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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).
Verse 5.3
दुर्बोध्यं चापि तज्ज्ञानं सहसा श्रुत्व बालिशाः ।
काङ्क्षां कुर्युः सुदुर्मेधास्ततो भ्रष्टा भ्रमेयु ते ॥ ३ ॥
durbodhyaṃ cāpi tajjñānaṃ sahasā śrutva bāliśāḥ |
kāṅkṣāṃ kuryuḥ sudurmedhāstato bhraṣṭā bhrameyu te || 3 ||
That science is difficult to be understood; the simple, if hearing it on a sudden, would be perplexed; they would in their ignorance fall out of the way and go astray.
English translation by H. Kern (2013) Buy now!
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Durbodhya, Capin, Capi, Tajjna, Sahasa, Sahas, Shrut, Balisha, Kanksha, Sut, Medha, Medhas, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Bhrashta, Bhrama, Bhrami, Yushmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 5.3). 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: “durbodhyaṃ cāpi tajjñānaṃ sahasā śrutva bāliśāḥ ”
- durbodhyam -
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durbodhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]durbodhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]durbodhyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tajjñān -
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tajjña (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- sahasā -
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sahasā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sahas (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sahas (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sahasā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śrut -
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śrut (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]śrut (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]śrut (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- va -
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va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bāliśāḥ -
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bāliśa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bāliśā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “kāṅkṣāṃ kuryuḥ sudurmedhāstato bhraṣṭā bhrameyu te ”
- kāṅkṣām -
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kāṅkṣā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- kuryuḥ -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third plural]
- sud -
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sut (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sut (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ur -
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u (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- medhās -
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medha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]medhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]medhas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tato* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- bhraṣṭā* -
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bhraṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bhraṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhrame -
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bhrama (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhrami (noun, feminine)[vocative single]bhrami (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- yu -
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yu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]yu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 5.3
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)