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 10.32

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स्नेहेन खल्वेतदहं ब्रवीमि नैश्वर्यरागेण न विस्मयेन ।
इमं हि दृष्ट्वा तव भिक्षुवेशं जातानुकम्पो ऽस्म्यपि चागताश्रुः ॥ ३२ ॥

snehena khalvetadahaṃ bravīmi naiśvaryarāgeṇa na vismayena |
imaṃ hi dṛṣṭvā tava bhikṣuveśaṃ jātānukampo 'smyapi cāgatāśruḥ || 32 ||

'I speak this to you out of affection,—not through love of dominion or through astonishment; beholding this mendicant-dress of thine, I am filled with compassion and I shed tears.
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 (10.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sneha, Khalu, Khalva, Etad, Aha, Asmad, Nri, Aishvari, Aishvarya, Araga, Vismaya, Idam, Yushmad, Bhikshu, Vesha, Jatanukampa, Api, Agata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.32). 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: “snehena khalvetadahaṃ bravīmi naiśvaryarāgeṇa na vismayena ”
snehena -
sneha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
khalve -
khalu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

khalu (noun, masculine)

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

khalu (noun, feminine)

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

khalu (noun, neuter)

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

khalva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
etad -
etad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
bravīmi -
√brū (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
nai -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aiśvarya -
aiśvari (noun, masculine)

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

aiśvarī (noun, feminine)

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

aiśvarya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
arāgeṇa -
arāga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

arāga (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vismayena -
vismaya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vismaya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “imaṃ hi dṛṣṭvā tava bhikṣuveśaṃ jātānukampo 'smyapi cāgatāśruḥ ”
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
bhikṣu -
bhikṣu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhikṣu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
veśam -
veśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
jātānukampo' -
jātānukampa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asmya -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
agatā -
agata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

agata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

agatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√ag (verb class 1)

[imperative active second plural]
aśruḥ -
√śrā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third plural]