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 3.242
ete mahānubhāvā anantā . . . . . lokaviśrutā /
udārā satkṛtā mayā tena prabhavāmi ānanda //
tena yaśo atuliyā ca kīrtī abhyudgatā daśadiśāsu /
tena ahaṃ virocāmi sadevake sabrahmake loke //
śrutvāna ca so vacanaṃ avitathavacanasya lokanāthasya /
ānandito hṛṣṭacitto ānando uttaraṃ pṛcchet* //
kevaciram atītā te saṃbuddhā enti lokasmi ucyatāṃ /
kevaciraṃ asthāṃsu hitāya sarvasya lokasya //
evaṃ kanakaprakāśo hṛṣṭo saṃbuddho muditamānaso /
cirakālam atyatītān kīrtayati maharṣiṇo buddhān* //
eṣa paramārthadarśī samatulyo samasamo ca buddhehi /
darśayati prātihāryaṃ buddho tatha sarvabuddhehi //
buddhānām eṣa viṣayo acintiyo atuliyo asaṃkhyeyo /
saṃhṛṣṭo smi bhagavaṃ śrutvā vacanaṃ amṛtakalpaṃ //
ananto adhigato artho sadevakabrahmakasya lokasya /
buddhānāṃ eṣa viṣayo acintiyo eṣa anyehi //
eko śākyakumāro śākyasuto śākiyottamakulīno /
śākyakulanaṃdijanano buddho tatha bodhayati lokaṃ //
dīpaṃkarasya atyaye paripūrṇa kalpakoṭī ānanda /
udārā satkṛtā mayā tena prabhavāmi ānanda //
tena yaśo atuliyā ca kīrtī abhyudgatā daśadiśāsu /
tena ahaṃ virocāmi sadevake sabrahmake loke //
śrutvāna ca so vacanaṃ avitathavacanasya lokanāthasya /
ānandito hṛṣṭacitto ānando uttaraṃ pṛcchet* //
kevaciram atītā te saṃbuddhā enti lokasmi ucyatāṃ /
kevaciraṃ asthāṃsu hitāya sarvasya lokasya //
evaṃ kanakaprakāśo hṛṣṭo saṃbuddho muditamānaso /
cirakālam atyatītān kīrtayati maharṣiṇo buddhān* //
eṣa paramārthadarśī samatulyo samasamo ca buddhehi /
darśayati prātihāryaṃ buddho tatha sarvabuddhehi //
buddhānām eṣa viṣayo acintiyo atuliyo asaṃkhyeyo /
saṃhṛṣṭo smi bhagavaṃ śrutvā vacanaṃ amṛtakalpaṃ //
ananto adhigato artho sadevakabrahmakasya lokasya /
buddhānāṃ eṣa viṣayo acintiyo eṣa anyehi //
eko śākyakumāro śākyasuto śākiyottamakulīno /
śākyakulanaṃdijanano buddho tatha bodhayati lokaṃ //
dīpaṃkarasya atyaye paripūrṇa kalpakoṭī ānanda /