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 35.56

यस्मिं तदहो जातो छत्रं च वीजनीं च ग्रहेत्वान ।
अस्थान्सु अन्तरीक्षे दृष्ट्वा किं रोदिषि ब्रह्म ॥ ५६ ॥

yasmiṃ tadaho jāto chatraṃ ca vījanīṃ ca grahetvāna |
asthānsu antarīkṣe dṛṣṭvā kiṃ rodiṣi brahma || 56 ||

“Why do you weep, brahman, on seeing him, on the day of whose birth devas stood in the air carrying sunshades and fans? (56)

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

Tada, Jatu, Chatra, Vijat, Graha, Grahi, Itvan, Ana, Astha, Antariksha, Kim, Brahma, Brahman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 35.56). 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: “yasmiṃ tadaho jāto chatraṃ ca vījanīṃ ca grahetvāna
  • Cannot analyse yasmim*ta
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ho* -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jāto -
  • jātu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    jātu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • chatram -
  • chatra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chatra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    chatrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vījan -
  • vīj -> vījat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vīj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vīj class 1 verb]
  • ī -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • grahe -
  • graha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    graha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    grahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    grahi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • itvā -
  • itvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    itvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> itvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √i]
  • ana -
  • ana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “asthānsu antarīkṣe dṛṣṭvā kiṃ rodiṣi brahma
  • asthā -
  • asthā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ān -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • su -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • antarīkṣe -
  • antarīkṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rodiṣi -
  • rud (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • brahma -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 35.56

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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