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 10.35

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धर्मस्य चार्थस्य च जीवलोके प्रत्यर्थिभूतानि हि यौवनानि ।
संरक्ष्यमाणान्यपि दुर्ग्रहाणि कामा यतस्तेन यथा हरन्ति ॥ ३५ ॥

dharmasya cārthasya ca jīvaloke pratyarthibhūtāni hi yauvanāni |
saṃrakṣyamāṇānyapi durgrahāṇi kāmā yatastena yathā haranti || 35 ||

'Youth in this present world is the enemy of religion and wealth,—since pleasures, however we guard them, are hard to hold, therefore, wherever pleasures are to be found, there they seize them.
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 (10.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharma, Artha, Jivaloka, Pratyarthibhuta, Yauvana, Samrakshya, Ani, Anya, Api, Durgraha, Kama, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Tad, Tena, Yatha, Harat, Haranti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.35). 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: “dharmasya cārthasya ca jīvaloke pratyarthibhūtāni hi yauvanāni ”
dharmasya -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

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

[genitive single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jīvaloke -
jīvaloka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
pratyarthibhūtāni -
pratyarthibhūta (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]
yauvanāni -
yauvana (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “saṃrakṣyamāṇānyapi durgrahāṇi kāmā yatastena yathā haranti ”
saṃrakṣyam -
saṃrakṣya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

saṃrakṣya (noun, neuter)

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

saṃrakṣyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āṇā -
√aṇ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√aṇ (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
anya -
ani (noun, masculine)

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

anī (noun, feminine)

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

anya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√an -> anya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √an]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
durgrahāṇi -
durgraha (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kāmā* -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kāmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yatas -
yataḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
tena -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
haranti -
harantī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

harantī (noun, feminine)

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

harantī (noun, neuter)

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

√hṛ -> harat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √hṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √hṛ class 1 verb]

√hṛ -> harantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]

√hṛ (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]