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 3.395
dūrā sabhikā tuvam āgato si
praśnaṃ praṣṭum ihābhikāṃkṣamāṇo /
praśnāntakaro bhavāmi te haṃ
anupūrvam anulomam anusaṃdhim anudharmaṃ vyākariṣyāmi //
evam ukte sabhiyo parivrājiko bhagavantaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣi //
kiṃprāptam āhu bhikṣuṇaṃ
suvrataṃ kiṃ kathaṃ ca dāntam āhu /
buddho ti kathaṃ pravuccati
pṛṣṭo me bhagavaṃ anupūrvam anulomaṃ anusaṃdhim anudharmaṃ vyākarohi //
evam ukte bhagavāṃ sabhikaṃ parivrājakam etad uvāca //
padyena kṛtana ātmanā
abhinirvāṇagato vitīrṇakāṃkṣo /
vibhavaṃ ca bhavaṃ ca jñātva loke
uṣitavāṃ kṣīṇapunarbhavo sa bhikṣuḥ //
sarvatra-upekṣo smṛtimāṃ
na ca so hiṃsati kaṃci loke /
tīrṇo śramaṇo anāvilo
utsanno yo na karoti āśravaṃ //
yasyendriyāṇi bhāvitāni
praśnaṃ praṣṭum ihābhikāṃkṣamāṇo /
praśnāntakaro bhavāmi te haṃ
anupūrvam anulomam anusaṃdhim anudharmaṃ vyākariṣyāmi //
evam ukte sabhiyo parivrājiko bhagavantaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣi //
kiṃprāptam āhu bhikṣuṇaṃ
suvrataṃ kiṃ kathaṃ ca dāntam āhu /
buddho ti kathaṃ pravuccati
pṛṣṭo me bhagavaṃ anupūrvam anulomaṃ anusaṃdhim anudharmaṃ vyākarohi //
evam ukte bhagavāṃ sabhikaṃ parivrājakam etad uvāca //
padyena kṛtana ātmanā
abhinirvāṇagato vitīrṇakāṃkṣo /
vibhavaṃ ca bhavaṃ ca jñātva loke
uṣitavāṃ kṣīṇapunarbhavo sa bhikṣuḥ //
sarvatra-upekṣo smṛtimāṃ
na ca so hiṃsati kaṃci loke /
tīrṇo śramaṇo anāvilo
utsanno yo na karoti āśravaṃ //
yasyendriyāṇi bhāvitāni