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 6.6

< Previous

Next >

सर्वथास्म्यन्यकार्यो ऽपि गृहीतो भवता हृदि ।
भर्तृस्नेहश्च यस्यायमीदृशः शक्त एव च ॥ ६ ॥

sarvathāsmyanyakāryo 'pi gṛhīto bhavatā hṛdi |
bhartṛsnehaśca yasyāyamīdṛśaḥ śakta eva ca || 6 ||

'Bent even though I am on other business, I am wholly won in heart by thee,—one who has such a love for his master, and at the same time is able to carry out his wish.
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 (6.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarvatha, Anyaka, Arya, Api, Grihitri, Grihita, Bhavat, Bhavant, Hrid, Bhartrisneha, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Aya, Idam, Idrish, Idrisha, Shakta, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.6). 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: “sarvathāsmyanyakāryo 'pi gṛhīto bhavatā hṛdi ”
sarvathā -
sarvathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
asmya -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
anyakā -
anyaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anyaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

anyakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aryo' -
arya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
gṛhīto* -
gṛhītṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

gṛhīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√grah -> gṛhīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb]
bhavatā -
bhavat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
hṛdi -
hṛd (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “bhartṛsnehaśca yasyāyamīdṛśaḥ śakta eva ca ”
bhartṛsnehaś -
bhartṛsneha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yasyā -
yasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yas -> yasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yas]

yasyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
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]
śakta* -
śakta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]