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 8.86

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नरपतिरथ तौ शशास तस्माद्द्रुतमित एव युवामभिप्रयातम् ।
न हि मम हृदयं प्रयाति शान्तिं वनशकुनेरिव पुत्रलालसस्य ॥ ८६ ॥

narapatiratha tau śaśāsa tasmāddrutamita eva yuvāmabhiprayātam |
na hi mama hṛdayaṃ prayāti śāntiṃ vanaśakuneriva putralālasasya || 86 ||

Then the king commanded them both, 'Do you both go quickly hence,—my heart will not return to quiet, any more than a bird's in the woods longing for its young.'
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 (8.86). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Narapati, Atha, Tasmat, Tad, Drutam, Druta, Itah, Ita, Eva, Bha, Prayata, Asmad, Hridaya, Prayati, Shanti, Vanashakuni, Iva, Putralalasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 8.86). 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: “narapatiratha tau śaśāsa tasmāddrutamita eva yuvāmabhiprayātam ”
narapatir -
narapati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
śaśāsa -
√śās (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√śas (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
tasmād -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
drutam -
drutam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

druta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

druta (noun, neuter)

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

drutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ita* -
itaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> ita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yuvāma -
√yu (verb class 6)

[imperative active first plural]
bhi -
bhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
prayātam -
prayāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prayāta (noun, neuter)

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

prayātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “na hi mama hṛdayaṃ prayāti śāntiṃ vanaśakuneriva putralālasasya ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
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]
hṛdayam -
hṛdaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hṛdaya (noun, neuter)

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

hṛdayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prayāti -
prayāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

prayāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

prayāti (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śāntim -
śānti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śānti (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
vanaśakuner -
vanaśakuni (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
putralālasasya -
putralālasa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

putralālasa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]