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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 52.118
यथ आत्मनो मृगपतिः सर्वजगहितं ततो विशेषेण ।
प्रार्थयति सत्वसारो सत्वान तद् अपि दमाश्चर्यं ॥ ११८ ॥
yatha ātmano mṛgapatiḥ sarvajagahitaṃ tato viśeṣeṇa |
prārthayati satvasāro satvāna tad api damāścaryaṃ || 118 ||
A marvel was it, then, that the lord of animals, the choicest of beings, should seek the welfare of all creation equally with his own. (118)
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 (52.118). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yat, Yad, Atman, Mrigapati, Sarvaja, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vishesha, Prartha, Yati, Satvan, Saru, Satvat, Tat, Api, Dama, Carya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “yatha ātmano mṛgapatiḥ sarvajagahitaṃ tato viśeṣeṇa ”
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- ha*ā -
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ha (noun, masculine)[locative single]ha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]hā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√as (verb class 2)[present middle first single]
- āt -
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āt (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ātmano* -
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ātman (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- mṛgapatiḥ -
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mṛgapati (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sarvaja -
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sarvaja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sarvaja (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gahi -
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gahi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- tato* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- viśeṣeṇa -
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viśeṣa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]viśeṣa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- Line 2: “prārthayati satvasāro satvāna tad api damāścaryaṃ ”
- prārtha -
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prārtha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prārtha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yati -
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yati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yatin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]yat (noun, masculine)[locative single]yat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
- satva -
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satvan (noun, masculine)[compound]satvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sāro -
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sāru (noun, masculine)[vocative single]sāru (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- satvān -
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satvat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- damāś -
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dama (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]damā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- caryam -
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carya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]carya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]caryā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 52.118
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit