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 4.84

< Previous

Next >

उपपन्नमिदं वाक्यं सौहार्दव्यञ्जकं त्वयि ।
अत्र च त्वानुनेष्यामि यत्र मा दुष्ठु मन्यसे ॥ ८४ ॥

upapannamidaṃ vākyaṃ sauhārdavyañjakaṃ tvayi |
atra ca tvānuneṣyāmi yatra mā duṣṭhu manyase || 84 ||

'This speech manifesting affection is well-befitting in thee; but I will convince thee as to where thou wrongly judgest 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 (4.84). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Upapanna, Idam, Vakya, Sauhardavyanjaka, Yushmad, Atra, Tva, Yatra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.84). 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: “upapannamidaṃ vākyaṃ sauhārdavyañjakaṃ tvayi ”
upapannam -
upapanna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

upapanna (noun, neuter)

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

upapannā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
vākyam -
vākya (noun, neuter)

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

√vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
sauhārdavyañjakam -
sauhārdavyañjaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sauhārdavyañjaka (noun, neuter)

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

sauhārdavyañjakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tvayi -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[locative single]
Line 2: “atra ca tvānuneṣyāmi yatra mā duṣṭhu manyase ”
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvān -
tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
une -
u (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ū (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
iṣyāmi -
√iṣ (verb class 4)

[present active first single]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mā* -
Cannot analyse duṣṭhu*ma
manyase -
√man (verb class 4)

[present middle second single], [present passive second single]

√man (verb class 8)

[present passive second single]