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 11.24

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अनात्मवन्तो हृदि यैर्विदष्टा विनाशमर्छन्ति न यान्ति शर्म ।
क्रुद्धौग्रसर्पप्रतिमेषु तेषु कामेषु कस्यात्मवतो रतिः स्यात् ॥ २४ ॥

anātmavanto hṛdi yairvidaṣṭā vināśamarchanti na yānti śarma |
kruddhaugrasarpapratimeṣu teṣu kāmeṣu kasyātmavato ratiḥ syāt || 24 ||

'Those men of no self-control who are bitten by them in their hearts, fall into ruin and attain not bliss,—what man of self-control could find satisfaction in these pleasures, which are like an angry, cruel serpent?
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 (11.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anatmavat, Hrid, Yah, Yat, Vidashta, Vinasha, Yantin, Yanti, Sharma, Sharman, Kruddha, Ugra, Sarpa, Pratima, Tad, Kama, Kah, Kim, Atmavat, Rati, 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 11.24). 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: “anātmavanto hṛdi yairvidaṣṭā vināśamarchanti na yānti śarma ”
anātmavanto* -
anātmavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
hṛdi -
hṛd (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yair -
ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vidaṣṭā* -
vidaṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vidaṣṭā (noun, feminine)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]
ar -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
ṛchanti -
√ṛch (verb class 6)

[present active third plural]
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]
Line 2: “kruddhaugrasarpapratimeṣu teṣu kāmeṣu kasyātmavato ratiḥ syāt ”
kruddha -
kruddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kruddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√krudh -> kruddha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √krudh class 4 verb]

√krudh -> kruddha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √krudh class 4 verb]
ugra -
ugra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ugra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sarpa -
sarpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sṛp (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
pratimeṣu -
pratima (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

pratima (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
teṣu -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
kāmeṣu -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
kasyā -
√kas -> kasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kas]

ka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ātmavato* -
ātmavat (noun, masculine)

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

ātmavat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ratiḥ -
rati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]