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 4.89

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मृत्युव्याधिजराधर्मो मृत्युव्याधिजरात्मभिः ।
रममाणो ऽप्यसंविग्नः समानो मृगपक्षिभिः ॥ ८९ ॥

mṛtyuvyādhijarādharmo mṛtyuvyādhijarātmabhiḥ |
ramamāṇo 'pyasaṃvignaḥ samāno mṛgapakṣibhiḥ || 89 ||

'He who himself subject to death, disease, and old age, can sport undisturbed with those whose very nature implies death, disease, and old age, such a man is on a level with birds and beasts.
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 (4.89). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vyadhin, Vyadhi, Jaradharma, Jara, Atman, Ramamana, Apya, Samvigna, Samana, Mrigapakshin, Mrigapakshi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.89). 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: “mṛtyuvyādhijarādharmo mṛtyuvyādhijarātmabhiḥ ”
mṛtyu -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
vyādhi -
vyādhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vyādhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
jarādharmo* -
jarādharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mṛtyu -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
vyādhi -
vyādhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vyādhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
jarā -
jara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√jṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√jṝ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ātmabhiḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “ramamāṇo 'pyasaṃvignaḥ samāno mṛgapakṣibhiḥ ”
ramamāṇo' -
√ram -> ramamāṇa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √ram class 1 verb]
apya -
apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃvignaḥ -
saṃvigna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
samāno* -
samāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mṛgapakṣibhiḥ -
mṛgapakṣin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

mṛgapakṣī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]