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 9.14

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जानामि धर्मं प्रति निश्चयं ते परैमि ते ऽच्याविनमेतमर्थम् ।
अहं त्वकाले वनसंश्रयात्ते शोकाग्निनाग्निप्रतिमेन दह्ये ॥ १४ ॥

jānāmi dharmaṃ prati niścayaṃ te paraimi te 'cyāvinametamartham |
ahaṃ tvakāle vanasaṃśrayātte śokāgnināgnipratimena dahye || 14 ||

'"I know that thy resolve is fixed upon religion, and I am convinced that this purpose of thine is unchanging; but I am consumed with a flame of anguish like fire at thy flying to the woods at an inopportune time.
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 (9.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharma, Prati, Nishcaya, Tad, Yushmad, Para, Acyavin, Eta, Esha, Artha, Aha, Asmad, Tvac, Ala, Ali, Vanasamshraya, Shokagni, Pratima,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.14). 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: “jānāmi dharmaṃ prati niścayaṃ te paraimi te 'cyāvinametamartham ”
jānāmi -
√jñā (verb class 9)

[present active first single]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
niścayam -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
parai -
para (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

para (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

parā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

parā (Preverb)

[Preverb]

parā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
emi -
√i (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
te' -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
acyāvinam -
acyāvin (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
etam -
eta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eta (noun, neuter)

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

etā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “ahaṃ tvakāle vanasaṃśrayātte śokāgnināgnipratimena dahye ”
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
tvak -
tvac (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
āle -
āla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āla (noun, neuter)

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

āli (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

āli (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√al (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
vanasaṃśrayāt -
vanasaṃśraya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
śokāgninā -
śokāgni (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
agni -
agni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
pratimena -
pratima (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

pratima (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
dahye -
√dah (verb class 1)

[present passive first single]