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 5.65

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विमृशेद्यदि योषितां मनुष्यः प्रकृतिं स्वप्नविकारमीदृशं च ।
ध्रुवमत्र न वर्धयेत्प्रमादं गुणसङ्कल्पहतस्तु रागमेति ॥ ६५ ॥

vimṛśedyadi yoṣitāṃ manuṣyaḥ prakṛtiṃ svapnavikāramīdṛśaṃ ca |
dhruvamatra na vardhayetpramādaṃ guṇasaṅkalpahatastu rāgameti || 65 ||

'If a man would but consider the natural state of women and this change produced in them by sleep, assuredly he would not cherish his folly; but he is smitten from a right will and so succumbs to passion.'
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 (5.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vimrisha, Yoshit, Yoshita, Manushi, Manushya, Prakriti, Svapnavikara, Idrish, Idrisha, Dhruvam, Dhruva, Atra, Pramada, Guna, Sankalpa, Hata, Raga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.65). 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: “vimṛśedyadi yoṣitāṃ manuṣyaḥ prakṛtiṃ svapnavikāramīdṛśaṃ ca ”
vimṛśe -
vimṛśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
dya -
dī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√dā (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yoṣitām -
yoṣit (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

yoṣitā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
manuṣyaḥ -
manuṣī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

manuṣya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prakṛtim -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
svapnavikāram -
svapnavikāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
īdṛśam -
īdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

īdṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

īdṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

īdṛś (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

īdṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “dhruvamatra na vardhayetpramādaṃ guṇasaṅkalpahatastu rāgameti ”
dhruvam -
dhruvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dhruva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhruva (noun, neuter)

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

dhruvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vardhayet -
√vardh (verb class 10)

[optative active third single]

√vṛdh (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
pramādam -
pramāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
guṇa -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṅkalpa -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hatas -
hata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√han -> hata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √han class 1 verb], [nominative single from √han class 2 verb]

√han (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
rāgam -
rāga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rāgā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]