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 4.86

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जरा व्याधिश्च मृत्युश्च यदि न स्यादिदं त्रयम् ।
ममापि हि मनोज्ञेषु विषयेषु रतिर्भवेत् ॥ ८६ ॥

jarā vyādhiśca mṛtyuśca yadi na syādidaṃ trayam |
mamāpi hi manojñeṣu viṣayeṣu ratirbhavet || 86 ||

'Old age, disease, and death—if these three things did not exist, I too should find my enjoyment in the objects that please the mind.
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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 (4.86). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jara, Jaras, Vyadhi, Mrityu, Yadi, Yad, Syat, Sya, Idam, Traya, Asmad, Mama, Api, Manojna, Vishaya, Rati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.86). 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: “jarā vyādhiśca mṛtyuśca yadi na syādidaṃ trayam ”
jarā* -
jara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jarā (noun, feminine)

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

jaras (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

jaras (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vyādhiś -
vyādhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mṛtyuś -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
trayam -
traya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

traya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “mamāpi hi manojñeṣu viṣayeṣu ratirbhavet ”
mamā -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

mamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
manojñeṣu -
manojña (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

manojña (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
viṣayeṣu -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
ratir -
rati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]