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 12.24

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कुशलेन अनेन अहं कुशलोपचितवराणां चरितानां ।
दुरन्तकवीर्यकर्मो भवेय नाथो अनाथानां ॥ २४ ॥

kuśalena anena ahaṃ kuśalopacitavarāṇāṃ caritānāṃ |
durantakavīryakarmo bhaveya nātho anāthānāṃ || 24 ||

“By the merit of this good deed, may I become an unfailingly strenuous performer of good deeds which heap up merit, and a protector of the unprotected (24)
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 (12.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kushalena, Kushala, Ana, Anena, Idam, Aha, Asmad, Upacita, Vara, Carita, Durantaka, Virya, Bhava, Bhu, Anatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 12.24). 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: “kuśalena anena ahaṃ kuśalopacitavarāṇāṃ caritānāṃ ”
kuśalena -
kuśalena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuśala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kuśala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
anena -
anena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
kuśalo -
kuśala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kuśala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kuśalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upacita -
upacita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

upacita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varāṇām -
vara (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vara (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

varā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
caritānām -
carita (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

carita (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

caritā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “durantakavīryakarmo bhaveya nātho anāthānāṃ ”
durantaka -
durantaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

durantaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vīrya -
vīrya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vīr -> vīrya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vīr]

√vīr -> vīrya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vīr class 10 verb]

√vīr -> vīrya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vīr class 10 verb]
karmo -
bhave -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

bhu (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

bhavā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
iya -
√i (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]
nātho -
anāthānām -
anātha (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

anātha (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

anāthā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 12.24

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019