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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tataḥ bhūyasyā mātrāya saṃvigno āsi vāṇijo /
so tāṃ pṛcchīya medhāvī rākṣasīdvīpāto niḥsaraṃ //
hanta māriṣa ākhyātha kathaṃ mokṣo bhaviṣyati /
jīvitāntakarā ghorā kathaṃ gacchema svastinā //
te ca tasya samākhyensu hiteṣī anukampakā /
yathā dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ caiva rākṣasīdvīpāto niḥsaraṃ //
kārtike māse kaumudīpūrṇamāsyāṃ āgamiṣyati /
valāho turago śīghro maṃjukeśo hayottamo //
anupūrvaṃ surucirāṃgo viśuddhakāyo sugandho dhutabālo /
balavā javen upeto vātajavasamo anilayāyī //
kākaśiro padmanetro vālāhakulena abhinirvṛtto /
himavantaśikharasadṛśo meghasvanitaduṃdubhininādo //
so bhuktvā atuṣam akaṇaṃ svakeruhaṃ taṇḍulaphalaṃ śāliṃ /
sthito sāgarasya tīre rākṣasinagarottare bhāge //
unnāmita-uttamāṃgo bhāṣati vācāṃ imāṃ turagarājā /
ko vo gansati pāraṃ samudrasya lavaṇatoyasya //
kaṃ svastinā nayāmi kasya mama ṛdhyatu vacanaṃ nāma /
taṃ vo upetha śaraṇaṃ so neṣyati svastinā pāraṃ //
etha māriṣa yuṣme pi upetha hayasāhvayaṃ /
āyasaṃ nagaraṃ tāmraṃ laṃghetha rākṣasīpuraṃ /
so tāṃ pṛcchīya medhāvī rākṣasīdvīpāto niḥsaraṃ //
hanta māriṣa ākhyātha kathaṃ mokṣo bhaviṣyati /
jīvitāntakarā ghorā kathaṃ gacchema svastinā //
te ca tasya samākhyensu hiteṣī anukampakā /
yathā dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ caiva rākṣasīdvīpāto niḥsaraṃ //
kārtike māse kaumudīpūrṇamāsyāṃ āgamiṣyati /
valāho turago śīghro maṃjukeśo hayottamo //
anupūrvaṃ surucirāṃgo viśuddhakāyo sugandho dhutabālo /
balavā javen upeto vātajavasamo anilayāyī //
kākaśiro padmanetro vālāhakulena abhinirvṛtto /
himavantaśikharasadṛśo meghasvanitaduṃdubhininādo //
so bhuktvā atuṣam akaṇaṃ svakeruhaṃ taṇḍulaphalaṃ śāliṃ /
sthito sāgarasya tīre rākṣasinagarottare bhāge //
unnāmita-uttamāṃgo bhāṣati vācāṃ imāṃ turagarājā /
ko vo gansati pāraṃ samudrasya lavaṇatoyasya //
kaṃ svastinā nayāmi kasya mama ṛdhyatu vacanaṃ nāma /
taṃ vo upetha śaraṇaṃ so neṣyati svastinā pāraṃ //
etha māriṣa yuṣme pi upetha hayasāhvayaṃ /
āyasaṃ nagaraṃ tāmraṃ laṃghetha rākṣasīpuraṃ /