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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 53.33
तं अवच बोधिसत्वो प्रियेषु मातापितॄषु दयितेषु ।
कारणम् उपसंजनेत्व इमां गिराम् अभ्युदीरेमि ॥ ३३ ॥
taṃ avaca bodhisatvo priyeṣu mātāpitṝṣu dayiteṣu |
kāraṇam upasaṃjanetva imāṃ girām abhyudīremi || 33 ||
Then the Bodhisattva, feeling pity for his dear and beloved parents, spoke these words in reply:— (33)
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: “taṃ avaca bodhisatvo priyeṣu mātāpitṝṣu dayiteṣu ”
- 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]
- ava -
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ava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[compound]√av (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]√u (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bodhi -
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bodhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bodhin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bodhin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- satvo -
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- priyeṣu -
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priya (noun, masculine)[locative plural]priya (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- mātāpitṝ -
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mātāpitṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- ṛṣu -
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ṛṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ṛ (noun, feminine)[locative plural]ṛ (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- dayiteṣu -
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dayita (noun, masculine)[locative plural]dayita (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- Line 2: “kāraṇam upasaṃjanetva imāṃ girām abhyudīremi ”
- kāraṇam -
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kāraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kāraṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- upasañ -
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upasam (Preverb)[Preverb]
- janet -
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√jan (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- va*i -
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va (noun, masculine)[locative single]va (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ve (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- im -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- imām -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[accusative single]
- girām -
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gir (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]gir (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]gir (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]girā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Cannot analyse abhyudīremi
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 53.33
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit