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 11.62

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जरायुधो व्याधिविकीर्णसायको यदान्तको व्याध इवाश्रितः स्थितः ।
प्रजामृगान् भाग्यवनाश्रितांस्तुदन् वयःप्रकर्षं प्रति को मनोरथः ॥ ६२ ॥

jarāyudho vyādhivikīrṇasāyako yadāntako vyādha ivāśritaḥ sthitaḥ |
prajāmṛgān bhāgyavanāśritāṃstudan vayaḥprakarṣaṃ prati ko manorathaḥ || 62 ||

'When death stands ready like a hunter, with old age as his weapon, and diseases scattered about as his arrows, smiting down living creatures who fly like deer to the forest of destiny, what desire can there be in any one for length of life?
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 (11.62). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jarayudha, Vyadhin, Vyadhi, Vikirna, Sayaka, Yada, Yad, Antaka, Vyadha, Iva, Ashrita, Sthita, Praja, Ric, Bhagyavat, Tudat, Vayahprakarsha, Prati, Kah, Manoratha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.62). 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: “jarāyudho vyādhivikīrṇasāyako yadāntako vyādha ivāśritaḥ sthitaḥ ”
jarāyudho* -
jarāyudha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vyādhi -
vyādhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhin (noun, neuter)

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

vyādhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
vikīrṇa -
vikīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vikīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāyako* -
sāyaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
antako* -
antaka (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aśritaḥ -
aśrita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sthitaḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
Line 2: “prajāmṛgān bhāgyavanāśritāṃstudan vayaḥprakarṣaṃ prati ko manorathaḥ ”
prajām -
prajā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ṛg -
ṛc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
ān -
a (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
bhāgyavan -
bhāgyavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
āśritāṃs -
āśrita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tudan -
√tud -> tudat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tud class 6 verb], [vocative single from √tud class 6 verb]
vayaḥprakarṣam -
vayaḥprakarṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

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

pratī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
manorathaḥ -
manoratha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]