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 6.17

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ध्रुवो यस्माच्च विश्लेषस्तस्मान्मोक्षाय मे मतिः ।
विप्रयोगः कथं न स्याद्भूयो ऽपि स्वजनादिभिः ॥ १७ ॥

dhruvo yasmācca viśleṣastasmānmokṣāya me matiḥ |
viprayogaḥ kathaṃ na syādbhūyo 'pi svajanādibhiḥ || 17 ||

'"Since separation is certain, therefore is my mind fixed on liberation; how shall there not be repeated severings from one's kindred?
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 (6.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhruva, Yasmat, Yah, Yat, Vishlesha, Tasmat, Tad, Moksha, Asmad, Mati, Viprayoga, Katham, Katha, Syat, Sya, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Api, Svajana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.17). 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: “dhruvo yasmācca viśleṣastasmānmokṣāya me matiḥ ”
dhruvo* -
dhruva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yasmāc -
yasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viśleṣas -
viśleṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasmān -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
mokṣāya -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative 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]
matiḥ -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “viprayogaḥ kathaṃ na syādbhūyo 'pi svajanādibhiḥ ”
viprayogaḥ -
viprayoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
bhūyo' -
bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhūyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
svajanād -
svajana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ibhiḥ -
i (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]