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 11.4

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ये चार्थकृच्छ्रेषु भवन्ति लोके समानकार्याः सुहृदां मनुष्याः ।
मित्राणि तानीति परैमि बुद्ध्या स्वस्थस्य वृद्धिष्विह को हि न स्यात् ॥ ४ ॥

ye cārthakṛcchreṣu bhavanti loke samānakāryāḥ suhṛdāṃ manuṣyāḥ |
mitrāṇi tānīti paraimi buddhyā svasthasya vṛddhiṣviha ko hi na syāt || 4 ||

'But those men who act unchangingly towards their friends in reverses of fortune, I esteem in my heart as true friends; who is not the friend of the prosperous man in his times of abundance?
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 (11.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Arthakricchra, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Loka, Samanaka, Ari, Arya, Suhrid, Manushi, Manushya, Mitra, Tad, Tani, Iti, Para, Buddhi, Svastha, Vriddhi, Iha, Kah, Syat, Sya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.4). 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: “ye cārthakṛcchreṣu bhavanti loke samānakāryāḥ suhṛdāṃ manuṣyāḥ ”
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arthakṛcchreṣu -
arthakṛcchra (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
bhavanti -
bhavanti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhavantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
samānakā -
samānaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

samānaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aryāḥ -
ari (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

arya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aryā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
suhṛdām -
suhṛd (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

suhṛd (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
manuṣyāḥ -
manuṣī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manuṣya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

manuṣyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “mitrāṇi tānīti paraimi buddhyā svasthasya vṛddhiṣviha ko hi na syāt ”
mitrāṇi -
mitra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tānī -
tānī (noun, masculine)

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

tānī (noun, feminine)

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

tānī (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
parai -
para (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

para (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

parā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

parā (Preverb)

[Preverb]

parā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
emi -
√i (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
buddhyā -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
svasthasya -
svastha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

svastha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vṛddhiṣvi -
vṛddhi (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

vṛddhi (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]