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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 75.125
अनवराग्रस्मिं संसारे यत्र मे उषितं पुरा ।
वालाहो हं तदा आसी मंजुकेशो हयोत्तमो ।
वाणिजानां शता पंच आसि संजयितो तदा ॥ १२५ ॥
anavarāgrasmiṃ saṃsāre yatra me uṣitaṃ purā |
vālāho haṃ tadā āsī maṃjukeśo hayottamo |
vāṇijānāṃ śatā paṃca āsi saṃjayito tadā || 125 ||
“When,” said he, “I lived of yore in one of my lives in the round of rebirth that has no beginning nor end, then was I Valaha, the lovely horse, the best of steeds. And Sanjayin was then one of the five hundred merchants.” (125)
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 (75.125). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Samsara, Samsari, Yatra, Asmad, Ushita, Pura, Pur, Vala, Ahan, Ham, Tada, Manju, Kesha, Haya, Utta, Vanija, Shata, Pac, Panca,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 75.125). 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: “anavarāgrasmiṃ saṃsāre yatra me uṣitaṃ purā ”
- Cannot analyse anavarāgrasmim*sa
- saṃsāre -
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saṃsāra (noun, masculine)[locative single]saṃsāri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]saṃsāri (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- yatra -
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yatra (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- uṣitam -
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uṣita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]uṣita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uṣitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vas -> uṣita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vas class 1 verb]√vas -> uṣita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vas class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vas class 1 verb]√vas -> uṣita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vas class 6 verb]√vas -> uṣita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vas class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vas class 6 verb]
- purā -
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purā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pur (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]purā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “vālāho haṃ tadā āsī maṃjukeśo hayottamo ”
- vālā -
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vāla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vāla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vālā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aho* -
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ahan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ahar (noun, neuter)[adverb]√has (verb class 1)[aorist active second single]
- ham -
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ham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hā (noun, feminine)[adverb]han (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- tadā* -
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tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- āsī -
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- mañju -
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mañju (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]mañju (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]mañju (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- keśo* -
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keśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- hayo -
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haya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]hā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]hayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√hay (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- utta -
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utta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]utta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ud -> utta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ud class 6 verb], [vocative single from √ud class 7 verb]√ud -> utta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ud class 6 verb], [vocative single from √ud class 7 verb]√und -> utta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √und class 6 verb], [vocative single from √und class 7 verb]√und -> utta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √und class 6 verb], [vocative single from √und class 7 verb]
- mo -
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mu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- Line 3: “vāṇijānāṃ śatā paṃca āsi saṃjayito tadā ”
- vāṇijānām -
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vāṇija (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- śatā -
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śatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- pañca* -
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pac (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]pañca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- āsi -
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√ās (verb class 2)[imperfect middle first single]
- sañjayi -
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sañjayin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- to -
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- tadā -
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tadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tadā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 75.125
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit