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 1.184
śṛṇohi kusume satyaṃ mātāpitṛvadhe phalaṃ /
anantaraṃ mahāvīciṃ narakaṃ upapadyate //
tato buddhānubhāvena śāstā vadathakovidaḥ /
kusumāyā mahāvīciṃ upadarśeti nāyakaḥ //
tato ca kusumā devī nirayaṃ trasya dāruṇaṃ /
aśruvegaṃ pramuñcantī idaṃ vacanam abravīt* //
mātāpitṛbhyāṃ kāruṇikā duṣṭacittasya kidṛśaṃ /
paraloke phalaṃ bhavati yat satyaṃ tad udīraya //
duṣṭacittasya kusume taṃ cittaṃ syād amuñciyaṃ /
tad eva paralokasmiṃ phalaṃ sadyaṃ ca hiṃsayā //
tato ca pratiniḥsṛjati kusumā dāruṇaṃ manaṃ /
purato dharmarājasya prītisukhasamarpitā //
tato kāmāna āsvādaṃ bhāṣate sarvakovidaḥ /
ādīnavaṃ ca kāmānāṃ bhāṣate puruṣottamaḥ //
tato kāmānāṃ niḥsaraṇaṃ bhāṣate cintyavikramaḥ /
guṇān vadati nirvāṇe adbhutāṃ bhūtadarśimān //
kusumāṃ pramukhāṃ kṛtvā koṭīyo dvādaśa muniḥ /
mānuṣāṇāṃ vinayati upahāro ayaṃ iti //
dhruvo nāma abhūc chreṣṭhī nagare kāśivardhane /
tasyedaṃ darśanaṃ pāpaṃ mātāpitṛsamāgame //
yo mātaraṃ ca pitaraṃ ca jīrṇakaṃ gatayauvanaṃ /
anantaraṃ mahāvīciṃ narakaṃ upapadyate //
tato buddhānubhāvena śāstā vadathakovidaḥ /
kusumāyā mahāvīciṃ upadarśeti nāyakaḥ //
tato ca kusumā devī nirayaṃ trasya dāruṇaṃ /
aśruvegaṃ pramuñcantī idaṃ vacanam abravīt* //
mātāpitṛbhyāṃ kāruṇikā duṣṭacittasya kidṛśaṃ /
paraloke phalaṃ bhavati yat satyaṃ tad udīraya //
duṣṭacittasya kusume taṃ cittaṃ syād amuñciyaṃ /
tad eva paralokasmiṃ phalaṃ sadyaṃ ca hiṃsayā //
tato ca pratiniḥsṛjati kusumā dāruṇaṃ manaṃ /
purato dharmarājasya prītisukhasamarpitā //
tato kāmāna āsvādaṃ bhāṣate sarvakovidaḥ /
ādīnavaṃ ca kāmānāṃ bhāṣate puruṣottamaḥ //
tato kāmānāṃ niḥsaraṇaṃ bhāṣate cintyavikramaḥ /
guṇān vadati nirvāṇe adbhutāṃ bhūtadarśimān //
kusumāṃ pramukhāṃ kṛtvā koṭīyo dvādaśa muniḥ /
mānuṣāṇāṃ vinayati upahāro ayaṃ iti //
dhruvo nāma abhūc chreṣṭhī nagare kāśivardhane /
tasyedaṃ darśanaṃ pāpaṃ mātāpitṛsamāgame //
yo mātaraṃ ca pitaraṃ ca jīrṇakaṃ gatayauvanaṃ /