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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 64.273
ये सत्व श्रुत्वा गुणम् एवरूपं प्रसन्नचित्ता स्मरे लोकनाथं ।
तेषां सुलाभा विजहिय दुर्गतीयो बोधी च तेषां मता नचिरेण ॥ २७३ ॥
ye satva śrutvā guṇam evarūpaṃ prasannacittā smare lokanāthaṃ |
teṣāṃ sulābhā vijahiya durgatīyo bodhī ca teṣāṃ matā nacireṇa || 273 ||
“Beings who have heard of such great worth as this, will devoutly remember the Saviour of the world. Ease will be theirs when they have left the spheres of woe, and ere long enlightenment will be honoured of them.” (273)
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 (64.273). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yah, Yat, Satvan, Guna, Eva, Rupa, Prasanna, Citta, Smara, Lokanatha, Tad, Sulabha, Vija, Durgati, Bodhi, Bodhin, Mata, Nacira,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.273). 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: “ye satva śrutvā guṇam evarūpaṃ prasannacittā smare lokanāthaṃ ”
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- satva -
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satvan (noun, masculine)[compound]satvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śrutvā -
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√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √śru]
- guṇam -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]guṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rūpam -
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rūpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rūpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rūpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prasanna -
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prasanna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prasanna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cittā -
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cittā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- smare -
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smara (noun, masculine)[locative single]smara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]smarā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- lokanātham -
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lokanātha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lokanātha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lokanāthā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “teṣāṃ sulābhā vijahiya durgatīyo bodhī ca teṣāṃ matā nacireṇa ”
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- sulābhā* -
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sulābha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sulābhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vija -
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vija (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vija (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vij (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- ya -
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- durgatī -
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durgati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]durgati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]durgati (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]durgatī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]durgatī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]durgatī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- iyo* -
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ī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]ī (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- bodhī -
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bodhi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]bodhin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- matā* -
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mata (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]matā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√man -> mata (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb]√man -> matā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 8 verb]
- nacireṇa -
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nacira (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]nacira (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.273
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit