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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 75.86
स्वचित्तयमदूतेहि प्रेषिता यमशासनं ।
युष्मे खु दानि गच्छेथ अप्रमादेन स्वं गृहं ॥ ८६ ॥
svacittayamadūtehi preṣitā yamaśāsanaṃ |
yuṣme khu dāni gacchetha apramādena svaṃ gṛhaṃ || 86 ||
“Our own hearts were Yama’s messengers to send us to Yama’s realm. Do ye go, then, without any dallying to your homes. (86)
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 (75.86). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Svacitta, Yamaduta, Preshita, Yama, Shasana, Ushma, Danin, Dani, Han, Apramada, Sva, Grih,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 75.86). 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: “svacittayamadūtehi preṣitā yamaśāsanaṃ ”
- svacitta -
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svacitta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]svacitta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yamadūte -
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yamadūta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
- ihi -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second single]
- preṣitā* -
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preṣita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]preṣitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yama -
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yama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śāsanam -
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śāsana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śāsana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śāsanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “yuṣme khu dāni gacchetha apramādena svaṃ gṛhaṃ ”
- yu -
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i (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]e (noun, masculine)[adverb]yu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]yu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- uṣme -
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uṣma (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- Cannot analyse khu*dā
- dāni -
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dānin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dānin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dānī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]dānī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]dānī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]da (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√dā (verb class 2)[imperative active first single]
- gacchet -
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√gam (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- 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]
- apramādena -
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apramāda (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]apramāda (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- svam -
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sva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]svan (noun, masculine)[adverb]svan (noun, neuter)[adverb]sva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- gṛham -
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gṛha (noun, masculine)[adverb]gṛhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]gṛh (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 75.86
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit