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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 3.138
nyagrodhārāme bahūni prāṇisahasrāṇi ārye dharme vinītā // atha khalu rāhuś cāsurendro vemacitrī ca asurendro mucilindo ca asurendro ṣaṣṭhīhi asuranayutehi sārdhaṃ prabhūtaṃ gandhamālyam ādāya bahūni asurasahasrāṇi ca bahūni ca asurakanyāsahasrāṇi sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitāni āmuktamaṇikuṇḍalāni mahatā asurānubhāvena mahatā asura-ṛddhīye yena kapilavastunyagrodhārāmas tenopasaṃkramitvā nyagrodhārāmasya upari vaihāyasam antarīkṣe sthitvā bhagavato pūjāsatkāram akarensuḥ / sarvagandhehi sarvamālyehi sarvanṛtyehi sarvagītehi sarvavāditehi sarvatūryatāḍāvacarehi bhagavantaṃ satkṛtvā gurukṛtvā mānayitvā pūjayitvā apacayitvā anuttarāye samyaksaṃbodhaye cittam utpādensuḥ / aho punar vayaṃ pi bhavema anāgate adhvāne tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā vidyācaraṇasaṃpannāḥ sugatā lokavidanuttarā puruṣadamyasārathaḥ śāstāro devamanuṣyāṇāṃ yathāyaṃ bhagavān etarhi evaṃ dvātriṃśatīhi mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇehi samanvāgatā bhavema aśītihi anuvyaṃjanehi upaśobhitaśarīrā aṣṭādaśahi āveṇikehi buddhadharmehi samanvāgatā daśahi tathāgatabalehi balavāṃ caturhi vaiśāradyehi viśāradā yathā bhagavāṃ etarahiṃ evañ ca anuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ pravartema yathāpi bhagavatā etarahi / evaṃ ca mo devamanuṣyā śrotavyaṃ śraddhātavyaṃ manyensuḥ yathā va bhagavato etarahi evaṃ ca samagraṃ śrāvakasaṃghaṃ pariharema yathā bhagavāṃ etarahiṃ / evaṃ tīrṇā tārayema muktā mocema āśvastā āśvāsema parinirvṛtā parinirvāpema / evam etaṃ bhaveya bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya mahato janakāyasya arthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca // atha khalu bhagavān teṣām asurāṇām idam evaṃrūpaṃ cetopraṇidhānaṃ