Mahavastu [sanskrit verses and english]

by Émile Senart | 1882 | 56,574 words

This is the Sanskrit Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition only includes those metrical verses occuring in the various stories and Jatakas, as well as the corresponding English translation by J. J. Jones.

Verse 3.1

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प्रेती गाथां भाषाते ।
पंचानां वर्षशतानां अयं घोषो मया श्रुतं ।
पानीयं प्रेतलोकस्मिं पश्य याव सुदुर्लभं ॥ १ ॥

pretī gāthāṃ bhāṣāte |
paṃcānāṃ varṣaśatānāṃ ayaṃ ghoṣo mayā śrutaṃ |
pānīyaṃ pretalokasmiṃ paśya yāva sudurlabhaṃ || 1 ||

A female ghost (preti) recites a verse: For five hundred years have I heard this cry, “See, how hard it is to get aught to drink in the world of ghosts.” (1)
English translation by J. J. Jones (1949) Read online

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Preti, Gatha, Bhasha, Ati, Panca, Varshashata, Aya, Idam, Ghosha, Maya, Asmad, Shrut, Shruta, Paniya, Pashya, Yava, Sudurlabha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 3.1). 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: “pretī gāthāṃ bhāṣāte ”
pretī -
pretī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pretī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

preti (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
gāthām -
gāthā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
bhāṣā -
bhāṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āte -
āti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “paṃcānāṃ varṣaśatānāṃ ayaṃ ghoṣo mayā śrutaṃ ”
pañcānām -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

pañcā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
varṣaśatānām -
varṣaśata (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ghoṣo* -
ghoṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
śrutam -
śruta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śruta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śrutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śrut (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śrut (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]

√śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
Line 3: “pānīyaṃ pretalokasmiṃ paśya yāva sudurlabhaṃ ”
pānīyam -
pānīya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pānīya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

pānīyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√pā -> pānīya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pānīya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pānīya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pānīya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 2 verb]

√pā -> pānīya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pā class 3 verb]

√pā -> pānīya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 3 verb]
Cannot analyse pretalokasmim*pa
paśya -
paśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]

√paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
yāva -
yāvan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yāva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first dual]
sudurlabham -
sudurlabha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sudurlabha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sudurlabhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 3.1

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019