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 9.13

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त्वच्छोकशल्ये हृदयावगाढे मोहं गतो भूमितले मुहूर्तम् ।
कुमार राजा नयनाम्बुवर्षो यत्त्वामवोचत्तदिदं निबोध ॥ १३ ॥

tvacchokaśalye hṛdayāvagāḍhe mohaṃ gato bhūmitale muhūrtam |
kumāra rājā nayanāmbuvarṣo yattvāmavocattadidaṃ nibodha || 13 ||

'O prince, consider for a moment what the king with his eyes raining tears said to thee, as he lay fainting on the ground with the arrow of thy sorrow plunged into his heart.
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 (9.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yushmad, Shoka, Shalya, Hridayavagadha, Moha, Gat, Gata, Bhumitala, Muhurta, Kumara, Raja, Nayanambu, Varsha, Catta, Bodha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.13). 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: “tvacchokaśalye hṛdayāvagāḍhe mohaṃ gato bhūmitale muhūrtam ”
tvacch -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[ablative single]
śoka -
śoka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śoka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śuk (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
śalye -
śalya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śalya (noun, neuter)

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

śalyā (noun, feminine)

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

√śal -> śalya (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √śal class 10 verb]

√śal -> śalya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √śal class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √śal class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √śal class 10 verb], [locative single from √śal class 10 verb]

√śal -> śalyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √śal class 10 verb], [vocative single from √śal class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √śal class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √śal class 10 verb]

√śal (verb class 1)

[present passive first single]

√śal (verb class 10)

[present passive first single]
hṛdayāvagāḍhe -
hṛdayāvagāḍha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

hṛdayāvagāḍha (noun, neuter)

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

hṛdayāvagāḍhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
moham -
moha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mohā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
gato* -
gat (noun, masculine)

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

gat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhūmitale -
bhūmitala (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
muhūrtam -
muhūrta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

muhūrtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “kumāra rājā nayanāmbuvarṣo yattvāmavocattadidaṃ nibodha ”
kumāra -
kumāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kumāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rājā* -
rāja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nayanāmbu -
nayanāmbu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
varṣo* -
varṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yattvā -
√yat -> yattvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yat]
mavo -
catta -
catta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

catta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
di -
dī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
dam -
da (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

dā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
bodha -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bodha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√budh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]