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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 103.1
किं स्व अधिपती राजा कथं भोति रजस्वरो ।
कथं स्व विरजो भोति कथं बालो ति वुच्चति ॥ १ ॥
kiṃ sva adhipatī rājā kathaṃ bhoti rajasvaro |
kathaṃ sva virajo bhoti kathaṃ bālo ti vuccati || 1 ||
Through being sovereign of what is a man a king? How does he become a slave of passion? How does he become free of passion? And how does he come to be called a weakling? (1)
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 (103.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kim, Sva, Svan, Adhipati, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Katham, Katha, Bha, Bhu, Viraja, Virajas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 103.1). 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: “kiṃ sva adhipatī rājā kathaṃ bhoti rajasvaro ”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- sva -
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sū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]sū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]so (noun, feminine)[adverb]sva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]svan (noun, masculine)[compound]svan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sva (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- adhipatī -
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adhipati (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- rājā -
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rājā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]rājan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]rāj (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]rāj (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bho -
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bha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]bhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]bhu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]bhu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- ūti -
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ūti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ūti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- rajasva -
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√raj (verb class 1)[imperative middle second single]√rañj (verb class 1)[imperative middle second single]
- ro -
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ru (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “kathaṃ sva virajo bhoti kathaṃ bālo ti vuccati ”
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- sva -
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sva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]svan (noun, masculine)[compound]svan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sva (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- virajo* -
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virajas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]virajas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]viraja (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bho -
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bha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]bhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]bhu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]bhu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- ūti -
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ūti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ūti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bālo -
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- Cannot analyse ti*vu
- Cannot analyse vuccati
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 103.1
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit