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 8.65

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इयं तु चिन्ता मम कीदृशं नु ता वपुर्गुणं बिभ्रति तत्र योषितः ।
वने यदर्थं स तपांसि तप्यते श्रियं च हित्वा मम भक्तिमेव च ॥ ६५ ॥

iyaṃ tu cintā mama kīdṛśaṃ nu tā vapurguṇaṃ bibhrati tatra yoṣitaḥ |
vane yadarthaṃ sa tapāṃsi tapyate śriyaṃ ca hitvā mama bhaktimeva ca || 65 ||

'But what kind of a thought is this of mine? those women even there have the attributes which belong to bodies,—for whose sake he thus practises austerities in the forest, deserting his royal magnificence and my fond devotion.
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 (8.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iyam, Idam, Cinta, Asmad, Kidrish, Kidrisha, Tas, Vapurguna, Bibhrat, Tatra, Yoshit, Vana, Vani, Yadartha, Tapas, Tapyati, Shri, Shriya, Hitva, Hitvan, Bhakti, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.65). 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: “iyaṃ tu cintā mama kīdṛśaṃ nu tā vapurguṇaṃ bibhrati tatra yoṣitaḥ ”
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
cintā* -
cintā (noun, feminine)

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

cinta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mama -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
kīdṛśam -
kīdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kīdṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kīdṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tā* -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
vapurguṇam -
vapurguṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
bibhrati -
bibhrat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bibhrat (noun, neuter)

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

√bhṛ (verb class 3)

[present active third plural]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yoṣitaḥ -
yoṣit (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “vane yadarthaṃ sa tapāṃsi tapyate śriyaṃ ca hitvā mama bhaktimeva ca ”
vane -
vana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

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

vani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
yadartham -
yadartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yadartha (noun, neuter)

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

yadarthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tapāṃsi -
tapas (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tapyate -
tapyati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√tap (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√tap (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]
śriyam -
śriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śriya (noun, neuter)

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

śrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√hi -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √hi]

hitvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mama -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
bhaktim -
bhakti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]