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 5.13

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इह चेदहमीदृशः स्वयं सन् विजुगुप्सेय परं तथास्वभावम् ।
न भवेत्सदृशं हि तत्क्षमं वा परमं धर्ममिमं विजानतो मे ॥ १३ ॥

iha cedahamīdṛśaḥ svayaṃ san vijugupseya paraṃ tathāsvabhāvam |
na bhavetsadṛśaṃ hi tatkṣamaṃ vā paramaṃ dharmamimaṃ vijānato me || 13 ||

'If I here, being such myself, should feel disgust for another who has such a nature, it would not be worthy or right in me who know this highest duty.'
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 (5.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iha, Ham, Idrish, Idrisha, Svayam, Sat, Gup, Seya, Param, Para, Tatha, Abhava, Sadrisham, Sadrish, Sadrisha, Tat, Tad, Ksham, Kshama, Paramam, Parama, Dharma, Idam, Vijanat, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.13). 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: “iha cedahamīdṛśaḥ svayaṃ san vijugupseya paraṃ tathāsvabhāvam ”
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ceda -
√cad (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
ham -
ham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

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

hā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

han (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
īdṛśaḥ -
īdṛś (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

īdṛś (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

īdṛś (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

īdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
san -
sat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
viju -
viju (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
gup -
gup (noun, masculine)

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

gup (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
seya -
seya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

seya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sai -> seya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sai class 1 verb]

√sai -> seya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sai class 1 verb]

√si -> seya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]

√si -> seya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]

√say (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tathāsva -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
abhāvam -
abhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “na bhavetsadṛśaṃ hi tatkṣamaṃ vā paramaṃ dharmamimaṃ vijānato me ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[optative active third single]
sadṛśam -
sadṛśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sadṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sadṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

sadṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sadṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kṣamam -
kṣama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣama (noun, neuter)

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

kṣamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kṣam (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
paramam -
paramam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

parama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

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

paramā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
vijānato* -
vijānat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

vijānat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
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]