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 1.72
śāsanaṃ śṛṇuyu sarvasamagryaṃ //
so hi'nekabhavakalpaśatehi
hitasukhāya naradevagaṇānāṃ /
evam abhyupagato cirarātraṃ
mokṣayiṣye'haṃ prajāḥ parimuktaḥ //
so labhitva paramārtham aśokaṃ
sarvabhāvabhavaduḥkhanirodhaṃ /
kāśipuryāṃ naradevahitārthaṃ
vartayiṣyi varacakram adbhutaṃ //
paṃcakehi saha tehi munīhi
marugaṇāṃ vinayavādināṃ varo /
satvakoṭinayutāni nāyako
jātijanmamaraṇāt samuddhare //
so vimokṣayi bhavābhinandino
toṣayaṃ naramarū narasiṃho /
mathiya sarvaparavādi sāṃprataṃ
nirvṛto tu bhagavāṃ nirapekṣo //
eta śrutva vacanaṃ manoramaṃ
kāśyapasya dhutadharmadhāriṇo /
devasaṃghā muditā nabhe sthitā
vyāharanti vacanaṃ manoramaṃ //
sādhu sādhu dhutadharmakovidā
so hi'nekabhavakalpaśatehi
hitasukhāya naradevagaṇānāṃ /
evam abhyupagato cirarātraṃ
mokṣayiṣye'haṃ prajāḥ parimuktaḥ //
so labhitva paramārtham aśokaṃ
sarvabhāvabhavaduḥkhanirodhaṃ /
kāśipuryāṃ naradevahitārthaṃ
vartayiṣyi varacakram adbhutaṃ //
paṃcakehi saha tehi munīhi
marugaṇāṃ vinayavādināṃ varo /
satvakoṭinayutāni nāyako
jātijanmamaraṇāt samuddhare //
so vimokṣayi bhavābhinandino
toṣayaṃ naramarū narasiṃho /
mathiya sarvaparavādi sāṃprataṃ
nirvṛto tu bhagavāṃ nirapekṣo //
eta śrutva vacanaṃ manoramaṃ
kāśyapasya dhutadharmadhāriṇo /
devasaṃghā muditā nabhe sthitā
vyāharanti vacanaṃ manoramaṃ //
sādhu sādhu dhutadharmakovidā