Ratnamalavadana [sanskrit]

83,177 words | ISBN-10: 8172702957 | ISBN-13: 9788172702953

The Sanskrit edition of the Ratnamalavadana: a collection of Buddhist stories (avadana) belonging to the Mahayana tradition. Literally, “a garland of precious gems” or “a collection of edifying tales”, these 38 stories revolve around king Ashoka and the monk Upagupta. Original titles: Ratnamālāvadāna (रत्नमालावदान), Ratnamālā-āvadāna (रत्नमाला-आवदान, Ratnamala-avadana)

Verse 7.77

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अधर्मात्कामभोग्यं तु केवलं पापसाधनं ।
कामार्थे क्लेशिता लोकाः कामार्थे दुःखभागिनः ॥ ७७ ॥ {७७}

adharmātkāmabhogyaṃ tu kevalaṃ pāpasādhanaṃ |
kāmārthe kleśitā lokāḥ kāmārthe duḥkhabhāginaḥ || 77 || {77}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.77 is contained in the book Ratnamalavadana by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adharma, Kama, Bhogya, Kevalam, Kevala, Papa, Sadhana, Kamartha, Kleshita, Loka, Duhkhabhagin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.77). 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: “adharmātkāmabhogyaṃ tu kevalaṃ pāpasādhanaṃ ”
adharmāt -
adharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
kāma -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhogyam -
bhogya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhogya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

bhogyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kevalam -
kevalam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kevala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kevala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

kevalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pāpa -
pāpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pāpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sādhanam -
sādhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sādhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sādhanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “kāmārthe kleśitā lokāḥ kāmārthe duḥkhabhāginaḥ || 77 |”
kāmārthe -
kāmārtha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kleśitā* -
kleśita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kleśitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kliś -> kleśita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kliś], [vocative plural from √kliś]

√kliś -> kleśitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kliś], [vocative plural from √kliś], [accusative plural from √kliś]
lokāḥ -
loka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
kāmārthe -
kāmārtha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
duḥkhabhāginaḥ -
duḥkhabhāgin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

duḥkhabhāgin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Cannot analyse 77

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021