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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 52.81
ततो कुला प्रव्रजितो हं न कामां अभिप्रार्थये ।
प्रहाणाय गमिष्यामि वेश्मं मुक्ता रतनामयं ॥ ८१ ॥
tato kulā pravrajito haṃ na kāmāṃ abhiprārthaye |
prahāṇāya gamiṣyāmi veśmaṃ muktā ratanāmayaṃ || 81 ||
“But I went away from my home, going not to seek pleasures but to renounce them and leave my rich home.” (81)
English translation by J. J. Jones (1949) Read online
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
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Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “tato kulā pravrajito haṃ na kāmāṃ abhiprārthaye ”
- tato -
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- kulā -
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kulā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- pravrajito* -
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pravrajita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ham -
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ham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hā (noun, feminine)[adverb]han (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāmām -
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kāmā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- abhiprā -
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abhipra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- arthaye -
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√arth (verb class 10)[present middle first single]
- Line 2: “prahāṇāya gamiṣyāmi veśmaṃ muktā ratanāmayaṃ ”
- prahāṇāya -
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prahāṇa (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- gamiṣyāmi -
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√gam (verb class 1)[future active first single]√gam (verb class 2)[future active first single]√gam (verb class 3)[future active first single]
- veśmam -
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veśman (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- muktā* -
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mukta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]muktā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √muc class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √muc class 6 verb]√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √muc class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √muc class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √muc class 6 verb]√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √muc class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √muc class 1 verb]√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √muc class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √muc class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √muc class 1 verb]√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √muj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √muj class 1 verb]√muj -> muktā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √muj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √muj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √muj class 1 verb]
- rata -
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rata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ram -> rata (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ram class 1 verb]√ram -> rata (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ram class 1 verb]
- nāmayam -
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nāmaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nāmaya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 52.81
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit