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 64.455

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महासमुद्राश् चत्वारो बालेन सिकतां तथा ।
नागकोटीसहस्राणि न तस्य गुण भाषितुं ॥ ४५५ ॥

mahāsamudrāś catvāro bālena sikatāṃ tathā |
nāgakoṭīsahasrāṇi na tasya guṇa bhāṣituṃ || 455 ||

It would be easier for an infant to tell the number of the grains of sand and the thousands of kotis of Nagas in the four great oceans, than it would be to tell this man’s virtue. (455)
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 (64.455). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahasamudra, Catu, Ara, Bala, Sikata, Tatha, Nagaka, Ush, Sahasra, Tad, Guna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.455). 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: “mahāsamudrāś catvāro bālena sikatāṃ tathā ”
mahāsamudrāś -
mahāsamudra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
catvā -
catu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

catu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

catu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
āro* -
āra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√ṛ (verb class 1)

[aorist active second single]

√ṛ (verb class 3)

[aorist active second single]

√ṛ (verb class 5)

[aorist active second single]
bālena -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
sikatām -
sikatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “nāgakoṭīsahasrāṇi na tasya guṇa bhāṣituṃ ”
nāgako -
nāgaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
uṭ -
uṣ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
ī -
ī (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

i (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sahasrāṇi -
sahasra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
guṇa -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāṣitum -
√bhāṣ -> bhāṣitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √bhāṣ]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.455

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019