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 6.19

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अयं च किल पूर्वेषामस्माकं निश्चयः स्थिरः ।
इति दायादभूतेन न शोच्यो ऽस्मि पथा व्रजन् ॥ १९ ॥

ayaṃ ca kila pūrveṣāmasmākaṃ niścayaḥ sthiraḥ |
iti dāyādabhūtena na śocyo 'smi pathā vrajan || 19 ||

'"This was the firm persuasion of our predecessors,—I as one departing by a common road am not to be mourned for by my heir.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (6.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aya, Idam, Kila, Purva, Asmaka, Asmad, Nishcaya, Sthira, Iti, Dayada, Bhuta, Shocya, Patha, Vrajat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.19). 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: “ayaṃ ca kila pūrveṣāmasmākaṃ niścayaḥ sthiraḥ ”
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]

kila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kil (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
pūrveṣām -
pūrva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
asmākam -
asmāka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asmāka (noun, neuter)

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

asmākā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive plural]
niścayaḥ -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sthiraḥ -
sthira (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “iti dāyādabhūtena na śocyo 'smi pathā vrajan ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
bhūtena -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śocyo' -
śocya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śuc -> śocya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śuc class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śuc class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śuc]

√śuc -> śocya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śuc]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
pathā* -
patha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vrajan -
√vraj -> vrajat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vraj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vraj class 1 verb]