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 3.420
āryo hi āryasya kathaṃ na dadyā
śrutvāna gāthāṃ kathitām subhāṣitāṃ //
bhagavān āha // nānyo bhikṣavas tadā sa kāśirājño asthiseno nāma purohitaputro parivrājako vayasyo abhūṣi / ahaṃ sa tadā asthiseno parivrājako abhūṣi //
_____asthisenasya jātakaṃ samāptaṃ //
___bhagavān āha //
na vai yācati saprajño nāryo vedayitum arhati /
uddeśe āryās tiṣṭhante eṣā āryāṇa yācanā //
evaṃ bhikṣavaḥ piṇḍacāraṃ caritavyaṃ // te dāni bhikṣū bhagavantam āhansuḥ // kim asmābhir bhagavaṃ bhikṣāye labdhāye vaktavyaṃ svasti svastīti // bhagavān āha // na bhikṣavo yuṣmābhir ādiśitavyaṃ bhikṣāyāṃ labdhāyāṃ //
sarvapāpasyākaraṇaṃ kuśalasyopasaṃpadā /
svacittaparyādāpanaṃ etad buddhānuśāsanaṃ //
te dāni bhikṣū ṛṣivadane mṛgadāve varṣoṣitā diśodiśaṃ cārikāṃ prakrāntā // ṛṣivadane devatā teṣāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ sthānāni caṃkramāṇi niṣadyāni śayyāni śūnyāni nirabhiramyāṇi dṛṣṭvā ratiṃ avindantī yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkramitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
arati me viṣaye dya khyāyati
śūnyaṃ dṛṣṭva viviktamānuṣaṃ /
śrutvāna gāthāṃ kathitām subhāṣitāṃ //
bhagavān āha // nānyo bhikṣavas tadā sa kāśirājño asthiseno nāma purohitaputro parivrājako vayasyo abhūṣi / ahaṃ sa tadā asthiseno parivrājako abhūṣi //
_____asthisenasya jātakaṃ samāptaṃ //
___bhagavān āha //
na vai yācati saprajño nāryo vedayitum arhati /
uddeśe āryās tiṣṭhante eṣā āryāṇa yācanā //
evaṃ bhikṣavaḥ piṇḍacāraṃ caritavyaṃ // te dāni bhikṣū bhagavantam āhansuḥ // kim asmābhir bhagavaṃ bhikṣāye labdhāye vaktavyaṃ svasti svastīti // bhagavān āha // na bhikṣavo yuṣmābhir ādiśitavyaṃ bhikṣāyāṃ labdhāyāṃ //
sarvapāpasyākaraṇaṃ kuśalasyopasaṃpadā /
svacittaparyādāpanaṃ etad buddhānuśāsanaṃ //
te dāni bhikṣū ṛṣivadane mṛgadāve varṣoṣitā diśodiśaṃ cārikāṃ prakrāntā // ṛṣivadane devatā teṣāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ sthānāni caṃkramāṇi niṣadyāni śayyāni śūnyāni nirabhiramyāṇi dṛṣṭvā ratiṃ avindantī yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkramitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāye pratyabhāṣe //
arati me viṣaye dya khyāyati
śūnyaṃ dṛṣṭva viviktamānuṣaṃ /