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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 64.156
न कामसेवी हि इमं प्रदेशं द्विजाभिकीर्णं स्फुट पादपेहि ।
न चापि एवं स्फुट लक्षणेहि सेवित्व कामां लभे आत्मभावं ॥ १५६ ॥
na kāmasevī hi imaṃ pradeśaṃ dvijābhikīrṇaṃ sphuṭa pādapehi |
na cāpi evaṃ sphuṭa lakṣaṇehi sevitva kāmāṃ labhe ātmabhāvaṃ || 156 ||
“For if he had pursued the pleasures of sense he would not have gained this spot which is crowded with birds and full of trees; no more could he, if he had pursued the pleasures of sense have his body covered with the marks of excellence. (156)
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 (64.156). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kama, Sevin, Idam, Pradesha, Dvija, Abhi, Kirna, Sphuta, Padapa, Capin, Capi, Evam, Eva, Lakshana, Sevitva, Labha, Atmabhava,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “na kāmasevī hi imaṃ pradeśaṃ dvijābhikīrṇaṃ sphuṭa pādapehi ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāma -
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kāma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kāma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sevī -
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sevin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- imam -
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idam (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- pradeśam -
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pradeśa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- dvijā -
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dvija (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dvija (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dvijā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- abhi -
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abhi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]abhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]abhi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]abhī (noun, masculine)[adverb]abhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhī (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kīrṇam -
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kīrṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kīrṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kīrṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√kṝ -> kīrṇa (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]√kṝ -> kīrṇa (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
- sphuṭa -
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sphuṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sphuṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sphuṭ (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- pādape -
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pādapa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]pādapā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ihi -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “na cāpi evaṃ sphuṭa lakṣaṇehi sevitva kāmāṃ labhe ātmabhāvaṃ ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sphuṭa -
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sphuṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sphuṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sphuṭ (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- lakṣaṇe -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ihi -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second single]
- sevitva -
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sevitva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāmām -
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kāmā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- labhe -
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labha (noun, masculine)[locative single]labha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]labhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√labh (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- ātmabhāvam -
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ātmabhāva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.156
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit