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 67.157

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यत्तका ते हस्ती अश्वा च सर्वेषां कर्णा पिधीयन्तु ।
मा मम सिंहनादेन स्वकं सैन्यं भजिष्यति ॥ १५७ ॥

yattakā te hastī aśvā ca sarveṣāṃ karṇā pidhīyantu |
mā mama siṃhanādena svakaṃ sainyaṃ bhajiṣyati || 157 ||

“Let the ears of all the elephants and horses you have he stopped, lest your own army he shattered when it hears my lion-roar. (157)
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 (67.157). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatta, Tad, Yushmad, Hastin, Hasti, Ashva, Sarva, Karna, Mas, Asmad, Simhanada, Svaka, Sainya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 67.157). 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: “yattakā te hastī aśvā ca sarveṣāṃ karṇā pidhīyantu ”
yatta -
yatta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yat -> yatta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √yat class 1 verb]

√yat -> yatta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √yat class 1 verb]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
hastī -
hastī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

hastī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

hastin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aśvā -
aśvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sarveṣām -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
karṇā -
karṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse pidhīyantu
Line 2: “mā mama siṃhanādena svakaṃ sainyaṃ bhajiṣyati ”
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mama -
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]
siṃhanādena -
siṃhanāda (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
svakam -
svaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

svakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sainyam -
sainya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sainya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sainyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhajiṣyati -
√bhaj (verb class 1)

[future active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 67.157

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019