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 9.15

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तदेहि धर्मप्रिय मत्प्रियार्थं धर्मार्थमेव त्यज बुद्धिमेताम् ।
अयं हि मा शोकरयः प्रवृद्धो नदीरयः कूलमिवाभिहन्ति ॥ १५ ॥

tadehi dharmapriya matpriyārthaṃ dharmārthameva tyaja buddhimetām |
ayaṃ hi mā śokarayaḥ pravṛddho nadīrayaḥ kūlamivābhihanti || 15 ||

'"Come, thou who lovest duty, for the sake of what is my heart's desire,—abandon this purpose for the sake of duty; this huge swollen stream of sorrow sweeps me away as a river's torrent its bank.
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 (9.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Dharmapriya, Asmad, Priyartham, Dharmartha, Eva, Buddhi, Eta, Esha, Aya, Idam, Shoka, Raya, Pravriddha, Nadiraya, Kula, Iva, Abhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.15). 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: “tadehi dharmapriya matpriyārthaṃ dharmārthameva tyaja buddhimetām ”
tade -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

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

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ihi -
√i (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
mat -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[ablative single]
priyārtham -
priyārtham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dharmārtham -
dharmārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tyaja -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
buddhim -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
etām -
etā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “ayaṃ hi mā śokarayaḥ pravṛddho nadīrayaḥ kūlamivābhihanti ”
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śoka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śuk (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
rayaḥ -
raya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pravṛddho* -
pravṛddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nadīrayaḥ -
nadīraya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kūlam -
kūla (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
abhi -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

abhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
hanti -
hanti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√han (verb class 2)

[present active third single]