![Mahavastu [sanskrit verses and english] - book cover](/images/book-cover-default.png)
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 52.134
तेन तपेन वरो यं मार्गेति मे स समृध्यतु अर्थो ।
अहम् अपि तेन पथेन गच्छेय महानरवरेण ॥ १३४ ॥
tena tapena varo yaṃ mārgeti me sa samṛdhyatu artho |
aham api tena pathena gaccheya mahānaravareṇa || 134 ||
“May my purpose prosper through the life of austerity which the excellent man seeks. May I, too, go along that way with the most excellent Great Man.” (134)
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 (52.134). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Tena, Tapa, Vara, Varas, Yah, Marga, Iti, Asmad, Rithu, Aha, Api, Patha, Mahana, Rava,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 52.134). 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: “tena tapena varo yaṃ mārgeti me sa samṛdhyatu artho ”
- tena -
-
tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- tapena -
-
tapa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]tapa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- varo* -
-
varas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yam -
-
ya (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- mārge -
-
mārga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]mārga (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mārgā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√mārg (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- iti -
-
iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- me -
-
ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- sa -
-
sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sam -
-
sa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sam (Preverb)[Preverb]
- ṛdhyatu -
-
√ṛdh (verb class 4)[imperative active third single]
- ar -
-
a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ṛtho -
-
ṛthu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ṛthu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “aham api tena pathena gaccheya mahānaravareṇa ”
- aham -
-
aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- api -
-
api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- tena -
-
tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- pathena -
-
patha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- gaccheya -
-
√gam (verb class 1)[optative middle first single]
- mahāna -
-
mahāna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mahāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rava -
-
rava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√ru (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- reṇa -
-
ra (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ra (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]√raṇ (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]√raṇ (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 52.134
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit