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 11.34

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कामान्धसञ्ज्ञः कृपणं करोति प्राप्नोति दुःखं वधबन्धनादि ।
कामार्थमाशाकृपणस्तपस्वी मृत्युश्रमं चार्हति जीवलोके ॥ ३४ ॥

kāmāndhasañjñaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ karoti prāpnoti duḥkhaṃ vadhabandhanādi |
kāmārthamāśākṛpaṇastapasvī mṛtyuśramaṃ cārhati jīvaloke || 34 ||

'He whose intellect is blinded with pleasure does pitiable things; he incurs calamities, such as death, bonds, and the like; the wretch, who is the miserable slave of hope for the sake of pleasure, well deserves the pain of death even in the world of the living.
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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 (11.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kamandhasanjna, Kripanam, Kripana, Karoti, Pra, Duhkham, Duhkha, Vadhabandha, Nadi, Nadin, Kamartha, Asha, Akripana, Tapasvin, Tapasvi, Mrityushrama, Arhat, Jivaloka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.34). 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: “kāmāndhasañjñaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ karoti prāpnoti duḥkhaṃ vadhabandhanādi ”
kāmāndhasañjñaḥ -
kāmāndhasañjña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṛpaṇam -
kṛpaṇam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṛpaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṛpaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kṛpaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
karoti -
karoti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpnoti -
√āp (verb class 5)

[present active third single]
duḥkham -
duḥkham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vadhabandha -
vadhabandha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

nādi (noun, neuter)

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

nādi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nādin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nādin (noun, neuter)

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

nādī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nādī (noun, feminine)

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

nādī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “kāmārthamāśākṛpaṇastapasvī mṛtyuśramaṃ cārhati jīvaloke ”
kāmārtham -
kāmārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
āśā -
āśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akṛpaṇas -
akṛpaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tapasvī -
tapasvī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tapasvī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

tapasvin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mṛtyuśramam -
mṛtyuśrama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arhati -
arhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√arh (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
jīvaloke -
jīvaloka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]