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 11.35

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गीतैर्ह्रियन्ते हि मृगा वधाय रूपार्थमग्नौ शलभाः पतन्ति ।
मत्स्यो गिरत्यायसमामिषार्थी तस्मादनर्थं विषयाः फलन्ति ॥ ३५ ॥

gītairhriyante hi mṛgā vadhāya rūpārthamagnau śalabhāḥ patanti |
matsyo giratyāyasamāmiṣārthī tasmādanarthaṃ viṣayāḥ phalanti || 35 ||

'Deer are lured to their destruction by songs, insects for the sake of the brightness fly into the fire, the fish greedy for the flesh swallows the iron hook,—therefore worldly objects produce misery as their end.
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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 (11.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gita, Mriga, Vadha, Rupa, Artha, Agni, Shalabha, Patanti, Patat, Matsya, Ayasa, Amisha, Amis, Arthin, Arthi, Tasmat, Tad, Anartha, Vishaya, Phalat, Phalanti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.35). 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: “gītairhriyante hi mṛgā vadhāya rūpārthamagnau śalabhāḥ patanti ”
gītair -
gīta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

gīta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
hriyante -
√hṛ (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
mṛgā* -
mṛga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mṛgā (noun, feminine)

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

[dative single]
rūpā -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
agnau -
agni (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
śalabhāḥ -
śalabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śalabhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
patanti -
patantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

patat (noun, neuter)

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

√pat -> patat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat -> patantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
Line 2: “matsyo giratyāyasamāmiṣārthī tasmādanarthaṃ viṣayāḥ phalanti ”
matsyo* -
matsya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
giratyā -
√gṝ (verb class 6)

[present active third single]
āyasam -
āyasa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āyasa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āmiṣā -
āmiṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

āmis (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
arthī -
arthī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

arthī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

arthin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasmād -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
anartham -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anartha (noun, neuter)

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

anarthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viṣayāḥ -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
phalanti -
√phal -> phalat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √phal class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √phal class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √phal class 1 verb]

√phal -> phalantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √phal class 1 verb]

√phal (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]