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 5.37

< Previous

Next >

अथ मेरुगुरुर्गुरुं बभाषे यदि नास्ति क्रम एष नास्ति वार्यः ।
शरणाज्ज्वलनेन दह्यमानान्न हि निश्चिक्रमिषुं क्षमं ग्रहीतुम् ॥ ३७ ॥

atha merugururguruṃ babhāṣe yadi nāsti krama eṣa nāsti vāryaḥ |
śaraṇājjvalanena dahyamānānna hi niścikramiṣuṃ kṣamaṃ grahītum || 37 ||

Then he who was firm as Mount Meru addressed his father: 'If this is impossible, then this course of mine is not to be hindered; it is not right to lay hold of one who would escape from a house that is on fire.
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 (5.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Meruguru, Guru, Yadi, Yad, Nasti, Krama, Esha, Vari, Varya, Sharana, Ajju, Ala, Mana, Nishcikramishu, Ksham, Kshama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.37). 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: “atha merugururguruṃ babhāṣe yadi nāsti krama eṣa nāsti vāryaḥ ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
merugurur -
meruguru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

meruguru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
gurum -
guru (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
babhāṣe -
√bhāṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
krama* -
krama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

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

[indeclinable]
vāryaḥ -
vārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vṛ -> vārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ]
Line 2: “śaraṇājjvalanena dahyamānānna hi niścikramiṣuṃ kṣamaṃ grahītum ”
śaraṇā -
śaraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śaraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ajjva -
ajjū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
ala -
ala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√al (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
nena -
na (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

na (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
dahya -
√dah -> dahya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dah]
mānānn -
māna (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√man -> māna (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √man class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 8 verb]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
niścikramiṣum -
niścikramiṣu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

niścikramiṣu (noun, feminine)

[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]
grahītum -
√grah -> grahītum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √grah]