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 6.68

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क्वचित्प्रदध्यौ विललाप च क्वचित् क्वचित्प्रचस्खाल पपात च क्वचित् ।
अतो व्रजन् भक्तिवशेन दुःखितश्चचार बह्वीरवशः पथि क्रियाः ॥ ६८ ॥

kvacitpradadhyau vilalāpa ca kvacit kvacitpracaskhāla papāta ca kvacit |
ato vrajan bhaktivaśena duḥkhitaścacāra bahvīravaśaḥ pathi kriyāḥ || 68 ||

Sometimes he pondered, sometimes he lamented, sometimes he stumbled, and sometimes he fell; and so going along, wretched through his devoted attachment, he performed all kinds of actions in the road without conscious 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 (6.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kva, Acit, Prada, Vilala, Apa, Pra, Atah, Vrajat, Bhaktivan, Sha, Duhkhita, Bahvi, Avasha, Avashas, Pathin, Pathi, Kriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.68). 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: “kvacitpradadhyau vilalāpa ca kvacit kvacitpracaskhāla papāta ca kvacit ”
kva -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

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

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
acit -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

prada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhyau -
vilalā -
vilalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apa -
apa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kva -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

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

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
acit -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kva -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

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

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
acit -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
caskhāla -
√skhal (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
papāta -
√pā (verb class 3)

[imperative active second plural]

√pat (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√pat (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kva -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

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

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
acit -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “ato vrajan bhaktivaśena duḥkhitaścacāra bahvīravaśaḥ pathi kriyāḥ ”
ato* -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vrajan -
√vraj -> vrajat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vraj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vraj class 1 verb]
bhaktiva -
bhaktivan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

bhaktivan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śena -
śa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
duḥkhitaś -
duḥkhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cacāra -
√car (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
bahvīr -
bahvī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
avaśaḥ -
avaśas (noun, feminine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avaśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vaś (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
pathi -
pathin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [locative single]

pathī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pathī (noun, feminine)

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

pathī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kriyāḥ -
kriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[benedictive active second single]