṃpanno tisro vidyā sākṣīkare divyaṃ cakṣuḥ pūrvanivāsaṃ āśravakṣayaṃ // ittham etaṃ śruyati // dīrghanakhasya parivrājakasya sūtraṃ kartavyaṃ //
___bhikṣū bhagavantam āhansuḥ // paśya bhagavaṃ kathaṃ bhagavatā āyuṣmatśāriputramaudgalyāyanapramukhāni pañca bhikṣuśatāni saṃjayiparivrājakasya dāruṇeṣu dṛṣṭigateṣu vinivartayitvā anavarāgrāto jātijarāmaraṇasaṃsāragahanakāntārāto tāritā // bhagavān āha // na bhikṣavo etarahiṃ eva mama ete śāriputramaudgalyāyanapramukhā paṃca bhikṣuśatā saṃjayisya parivrājakasya dāruṇeṣu dṛṣṭigateṣu vinivartayitvā anavarāgrāto jātījarāmaraṇasaṃsāragahanakāntārāto tāritā // anyadāpi ete mayā dāruṇāto rākṣasīdvīpāto rākṣasīnāṃ hastagatā vinivartayitvā kṣemeṇa mahāsamudrāto uttārayitvā jaṃbudvīpe pratiṣṭhāpitā // bhikṣū āhansuḥ // anyadāpi bhagavan* // bhagavān āha // anyadāpi bhikṣavaḥ //
___bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣava atītam adhvānaṃ jaṃbudvīpāto paṃca vāṇijaśatāni samudranāvāye mahantaṃ samudram avagāḍhā dhanasya arthaṃ / teṣāṃ taṃ yānapātraṃ samudramadhye gataṃ makareṇa
___bhikṣū bhagavantam āhansuḥ // paśya bhagavaṃ kathaṃ bhagavatā āyuṣmatśāriputramaudgalyāyanapramukhāni pañca bhikṣuśatāni saṃjayiparivrājakasya dāruṇeṣu dṛṣṭigateṣu vinivartayitvā anavarāgrāto jātijarāmaraṇasaṃsāragahanakāntārāto tāritā // bhagavān āha // na bhikṣavo etarahiṃ eva mama ete śāriputramaudgalyāyanapramukhā paṃca bhikṣuśatā saṃjayisya parivrājakasya dāruṇeṣu dṛṣṭigateṣu vinivartayitvā anavarāgrāto jātījarāmaraṇasaṃsāragahanakāntārāto tāritā // anyadāpi ete mayā dāruṇāto rākṣasīdvīpāto rākṣasīnāṃ hastagatā vinivartayitvā kṣemeṇa mahāsamudrāto uttārayitvā jaṃbudvīpe pratiṣṭhāpitā // bhikṣū āhansuḥ // anyadāpi bhagavan* // bhagavān āha // anyadāpi bhikṣavaḥ //
___bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣava atītam adhvānaṃ jaṃbudvīpāto paṃca vāṇijaśatāni samudranāvāye mahantaṃ samudram avagāḍhā dhanasya arthaṃ / teṣāṃ taṃ yānapātraṃ samudramadhye gataṃ makareṇa