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 11.10

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कामाभिभूता हि न यान्ति शर्म त्रिपिष्टपे किं वत मर्त्यलोके ।
कामैः सतृष्णस्य हि नास्ति तृप्तिर्यथेन्धनैर्वातसखस्य वह्नेः ॥ १० ॥

kāmābhibhūtā hi na yānti śarma tripiṣṭape kiṃ vata martyaloke |
kāmaiḥ satṛṣṇasya hi nāsti tṛptiryathendhanairvātasakhasya vahneḥ || 10 ||

'The victims of pleasure attain not to happiness even in the heaven of the gods, still less in the world of mortals; he who is athirst is never satisfied with pleasures, as the fire, the friend of the wind, with fuel.
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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 (11.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kama, Abhibhuta, Yantin, Yanti, Sharma, Sharman, Tripishtapa, Kim, Vata, Martyaloka, Satrishna, Nasti, Tripti, Yatha, Indhana, Vatasakha, Vahni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.10). 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: “kāmābhibhūtā hi na yānti śarma tripiṣṭape kiṃ vata martyaloke ”
kāmā -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhibhūtā* -
abhibhūta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

abhibhūtā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable particle]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yānti -
yāntin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāntin (noun, neuter)

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

yāntī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

yāntī (noun, feminine)

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

yāntī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śarma -
śarma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śarman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

śarman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tripiṣṭape -
tripiṣṭapa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
vata -
vata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√van -> vata (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √van class 1 verb], [vocative single from √van class 8 verb]

√van -> vata (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √van class 1 verb], [vocative single from √van class 8 verb]
martyaloke -
martyaloka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “kāmaiḥ satṛṣṇasya hi nāsti tṛptiryathendhanairvātasakhasya vahneḥ ”
kāmaiḥ -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
satṛṣṇasya -
satṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

satṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tṛptir -
tṛpti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tṛpti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathe -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
indhanair -
indhana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vātasakhasya -
vātasakha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vātasakha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vahneḥ -
vahni (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]