Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-Pundarika) [sanskrit]

by H. Kern | 2013 | 16,351 words | ISBN-13: 9788120801226

The Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-pundarika) is an important Mahayana Buddhist scripture classified as one of the nine Dharmas. the Lotus Sutra deals with a wide range of important Buddhist teachings in twenty-seven chapters including the nature of the Buddhas and the inherent potentiality of becoming Buddha within all beings. This editions only contains the Sanskrit metrical text and the corresponding English translation. Alternative titles: Saddharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra (सद्धर्म-पुण्डरीक-सूत्र).

उपायु सो चिन्तयि तस्मि काले लुब्धा इमे क्रीडनकेषु बालाः ।
न चात्र क्रीडा च रती च काचिद् बालान हो यादृशु मूढभावः ॥ ७० ॥

upāyu so cintayi tasmi kāle lubdhā ime krīḍanakeṣu bālāḥ |
na cātra krīḍā ca ratī ca kācid bālāna ho yādṛśu mūḍhabhāvaḥ || 70 ||

Instantly a device occurred to his mind: These young (and ignorant) children are fond of toys, and have none just now to play with. Oh, they are so foolish!

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Upayu, Kale, Kala, Lubdha, Iyam, Idam, Kridanaka, Bala, Krida, Rati, Acit, Mudha, Bhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 3.70). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “upāyu so cintayi tasmi kāle lubdhā ime krīḍanakeṣu bālāḥ
  • upāyu -
  • upāyu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    upāyu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    upāyu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • Cannot analyse cintayi*ta
  • Cannot analyse tasmi*kā
  • kāle -
  • kāle (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • lubdhā* -
  • lubdha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    lubdhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    lubh -> lubdha (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √lubh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √lubh class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √lubh class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √lubh class 6 verb]
    lubh -> lubdhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √lubh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √lubh class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √lubh class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √lubh class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √lubh class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √lubh class 6 verb]
  • ime -
  • iyam (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • krīḍanakeṣu -
  • krīḍanaka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    krīḍanaka (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • bālāḥ -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “na cātra krīḍā ca ratī ca kācid bālāna ho yādṛśu mūḍhabhāvaḥ
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāt -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • krīḍā -
  • krīḍā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ratī -
  • ratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    rati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • acid -
  • acit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bālān -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ho* -
  • Cannot analyse yādṛśu*mū
  • mūḍha -
  • mūḍha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mūḍha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    muh -> mūḍha (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √muh class 4 verb]
    muh -> mūḍha (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √muh class 4 verb]
  • bhāvaḥ -
  • bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (verb class 2)
    [present active first dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 3.70

Cover of edition (2013)

The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)

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Cover of edition (2001)

The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)

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