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 3.246
arthaṃ pi arthakarāṇi vidhīni anuśāsate pṛthivīpālo /
tena . . . . bhagavato vipaśyīti abhu samajñā //
abhisaṃbudhyitva jino oloketi vipaśyī yaṃ lokaṃ /
keśaridharmaṃ dṛṣṭvā tena vipaśyīti abhu saṃjñā //
yasyutpādā loke hutāsano va prajvalito samāruto /
atiriva śikhī pradīpyate tena śikhīti abhu se saṃjñā //
utpanne ca jinendre devo tadā pravarṣati acchinna /
dhārāhi tenudgamāsi ghoṣo viśvabhusya āsi saṃjñā //
krakucchandasya bhagavato konākamunisya kāśyapaśirisya /
kulavaṃśāt prabhṛtāni mātāpitṛnāmadheyāni //
ādityagotro tejasvī ikṣvākukulasaṃbhavo /
jātītaḥ kṣatriyo agro bhagavāṃ agrapudgalo //
ajite brāhmaṇakule anekaratnasaṃcaye /
apahāya vipulāṃ kāmāṃ pravrajiṣyati brāhmaṇo //
ṛddhisphīte kule caiva sumatipratimaṇḍite /
pṛthivīmaṇḍe maitreyo bhaviṣyati anāgate //
prathamasmiṃ sannipāte ṣaṇṇavati koṭiyo bhaviṣyanti sarveṣām eva arhantānāṃ vaśibhūtānāṃ dhutarajānāṃ / dvitīye pi sannipāte caturnavati koṭiyo bhaviṣyanti
tena . . . . bhagavato vipaśyīti abhu samajñā //
abhisaṃbudhyitva jino oloketi vipaśyī yaṃ lokaṃ /
keśaridharmaṃ dṛṣṭvā tena vipaśyīti abhu saṃjñā //
yasyutpādā loke hutāsano va prajvalito samāruto /
atiriva śikhī pradīpyate tena śikhīti abhu se saṃjñā //
utpanne ca jinendre devo tadā pravarṣati acchinna /
dhārāhi tenudgamāsi ghoṣo viśvabhusya āsi saṃjñā //
krakucchandasya bhagavato konākamunisya kāśyapaśirisya /
kulavaṃśāt prabhṛtāni mātāpitṛnāmadheyāni //
ādityagotro tejasvī ikṣvākukulasaṃbhavo /
jātītaḥ kṣatriyo agro bhagavāṃ agrapudgalo //
ajite brāhmaṇakule anekaratnasaṃcaye /
apahāya vipulāṃ kāmāṃ pravrajiṣyati brāhmaṇo //
ṛddhisphīte kule caiva sumatipratimaṇḍite /
pṛthivīmaṇḍe maitreyo bhaviṣyati anāgate //
prathamasmiṃ sannipāte ṣaṇṇavati koṭiyo bhaviṣyanti sarveṣām eva arhantānāṃ vaśibhūtānāṃ dhutarajānāṃ / dvitīye pi sannipāte caturnavati koṭiyo bhaviṣyanti