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 8.68

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अहो नृशंसं सुकुमारवर्चसः सुदारुणं तस्य मनस्विनो मनः ।
कलप्रलापं द्विषतो ऽपि हर्षणं शिशुं सुतं यस्त्यजतीदृशं स्वतः ॥ ६८ ॥

aho nṛśaṃsaṃ sukumāravarcasaḥ sudāruṇaṃ tasya manasvino manaḥ |
kalapralāpaṃ dviṣato 'pi harṣaṇaṃ śiśuṃ sutaṃ yastyajatīdṛśaṃ svataḥ || 68 ||

'Alas! the mind of that wise hero is terribly stern,—gentle as his beauty seems, it is pitilessly cruel,—who can desert of his own accord such an infant son with his inarticulate talk, one who would charm even an enemy.
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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 (8.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahan, Nrishamsa, Sukumara, Varcas, Sudaruna, Tad, Manasvin, Manasvi, Mana, Manas, Kalapralapa, Dvishat, Api, Harshana, Shishu, Sut, Suta, Yah, Tyajat, Idrish, Idrisha, Svatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.68). 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: “aho nṛśaṃsaṃ sukumāravarcasaḥ sudāruṇaṃ tasya manasvino manaḥ ”
aho* -
ahan (noun, neuter)

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

ahar (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

√has (verb class 1)

[aorist active second single]
nṛśaṃsam -
nṛśaṃsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nṛśaṃsa (noun, neuter)

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

nṛśaṃsā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sukumāra -
sukumāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sukumāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varcasaḥ -
varcas (noun, masculine)

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

varcas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
sudāruṇam -
sudāruṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sudāruṇa (noun, neuter)

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

sudāruṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
manasvino* -
manasvin (noun, masculine)

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

manasvin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manasvī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kalapralāpaṃ dviṣato 'pi harṣaṇaṃ śiśuṃ sutaṃ yastyajatīdṛśaṃ svataḥ ”
kalapralāpam -
kalapralāpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kalapralāpa (noun, neuter)

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

kalapralāpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dviṣato' -
dviṣat (noun, masculine)

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

dviṣat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
harṣaṇam -
harṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

harṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

harṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śiśum -
śiśu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

śiśu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sutam -
suta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

suta (noun, neuter)

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

sutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sut (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb], [accusative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb], [accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb], [accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
yas -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tyajatī -
√tyaj -> tyajat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √tyaj class 1 verb]

√tyaj -> tyajat (participle, neuter)

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

√tyaj (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
īdṛśam -
īdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

īdṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

īdṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

īdṛś (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

īdṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
svataḥ -
svataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]