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 9.17

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तद्भुङ्क्ष्व तावद्वसुधाधिपत्यं काले वनं यास्यसि शास्त्रदृष्टे ।
अनिष्टबन्धौ कुरु माप्युपेक्षां सर्वेषु भूतेषु दया हि धर्मः ॥ १७ ॥

tadbhuṅkṣva tāvadvasudhādhipatyaṃ kāle vanaṃ yāsyasi śāstradṛṣṭe |
aniṣṭabandhau kuru māpyupekṣāṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu dayā hi dharmaḥ || 17 ||

"'Enjoy therefore for a while the sovereignty of the earth,—thou shalt go to the forest at the time provided by the shastras,—do not show disregard for thy unhappy kindred,—compassion for all creatures is the true religion.
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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 (9.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Tavat, Vasudhadhipatya, Kale, Kala, Vana, Shastradrishta, Shastradrishti, Anishta, Bandha, Bandhi, Bandhu, Asmad, Api, Upeksha, Sarva, Bhuta, Daya, Dharma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.17). 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: “tadbhuṅkṣva tāvadvasudhādhipatyaṃ kāle vanaṃ yāsyasi śāstradṛṣṭe ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhuṅkṣva -
√bhuj (verb class 7)

[imperative middle second single]
tāvad -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vasudhādhipatyam -
vasudhādhipatya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kāle -
kāle (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

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

kālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vanam -
vana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yāsyasi -
√yā (verb class 2)

[future active second single]
śāstradṛṣṭe -
śāstradṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śāstradṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

śāstradṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

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

śāstradṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

śāstradṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “aniṣṭabandhau kuru māpyupekṣāṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu dayā hi dharmaḥ ”
aniṣṭa -
aniṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aniṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bandhau -
bandha (noun, masculine)

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

bandhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bandhu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kuru -
kuru (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kuru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[imperative active second single]
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
apyu -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
upekṣām -
upekṣā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sarveṣu -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
bhūteṣu -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
dayā* -
dayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

daya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
dharmaḥ -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]