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 7.16

अश्मप्रयत्नार्जितवृत्तयो ऽन्ये केचित्स्वदन्तापहतान्नभक्षाः ।
कृत्वा परार्थं श्रपणं तथान्ये कुर्वन्ति कार्यं यदि शेषमस्ति ॥ १६ ॥

aśmaprayatnārjitavṛttayo 'nye kecitsvadantāpahatānnabhakṣāḥ |
kṛtvā parārthaṃ śrapaṇaṃ tathānye kurvanti kāryaṃ yadi śeṣamasti || 16 ||

'Others win their nourishment with great effort from stones, others eat corn ground with their own teeth; some, having boiled for others, dress for themselves what may chance to be left.

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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 (7.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prayatna, Arjita, Vritti, Anya, Kah, Kim, Cit, Adanta, Apahata, Abhaksha, Kritva, Kritvan, Parartha, Shrapana, Kurvat, Karya, Yadi, Yad, Shesha, Asti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “aśmaprayatnārjitavṛttayo 'nye kecitsvadantāpahatānnabhakṣāḥ
  • aśma -
  • aśman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • prayatnā -
  • prayatna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prayatnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arjita -
  • arjita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arjita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛj -> arjita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ṛj]
    ṛj -> arjita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ṛj]
    ṛj -> arjita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ṛj]
    ṛj -> arjita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ṛj]
  • vṛttayo' -
  • vṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • anye -
  • anya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • citsva -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • adantā -
  • adanta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adanta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adantā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apahatānn -
  • apahata (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • abhakṣāḥ -
  • abhakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “kṛtvā parārthaṃ śrapaṇaṃ tathānye kurvanti kāryaṃ yadi śeṣamasti
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • parārtham -
  • parārtha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    parārtha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    parārthā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śrapaṇam -
  • śrapaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śrapaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tathānye -
  • kurvanti -
  • kurvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third plural]
  • kāryam -
  • kārya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kārya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāryā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ], [accusative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śeṣam -
  • śeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śeṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • asti -
  • asti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 7.16

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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