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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 64.173
वर्षा सहस्रा मया यो पोषितो हि उच्चतीह अयं मम ज्येष्ठपुत्रो ।
सौ गौतमस्य अभूर् इह अनुयात्रो अवसादयिष्यन्तो समारसैन्यं ॥ १७३ ॥
varṣā sahasrā mayā yo poṣito hi uccatīha ayaṃ mama jyeṣṭhaputro |
sau gautamasya abhūr iha anuyātro avasādayiṣyanto samārasainyaṃ || 173 ||
“He whom for thousands of years I have brought up, he, my eldest son, now deserts me. Now is he become a follower of Gotama, ready to ruin Mara and his host.” (173)
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 (64.173). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Varsha, Sahasra, Maya, Poshitri, Poshita, Aya, Idam, Asmad, Gautama, Abhuri, Han, Avas, Avasa, Sama, Arasa, Ainya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.173). 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: “varṣā sahasrā mayā yo poṣito hi uccatīha ayaṃ mama jyeṣṭhaputro ”
- varṣā -
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varṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- sahasrā* -
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sahasra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- mayā* -
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maya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mayā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yo -
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yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- poṣito* -
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poṣitṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]poṣita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√puṣ -> poṣita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √puṣ]√puṣ -> poṣita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √puṣ]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- Cannot analyse uccatīha*ay
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mama -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]√mā (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- Cannot analyse jyeṣṭhaputro
- Line 2: “sau gautamasya abhūr iha anuyātro avasādayiṣyanto samārasainyaṃ ”
- sau -
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si (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- gautamasya -
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gautama (noun, masculine)[genitive single]gautama (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- abhūri -
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abhūri (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]abhūri (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhūri (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- ha -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- anuyātro -
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- avasā -
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avasa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]avasa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]avas (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]avasā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ādayiṣyanto -
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- samā -
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sama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]samā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√sam (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- arasai -
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arasa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]arasa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]arasā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ainyam -
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ainya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.173
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit