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 3.90
ātmānam adhikṛtya bhagavān etam arthaṃ tu vyākare //
anavarāgrasmiṃ saṃsāre yatra me uṣitaṃ purā /
vālāho haṃ tadā āsī maṃjukeśo hayottamo /
vāṇijānāṃ śatā paṃca āsi saṃjayito tadā //
evam idaṃ aparimitaṃ bahuduḥkhaṃ
uccanīcacaritam idaṃ purāṇaṃ /
vigatajvaro vigatabhayo aśoko
svajātakaṃ bhāṣati bhikṣusaṃghamadhye //
_____samāptaṃ śāriputramaudgalyāyanapramukhānāṃ paṃcānāṃ bhikṣuśatānāṃ rākṣasīdvīpakṣiptānāṃ jātakaṃ //
atha khalu saṃjayī vairaṭiputro parivrājako rājagṛhe nagare catvaraśṛṃgāṭake śravaṇāmukheṣu āha //
āgato śramaṇo gautamo magadhānāṃ girivrajaṃ /
(sarve saṃjaye) netvāna kaṃ su nāma nayiṣyati //
etaṃ prakaraṇaṃ bhikṣū bhagavato ārocayanti // bhagavān āha //
nayanti ve mahāvīrā saddharmeṇa tathāgatā /
dharmeṇa nayamānānāṃ kā asūyā vijānato //
bhagavān msamyaksaṃbuddho yad arthaṃ samudāgato tam arthaṃ abhisaṃbhāvayitvā rājagṛhe viharati śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca // aśroṣīt khalu kapilavāstavyā śākyaśākyāyānīyaḥ / bhagavāṃ kila pravṛttapravaradharmacakraḥ rājagṛhe viharati devamanuṣyāṇāṃ
anavarāgrasmiṃ saṃsāre yatra me uṣitaṃ purā /
vālāho haṃ tadā āsī maṃjukeśo hayottamo /
vāṇijānāṃ śatā paṃca āsi saṃjayito tadā //
evam idaṃ aparimitaṃ bahuduḥkhaṃ
uccanīcacaritam idaṃ purāṇaṃ /
vigatajvaro vigatabhayo aśoko
svajātakaṃ bhāṣati bhikṣusaṃghamadhye //
_____samāptaṃ śāriputramaudgalyāyanapramukhānāṃ paṃcānāṃ bhikṣuśatānāṃ rākṣasīdvīpakṣiptānāṃ jātakaṃ //
atha khalu saṃjayī vairaṭiputro parivrājako rājagṛhe nagare catvaraśṛṃgāṭake śravaṇāmukheṣu āha //
āgato śramaṇo gautamo magadhānāṃ girivrajaṃ /
(sarve saṃjaye) netvāna kaṃ su nāma nayiṣyati //
etaṃ prakaraṇaṃ bhikṣū bhagavato ārocayanti // bhagavān āha //
nayanti ve mahāvīrā saddharmeṇa tathāgatā /
dharmeṇa nayamānānāṃ kā asūyā vijānato //
bhagavān msamyaksaṃbuddho yad arthaṃ samudāgato tam arthaṃ abhisaṃbhāvayitvā rājagṛhe viharati śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca // aśroṣīt khalu kapilavāstavyā śākyaśākyāyānīyaḥ / bhagavāṃ kila pravṛttapravaradharmacakraḥ rājagṛhe viharati devamanuṣyāṇāṃ