Buddha-Carita [sanskrit]

by E. B. Cowell | 2003 | 11,474 words | ISBN-10: 8187418788 | ISBN-13: 9788187418788

The Buddha Carita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Asvaghosa a famous Sanskrit text revolving around the live and exploits of the Buddha. The Buddha Carita (Buddhacarita) is written in the style of a Kavya (or Mahakavya, epic poetry) and extant original Sanskrit text consists of roughly 1,000 metrical verses.

Verse 1.73

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नास्यान्यथात्वं प्रति विक्रिया मे स्वां वञ्चनां तु प्रति विक्लवो ऽस्मि ।
कालो हि मे यातुमयं च जातो जातिक्षयस्यासुलभस्य बोद्धा ॥ ७३ ॥

nāsyānyathātvaṃ prati vikriyā me svāṃ vañcanāṃ tu prati viklavo 'smi |
kālo hi me yātumayaṃ ca jāto jātikṣayasyāsulabhasya boddhā || 73 ||

'I have no feeling of fear as to his being subject to change, but I am distressed for mine own disappointment. It is my time to depart, and this child is now born,—he who knows that mystery hard to attain, the means of destroying birth.
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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 (1.73). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nasya, Atha, Tva, Yushmad, Prati, Vikriya, Asmad, Sva, Vancana, Viklava, Kala, Yatu, Aya, Idam, Jatri, Jata, Jati, Kshaya, Asulabha, Boddhri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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Line 1: “nāsyānyathātvaṃ prati vikriyā me svāṃ vañcanāṃ tu prati viklavo 'smi ”
nāsyānya -
nāsya (noun, neuter)

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

√nās -> nāsya (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √nās class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √nās class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √nās class 1 verb]

√nas -> nāsya (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √nas class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √nas class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √nas class 1 verb]
athā -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vikriyā* -
vikriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
me -
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]
svām -
svā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vañcanām -
vañcanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
viklavo' -
viklava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
Line 2: “kālo hi me yātumayaṃ ca jāto jātikṣayasyāsulabhasya boddhā ”
kālo* -
kāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
me -
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]
yātum -
√yā -> yātum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √yā]

yātu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jāto* -
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]
jāti -
jāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

jātī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
kṣayasyā -
kṣaya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kṣaya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
asulabhasya -
asulabha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

asulabha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
boddhā -
boddhṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√budh (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[periphrastic-future active third single]