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 4.65

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सो ऽहं मैत्रीं प्रतिज्ञाय पुरुषार्थात्पराङ्मुखम् ।
यदि त्वां समुपेक्षेयं न भवेन्मित्रता मयि ॥ ६५ ॥

so 'haṃ maitrīṃ pratijñāya puruṣārthātparāṅmukham |
yadi tvāṃ samupekṣeyaṃ na bhavenmitratā mayi || 65 ||

'If I, after having promised my friendship, were not to heed when thou turnest away from the great end of man, there would be no friendship in me.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sah, Aha, Asmad, Maitri, Pratijna, Purushartha, Paranmukha, Yadi, Yad, Tva, Yushmad, Upeksha, Iyam, Idam, Mitrata, Mayi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.65). 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: “so 'haṃ maitrīṃ pratijñāya puruṣārthātparāṅmukham ”
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
maitrīm -
maitrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
pratijñāya -
pratijña (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

pratijña (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
puruṣārthāt -
puruṣārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
parāṅmukham -
parāṅmukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parāṅmukha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “yadi tvāṃ samupekṣeyaṃ na bhavenmitratā mayi ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tvām -
tvā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
upekṣe -
upekṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

upekṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaven -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
mitratā* -
mitratā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mayi -
mayī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[locative single]