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 9.37

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यदा च गर्भात्प्रभृति प्रवृत्तः सर्वास्व् अवस्थासु वधाय मृत्युः ।
कस्मादकाले वनसंश्रयं मे पुत्रप्रियस्तत्र भवान् अवोचत् ॥ ३७ ॥

yadā ca garbhātprabhṛti pravṛttaḥ sarvāsv avasthāsu vadhāya mṛtyuḥ |
kasmādakāle vanasaṃśrayaṃ me putrapriyastatra bhavān avocat || 37 ||

'Since from the moment of leaving the womb death is a characteristic adjunct, why, in thy affection for thy son, hast thou called my departure to the forest ill-timed?
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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 (9.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yada, Yad, Garbha, Pravritta, Avastha, Vadha, Mrityu, Kasmat, Kah, Kim, Akale, Akala, Vanasamshraya, Asmad, Putrapriya, Tatra, Bhava, Bhavant,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.37). 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: “yadā ca garbhātprabhṛti pravṛttaḥ sarvāsv avasthāsu vadhāya mṛtyuḥ ”
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
garbhāt -
garbha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
prabhṛti -
prabhṛti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
pravṛttaḥ -
pravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse sarvāsv*av
avasthāsu -
avasthā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
vadhāya -
vadha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
mṛtyuḥ -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kasmādakāle vanasaṃśrayaṃ me putrapriyastatra bhavān avocat ”
kasmād -
kasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ka (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[ablative single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single]
akāle -
akāle (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

akāle (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

akāla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

akāla (noun, neuter)

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

akālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vanasaṃśrayam -
vanasaṃśraya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
putrapriyas -
putrapriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhavān -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
avocat -
√vac (verb class 2)

[aorist active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[aorist active third single]