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 10.29

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यो ह्यर्थधर्मौ परिपीड्य कामः स्याद्धर्मकाम्ये परिभूय चार्थः ।
कामार्थयोश्चोपरमेण धर्मस्त्याज्यः स कृत्स्नो यदि काङ्क्षितार्थः ॥ २९ ॥

yo hyarthadharmau paripīḍya kāmaḥ syāddharmakāmye paribhūya cārthaḥ |
kāmārthayoścoparameṇa dharmastyājyaḥ sa kṛtsno yadi kāṅkṣitārthaḥ || 29 ||

'That which is pleasure when it has overpowered wealth and merit, is wealth when it has conquered merit and pleasure; so too it is merit, when pleasure and wealth fall into abeyance; but all would have to be alike abandoned, if thy desired end were obtained.
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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 (10.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Artha, Dharma, Pari, Pidya, Kama, Syat, Sya, Harman, Kamya, Paribhu, Kamartha, Rama, Tyajya, Kritsna, Yadi, Yad, Kankshita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.29). 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: “yo hyarthadharmau paripīḍya kāmaḥ syāddharmakāmye paribhūya cārthaḥ ”
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
artha -
artha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√arth (verb class 1)

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

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
pari -
pari (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

pari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pari (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, neuter)

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

parī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

parī (noun, feminine)

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

parī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pīḍya -
√pīḍ -> pīḍya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pīḍ]

√pīḍ -> pīḍya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √pīḍ class 10 verb]

√pīḍ -> pīḍya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √pīḍ class 10 verb]
kāmaḥ -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syāddh -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
harma -
harman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kāmye -
kāmya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kāmya (noun, neuter)

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

kāmyā (noun, feminine)

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

√kam -> kāmya (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kam]

√kam -> kāmya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √kam], [vocative dual from √kam], [accusative dual from √kam], [locative single from √kam]

√kam -> kāmyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √kam], [vocative single from √kam], [vocative dual from √kam], [accusative dual from √kam]

√kam (verb class 0)

[present passive first single]
paribhū -
paribhū (noun, masculine)

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

paribhū (noun, neuter)

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

paribhū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
uya -
√vā -> uya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vā]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arthaḥ -
artha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kāmārthayoścoparameṇa dharmastyājyaḥ sa kṛtsno yadi kāṅkṣitārthaḥ ”
kāmārthayoś -
kāmārtha (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
copa -
√cup (verb class 1)

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

[instrumental single]

rama (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
dharmas -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tyājyaḥ -
tyājya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tyaj -> tyājya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tyaj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √tyaj]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṛtsno* -
kṛtsna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kāṅkṣitā -
kāṅkṣita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāṅkṣita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāṅkṣitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kāṅkṣ -> kāṅkṣita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb]

√kāṅkṣ -> kāṅkṣita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb]

√kāṅkṣ -> kāṅkṣitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb]

√kāṅkṣ (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
arthaḥ -
artha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]