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 11.11

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जगत्यनर्थो न समो ऽस्ति कामैर्मोहाच्च तेष्वेव जनः प्रसक्तः ।
तत्त्वं विदित्वैवमनर्थभीरुः प्राज्ञः स्वयं को ऽभिलषेदनर्थम् ॥ ११ ॥

jagatyanartho na samo 'sti kāmairmohācca teṣveva janaḥ prasaktaḥ |
tattvaṃ viditvaivamanarthabhīruḥ prājñaḥ svayaṃ ko 'bhilaṣedanartham || 11 ||

'There is no calamity in the world like pleasures,—people are devoted to them through delusion; when he once knows the truth and so fears evil, what wise man would of his own choice desire evil?
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 (11.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jagat, Jagati, Jagatya, Anartha, Sama, Asti, Kama, Mohat, Moha, Tad, Eva, Jana, Janas, Prasakta, Tattva, Evam, Anarthabhiru, Prajna, Svayam, Kah, Abhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.11). 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: “jagatyanartho na samo 'sti kāmairmohācca teṣveva janaḥ prasaktaḥ ”
jagatya -
jagatī (noun, feminine)

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

jagatya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jagat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
anartho* -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
samo' -
sama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
kāmair -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
mohāc -
mohāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

moha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
teṣve -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
janaḥ -
janas (noun, neuter)

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

jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prasaktaḥ -
prasakta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tattvaṃ viditvaivamanarthabhīruḥ prājñaḥ svayaṃ ko 'bhilaṣedanartham ”
tattvam -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
viditvai -
√vid -> viditvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vid]
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anarthabhīruḥ -
anarthabhīru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

anarthabhīru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
prājñaḥ -
prājña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ko' -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
abhi -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

abhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
laṣed -
√laṣ (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
anartham -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anartha (noun, neuter)

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

anarthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]