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 8.12

< Previous

Next >

अथोचुरद्यैव विशाम तद्वनं गतः स यत्र द्विपराजविक्रमः ।
जिजीविषा नास्ति हि तेन नो विना यथेन्द्रियाणां विगमे शरीरिणाम् ॥ १२ ॥

athocuradyaiva viśāma tadvanaṃ gataḥ sa yatra dviparājavikramaḥ |
jijīviṣā nāsti hi tena no vinā yathendriyāṇāṃ vigame śarīriṇām || 12 ||

Then they said, 'Let us go this very day into that forest, whither he is gone, whose gait is like the king of elephants; without him we have no wish to live, like the senses when the souls depart.
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 (8.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Atho, Adyaiva, Tadvan, Tadvat, Gat, Gata, Yatra, Dviparajavikrama, Jijivisha, Nasti, Tad, Tena, Asmad, Vina, Yatha, Indriya, Vigama, Sharirin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.12). 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: “athocuradyaiva viśāma tadvanaṃ gataḥ sa yatra dviparājavikramaḥ ”
atho -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atho (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ūcur -
√uc (verb class 4)

[perfect active third plural]

√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]
adyaiva -
adyaiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
viśāma -
√viś (verb class 6)

[imperative active first plural]
tadvan -
tadvan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

tadvat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
gataḥ -
gat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dviparājavikramaḥ -
dviparājavikrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jijīviṣā nāsti hi tena no vinā yathendriyāṇāṃ vigame śarīriṇām ”
jijīviṣā* -
jijīviṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tena -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
no* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
vinā* -
vina (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yathe -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
indriyāṇām -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

indriyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
vigame -
vigama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
śarīriṇām -
śarīrin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

śarīrin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]