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 6.29

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श्रुत्वा तु व्यवसायं ते यदश्वो ऽयं मया हृतः ।
बलात्कारेण तन्नाथ दैवेनैवास्मि कारितः ॥ २९ ॥

śrutvā tu vyavasāyaṃ te yadaśvo 'yaṃ mayā hṛtaḥ |
balātkāreṇa tannātha daivenaivāsmi kāritaḥ || 29 ||

'When, on hearing thy resolve, I first brought thee this horse,—it was fate only, O my lord, which made me do it, mastering my will.
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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 (6.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vyavasaya, Tad, Yushmad, Yat, Yad, Ashva, Aya, Idam, Maya, Hrit, Hrita, Balatkara, Tan, Han, Daiva, Karita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.29). 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: “śrutvā tu vyavasāyaṃ te yadaśvo 'yaṃ mayā hṛtaḥ ”
śrutvā -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vyavasāyam -
vyavasāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
aśvo' -
aśva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śū (verb class 1)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mayā* -
maya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hṛtaḥ -
hṛt (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

hṛt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√hṛ -> hṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “balātkāreṇa tannātha daivenaivāsmi kāritaḥ ”
balātkāreṇa -
balātkāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tann -
tan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
āt -
āt (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ha -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
daivenai -
daiva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

daiva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
kāritaḥ -
kārita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kārita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ]