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 9.48

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केचित्स्वभावादिति वर्णयन्ति शुभाशुभं चैव भवाभवौ च ।
स्वाभाविकं सर्वमिदं च यस्मादतो ऽपि मोघो भवति प्रयत्नः ॥ ४८ ॥

kecitsvabhāvāditi varṇayanti śubhāśubhaṃ caiva bhavābhavau ca |
svābhāvikaṃ sarvamidaṃ ca yasmādato 'pi mogho bhavati prayatnaḥ || 48 ||

'Some maintain that all things arise from inherent properties,—both good and evil and existence and non-existence; and since all this world thus arises spontaneously, therefore also all effort of ours is vain.
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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 (9.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Citsvabhava, Iti, Varnayat, Varnayanti, Shubhashubha, Bhavabhava, Svabhavika, Sarvam, Sarva, Idam, Yasmat, Yah, Yat, Atah, Api, Mogha, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Prayatna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.48). 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: “kecitsvabhāvāditi varṇayanti śubhāśubhaṃ caiva bhavābhavau ca ”
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
citsvabhāvād -
citsvabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

citsvabhāva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
varṇayanti -
varṇayantī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

varṇayantī (noun, feminine)

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

varṇayantī (noun, neuter)

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

√varṇ -> varṇayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √varṇ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √varṇ class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √varṇ class 10 verb]

√varṇ -> varṇayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √varṇ class 10 verb]

varṇayat (noun, neuter)

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

√varṇ (verb class 10)

[present active third plural]
śubhāśubham -
śubhāśubha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śubhāśubha (noun, neuter)

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

śubhāśubhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
bhavābhavau -
bhavābhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “svābhāvikaṃ sarvamidaṃ ca yasmādato 'pi mogho bhavati prayatnaḥ ”
svābhāvikam -
svābhāvika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svābhāvika (noun, neuter)

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

svābhāvikā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sarvam -
sarvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yasmād -
yasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single]
ato' -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
mogho* -
mogha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhavati -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
prayatnaḥ -
prayatna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]