![Mahavastu [sanskrit verses and english] - book cover](/images/book-cover-default.png)
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 8.9
यं मया कुशलमूलम् अर्जितं तेन मे भवतु सर्वदर्शिता ।
मा च मे प्रणिधि तच् चिरंतरो एवम् एष प्रणिधिः प्रवर्ततु ॥ ९ ॥
yaṃ mayā kuśalamūlam arjitaṃ tena me bhavatu sarvadarśitā |
mā ca me praṇidhi tac ciraṃtaro evam eṣa praṇidhiḥ pravartatu || 9 ||
“By the root of goodness I have laid in store may I have insight into all things.May not the realisation of my vow be deferred too long, but may my vow be fulfilled. (9)
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 (8.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yah, Maya, Asmad, Kushalamula, Arjita, Tad, Tena, Sarvadarshin, Tan, Pranidhi, Tat, Ciram, Taru, Evam, Eva, Esha, Pravarta,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 8.9). 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: “yaṃ mayā kuśalamūlam arjitaṃ tena me bhavatu sarvadarśitā ”
- yam -
-
ya (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- mayā -
-
mā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]mayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental single]
- kuśalamūlam -
-
kuśalamūla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- arjitam -
-
arjita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]arjita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]arjitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√ṛj -> arjita (participle, masculine)[adverb from √ṛj]√ṛj -> arjita (participle, neuter)[adverb from √ṛj]√ṛj -> arjitā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √ṛj]√ṛj -> arjita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √ṛj]√ṛj -> arjita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √ṛj], [accusative single from √ṛj]
- tena -
-
tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- me -
-
ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- bhavatu -
-
√bhū (verb class 1)[imperative active third single]
- sarvadarśi -
-
sarvadarśin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sarvadarśin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tā -
-
tā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]tan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “mā ca me praṇidhi tac ciraṃtaro evam eṣa praṇidhiḥ pravartatu ”
- mā -
-
mā (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- ca -
-
ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- me -
-
ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- praṇidhi -
-
praṇidhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]praṇidhī (noun, masculine)[adverb]praṇidhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]praṇidhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tac -
-
tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ciran -
-
ciram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- taro -
-
taru (noun, masculine)[vocative single]taru (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- evam -
-
evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- eṣa -
-
eṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]eṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√eṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]√iṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- praṇidhiḥ -
-
praṇidhi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pravarta -
-
pravarta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tu -
-
tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 8.9
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit