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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 70.2
अहम् एव न ते भक्ष्यो इमा न पश्यसे पृथू ।
यो माम् अभिमुखं तर्जे यं भाषसि गिराम् इमां ॥ २ ॥
aham eva na te bhakṣyo imā na paśyase pṛthū |
yo mām abhimukhaṃ tarje yaṃ bhāṣasi girām imāṃ || 2 ||
“I am not your prey. Do you not see the crowd that you should threaten me particularly in the verse which you have just recited?” (2)
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 (70.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Aha, Asmad, Eva, Tad, Yushmad, Iyam, Idam, Prithu, Yah, Abhimukham, Abhimukha, Tarja, Bhasha, Gir, Gira,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 70.2). 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: “aham eva na te bhakṣyo imā na paśyase pṛthū ”
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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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]
- bhakṣyo -
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- imā* -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- paśyase -
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√paś (verb class 10)[present passive second single]
- pṛthū -
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pṛthu (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “yo mām abhimukhaṃ tarje yaṃ bhāṣasi girām imāṃ ”
- yo* -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mām -
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mā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- abhimukham -
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abhimukham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]abhimukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]abhimukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tarje -
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tarja (noun, masculine)[locative single]tarja (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- yam -
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ya (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- bhāṣa -
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bhāṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhāṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- si -
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si (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- girām -
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gir (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]gir (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]gir (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]girā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- imām -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 70.2
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit