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 11.58

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त्रिवर्गसेवां नृप यत्तु कृत्स्नतः परो मनुष्यार्थ इति त्वमात्थ माम् ।
अनर्थ इत्यात्थ ममार्थदर्शनं क्षयी त्रिवर्गो हि न चापि तर्पकः ॥ ५८ ॥

trivargasevāṃ nṛpa yattu kṛtsnataḥ paro manuṣyārtha iti tvamāttha mām |
anartha ityāttha mamārthadarśanaṃ kṣayī trivargo hi na cāpi tarpakaḥ || 58 ||

'But as for what thou saidst to me, O king, that the universal pursuit of the three objects is the supreme end of man,—and thou saidst that what I regard as the desirable is misery,—thy three objects are perishable and also unsatisfying.
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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 (11.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trivarga, Seva, Nripa, Yat, Yad, Kritsna, Tas, Parah, Para, Manushi, Manushya, Artha, Iti, Tva, Yushmad, Attha, Asmad, Anartha, Itya, Tha, Mama, Arthadarshana, Kshayin, Capin, Capi, Tarpaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.58). 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: “trivargasevāṃ nṛpa yattu kṛtsnataḥ paro manuṣyārtha iti tvamāttha mām ”
trivarga -
trivarga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sevām -
sevā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
nṛpa -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kṛtsna -
kṛtsna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṛtsna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paro* -
paraḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
manuṣyā -
manuṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

manuṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

manuṣī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

manuṣyā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

āttha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ah (verb class 5)

[perfect active second single]
mām -
mā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “anartha ityāttha mamārthadarśanaṃ kṣayī trivargo hi na cāpi tarpakaḥ ”
anartha* -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ityāt -
itya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb]
tha -
tha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mamā -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

mamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
arthadarśanam -
arthadarśana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kṣayī -
kṣayin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
trivargo* -
trivarga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cāpi -
cāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpin (noun, neuter)

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

cāpī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpī (noun, feminine)

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

cāpī (noun, neuter)

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

cāpi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tarpakaḥ -
tarpaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]