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 6.26

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अनेन तव भावेन बान्धवायासदायिना ।
भर्तः सीदति मे चेतो नदीपङ्क इव द्विपः ॥ २६ ॥

anena tava bhāvena bāndhavāyāsadāyinā |
bhartaḥ sīdati me ceto nadīpaṅka iva dvipaḥ || 26 ||

'At this state of mind of thine, causing affliction to thy kindred, my mind, O my lord, sinks down like an elephant in the mud of a river.
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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 (6.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ana, Anena, Idam, Yushmad, Bhavena, Bhava, Bandhava, Asada, Ayin, Bhartri, Sidat, Asmad, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Nadipanka, Iva, Dvipa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.26). 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: “anena tava bhāvena bāndhavāyāsadāyinā ”
anena -
anena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
bhāvena -
bhāvena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
bāndhavāyā -
bāndhava (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
āsadā -
āsada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ayinā -
ayin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ayin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “bhartaḥ sīdati me ceto nadīpaṅka iva dvipaḥ ”
bhartaḥ -
bhartṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
sīdati -
√sad -> sīdat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sad class 1 verb]

√sad -> sīdat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sad class 1 verb]

√sad (verb class 1)

[present active third 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]
ceto* -
cetas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dvipaḥ -
dvipa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]