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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 53.38
निरयं अहं पतिष्यं अदूषकं ऋषिपुत्रं हनित्वान ।
एतादृशा हि हत्वा नरकेषु न मुच्यितुं शक्या ॥ ३८ ॥
nirayaṃ ahaṃ patiṣyaṃ adūṣakaṃ ṛṣiputraṃ hanitvāna |
etādṛśā hi hatvā narakeṣu na mucyituṃ śakyā || 38 ||
“I shall fall down to hell for that I have slain a harmless seer. For those who have slain such men cannot evade the hells. (38)
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 (53.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Niraya, Aha, Asmad, Pat, Ishya, Adu, Ushaka, Rishiputra, Hani, Han, Tva, Etadrisha, Naraka, Shakya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 53.38). 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: “nirayaṃ ahaṃ patiṣyaṃ adūṣakaṃ ṛṣiputraṃ hanitvāna ”
- nirayam -
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niraya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- pat -
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pat (noun, masculine)[compound]pad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- iṣyam -
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iṣya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]√iṣ -> iṣya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √iṣ]√iṣ -> iṣya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √iṣ]√iṣ -> iṣyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √iṣ]√iṣ -> iṣya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √iṣ]√iṣ -> iṣya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √iṣ]√iṣ -> iṣyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √iṣ]√iṣ -> iṣya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √iṣ]√iṣ -> iṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √iṣ], [accusative single from √iṣ]√iṣ -> iṣya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √iṣ]√iṣ -> iṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √iṣ], [accusative single from √iṣ]
- adū -
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adū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]adū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]adū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- ūṣakam -
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ūṣaka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ṛṣiputram -
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ṛṣiputra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- hani -
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hani (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]hanī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]han (noun, masculine)[locative single]han (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- tvān -
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tva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “etādṛśā hi hatvā narakeṣu na mucyituṃ śakyā ”
- etādṛśā* -
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etādṛśa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- hatvā -
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√han -> hatvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √han]√han -> hatvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √han]
- narakeṣu -
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naraka (noun, masculine)[locative plural]naraka (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse mucyitum*śa
- śakyā -
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śakyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√śak -> śakyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 53.38
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit