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 88.16

गर्भासये यदि भवे महकल्पकोटी जातश् च जातिशतं खिज्जेय अगं मे सो ।
तद् दुःखं तादृशं शरीरगतं सहेयं सर्वज्ञताय प्रणिधिं न निवर्तयेयं ॥ १६ ॥

garbhāsaye yadi bhave mahakalpakoṭī jātaś ca jātiśataṃ khijjeya agaṃ me so |
tad duḥkhaṃ tādṛśaṃ śarīragataṃ saheyaṃ sarvajñatāya praṇidhiṃ na nivartayeyaṃ || 16 ||

“If I should have to stay amid the dregs of the womb for kotis of great kalpas and if when born this body of mine should be maimed during a hundred lives, I could bear my body undergoing such affliction ere I would forswear my vow to win omniscience. (16)

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 (88.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Garbha, Asi, Yadi, Yad, Bhava, Bhu, Maha, Kalpaka, Ush, Jatri, Jata, Jati, Shata, Aga, Asmad, Tad, Tat, Duhkham, Duhkha, Tadrish, Tadrisha, Shariragata, Sarvajnata, Aya, Pranidhi, Nivarta, Iyam, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 88.16). 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: “garbhāsaye yadi bhave mahakalpakoṭī jātaś ca jātiśataṃ khijjeya agaṃ me so
  • garbhā -
  • garbha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    garbhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asaye -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    say (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • bhave -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • maha -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    maha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kalpako -
  • kalpaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kalpaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kalpakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative 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]
  • jātaś -
  • jātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    jāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jāti -
  • jāti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • śatam -
  • śata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse khijjeya*ag
  • agam -
  • aga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    agā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • Line 2: “tad duḥkhaṃ tādṛśaṃ śarīragataṃ saheyaṃ sarvajñatāya praṇidhiṃ na nivartayeyaṃ
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • duḥkham -
  • duḥkham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    duḥkhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tādṛśam -
  • tādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tādṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tādṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tādṛś (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śarīragatam -
  • śarīragata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śarīragata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • saheyam -
  • sah (verb class 1)
    [optative active first single]
  • sarvajñatā -
  • sarvajñatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aya -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • praṇidhim -
  • praṇidhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nivartaye -
  • nivartā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • iyam -
  • iyam (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 88.16

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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