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 33.4

+ + + उपेक्षां करुणां च भाव्य आसेवमानो मुदितां च काले ।
मैत्रेण चित्तेन हितानुकंपी एको चरे खड्गविषाणकल्पो ॥ ४ ॥

+ + + upekṣāṃ karuṇāṃ ca bhāvya āsevamāno muditāṃ ca kāle |
maitreṇa cittena hitānukaṃpī eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo || 4 ||

In due time developing equanimity and pity, cultivating sympathy with others, with love in one’s heart, friendly and compassionate, let one live in loneliness like a rhinoceros. (4)

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 (33.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karuna, Bhavya, Bhavi, Ana, Mudita, Kale, Kala, Maitra, Citta, Hita, Uksh, Cara, Cari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 33.4). 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: “+ + + upekṣāṃ karuṇāṃ ca bhāvya āsevamāno muditāṃ ca kāle
  • Cannot analyse ***u
  • Cannot analyse *upekṣām*ka
  • karuṇām -
  • karuṇā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāvya* -
  • bhāvya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhū -> bhāvya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √bhū]
    bhāvī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhāvī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • āsevam -
  • āsevā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āno* -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    an (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • muditām -
  • muditā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    mud -> muditā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √mud class 1 verb]
    mud -> muditā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √mud class 10 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • Line 2: “maitreṇa cittena hitānukaṃpī eko care khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo
  • maitreṇa -
  • maitra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    maitra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • cittena -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    citta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • hitān -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √hi class 5 verb]
  • uk -
  • ukṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ukṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ampī -
  • eko -
  • care -
  • cara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    cara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    carā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cari (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse khaḍgaviṣāṇakalpo

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 33.4

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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