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 100.4

तस्यैव राज्ञो अभु अग्रमात्यो नामेन विघुष्टो अभूषि राज्ये ।
सो तं ऋषिं उद्धरिय अवोचत् न मे प्रियं साधु क्षमाहि ब्रह्मे ॥ ४ ॥

tasyaiva rājño abhu agramātyo nāmena vighuṣṭo abhūṣi rājye |
so taṃ ṛṣiṃ uddhariya avocat na me priyaṃ sādhu kṣamāhi brahme || 4 ||

But the king had a chief counsellor in his state, named Vighushta, and he raised up the seer and said to him, “This pleases me not. So deign to forgive me, O holy man.” (4)

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

Tad, Tas, Abhu, Agram, Agra, Naman, Nami, Ina, Ush, Rajya, Rishi, Uddhri, Asmad, Priyam, Pri, Priya, Sadhu, Ksham, Kshama, Ahi, Brahma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 100.4). 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: “tasyaiva rājño abhu agramātyo nāmena vighuṣṭo abhūṣi rājye
  • tasyai -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single], [imperative passive first single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • rājño -
  • abhu -
  • abhū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • agram -
  • agram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    agra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    agra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    agrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātyo -
  • nāme -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nāmi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ina -
  • ina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vighuṣṭo -
  • abhū -
  • abhū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • uṣi -
  • uṣ (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • rājye -
  • rājya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    rājya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    rājyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [locative single from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [locative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √rāj], [vocative dual from √rāj], [accusative dual from √rāj], [locative single from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √rāj], [vocative single from √rāj], [vocative dual from √rāj], [accusative dual from √rāj]
    rāj (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
    rāj (verb class 0)
    [present passive first single]
  • Line 2: “so taṃ ṛṣiṃ uddhariya avocat na me priyaṃ sādhu kṣamāhi brahme
  • so -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ṛṣim -
  • ṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • uddhari -
  • uddhṛ (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    uddhṛ (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • ya -
  • 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]
  • avocat -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [aorist active third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • priyam -
  • priyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    priya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    priya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    priyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    prī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sādhu -
  • sādhu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sādhu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    sādhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sādhu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kṣamā -
  • kṣama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣam (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    kṣamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ahi -
  • ahi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ahī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    ahī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • brahme -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    brahmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 100.4

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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