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 6.36

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नास्मि यातुं पुरं शक्तो दह्यमानेन चेतसा ।
त्वामरण्ये परित्यज्य सुमित्र इव राघवम् ॥ ३६ ॥

nāsmi yātuṃ puraṃ śakto dahyamānena cetasā |
tvāmaraṇye parityajya sumitra iva rāghavam || 36 ||

'I cannot go to the city with my soul thus burning, leaving thee behind in the forest as Sumitra left the son of Raghu.
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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 (6.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nri, Yatu, Pur, Pura, Shakta, Dah, Amana, Cetas, Tva, Yushmad, Aranya, Parityajya, Sumitra, Iva, Raghava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.36). 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: “nāsmi yātuṃ puraṃ śakto dahyamānena cetasā ”
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

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

[present active first single]
yātum -
√yā -> yātum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √yā]

yātu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
puram -
pura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

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

purā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

pur (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śakto* -
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]
dahya -
√dah -> dahya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dah]

dah (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dah (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
amānena -
amāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
cetasā -
cetas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “tvāmaraṇye parityajya sumitra iva rāghavam ”
tvām -
tvā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
araṇye -
araṇya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

araṇya (noun, neuter)

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

araṇyā (noun, feminine)

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

√raṇ (verb class 1)

[imperfect passive first single]

√raṇ (verb class 10)

[imperfect passive first single]

√raṇ (verb class 4)

[imperfect passive first single]

√raṇ (verb class 0)

[imperfect passive first single]
parityajya -
parityajya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sumitra* -
sumitra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rāghavam -
rāghava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]