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 49.16

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एवं च दुःखितो राजा कुमारम् एतद् अब्रवीत् ।
प्रसीद पुत्र कस्य सुखा कामगुणा तथा शुभाः ॥ १६ ॥

evaṃ ca duḥkhito rājā kumāram etad abravīt |
prasīda putra kasya sukhā kāmaguṇā tathā śubhāḥ || 16 ||

The king, in sorrow, said to the prince, “Be content, my son, for your pleasures of sense are already agreeable as well as pleasant.” (16)
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 (49.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Duhkhita, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Kumara, Etad, Pra, Sida, Putra, Kah, Kim, Sukha, Tatha, Shubha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 49.16). 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: “evaṃ ca duḥkhito rājā kumāram etad abravīt ”
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]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
duḥkhito* -
duḥkhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rājā -
rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

rāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kumāram -
kumāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kumāra (noun, neuter)

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

kumārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
etad -
etad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

etad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
abravīt -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
Line 2: “prasīda putra kasya sukhā kāmaguṇā tathā śubhāḥ ”
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
sīda -
sīda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sīda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
putra -
putra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kasya -
√kas -> kasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kas]

ka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]
sukhā -
sukhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kāmaguṇā -
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śubhāḥ -
śubha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śubhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 49.16

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019