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 6.48

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यस्माद्याति च लोको ऽयं विप्रलभ्य परस्परम् ।
ममत्वं न क्षमं तस्मात्स्वप्नभूते समागमे ॥ ४८ ॥

yasmādyāti ca loko 'yaṃ vipralabhya parasparam |
mamatvaṃ na kṣamaṃ tasmātsvapnabhūte samāgame || 48 ||

'And since this world goes away, each one of us deceiving the other,—it is not right to think anything thine own in a time of union which is a dream.
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 (6.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasmat, Yah, Yat, Yati, Loka, Aya, Idam, Vipralabhya, Parasparam, Paraspara, Mamatva, Ksham, Kshama, Tasmat, Tad, Svapna, Bhuta, Bhuti, Samagama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.48). 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: “yasmādyāti ca loko 'yaṃ vipralabhya parasparam ”
yasmād -
yasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single]
yāti -
yāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

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

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
loko' -
loka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vipralabhya -
vipralabhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vipralabhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
parasparam -
parasparam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paraspara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paraspara (noun, neuter)

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

parasparā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “mamatvaṃ na kṣamaṃ tasmātsvapnabhūte samāgame ”
mamatvam -
mamatva (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]
kṣamam -
kṣama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣama (noun, neuter)

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

kṣamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kṣam (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tasmāt -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
svapna -
svapna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svapna (noun, neuter)

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

[locative single]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

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

bhūtā (noun, feminine)

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

bhūti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

bhūti (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
samāgame -
samāgama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]