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 7.26

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शरीरपीडा तु यदीह धर्मः सुखं शरीरस्य भवत्यधर्मः ।
धर्मेण चाप्नोति सुखं परत्र तस्मादधर्मं फलतीह धर्मः ॥ २६ ॥

śarīrapīḍā tu yadīha dharmaḥ sukhaṃ śarīrasya bhavatyadharmaḥ |
dharmeṇa cāpnoti sukhaṃ paratra tasmādadharmaṃ phalatīha dharmaḥ || 26 ||

'If the mortification of the body here is religion, then the body's happiness is only irreligion; but by religion a man obtains happiness in the next world, therefore religion here bears irreligion as its fruit.
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 (7.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sharirapida, Yadi, Yad, Iha, Dharma, Sukham, Sukha, Sharira, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Adharma, Dharmena, Paratra, Tasmat, Tad, Phalat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 7.26). 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: “śarīrapīḍā tu yadīha dharmaḥ sukhaṃ śarīrasya bhavatyadharmaḥ ”
śarīrapīḍā -
śarīrapīḍā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yadī -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dharmaḥ -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sukham -
sukham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

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

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śarīrasya -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
bhavatya -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

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

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
adharmaḥ -
adharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dharmeṇa cāpnoti sukhaṃ paratra tasmādadharmaṃ phalatīha dharmaḥ ”
dharmeṇa -
dharmeṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dharma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āpnoti -
√āp (verb class 5)

[present active third single]
sukham -
sukham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

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

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
paratra -
paratra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tasmād -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
adharmam -
adharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

adharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
phalatī -
√phal -> phalat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √phal class 1 verb]

√phal -> phalat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √phal class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √phal class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √phal class 1 verb], [locative single from √phal class 1 verb]

√phal (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dharmaḥ -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]