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 11.66

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भवेच्च धर्मो यदि नापरो विधिर्व्रतेन शीलेन मनःशमेन वा ।
तथापि नैवार्हति सेवितुं क्रतुं विशस्य यस्मिन् परमुच्यते फलम् ॥ ६६ ॥

bhavecca dharmo yadi nāparo vidhirvratena śīlena manaḥśamena vā |
tathāpi naivārhati sevituṃ kratuṃ viśasya yasmin paramucyate phalam || 66 ||

'And even if true religion did not consist in quite another rule of conduct, by self-restraint, moral practice and a total absence of passion,—still it would not be seemly to follow the rule of sacrifice, where the highest reward is described as attained only by slaughter.
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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 (11.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharma, Yadi, Yad, Nabh, Ara, Vidhi, Vrata, Shila, Manahshama, Tatha, Api, Naiva, Arhat, Kratu, Visha, Yah, Yat, Param, Para, Ucyat, Phala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.66). 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: “bhavecca dharmo yadi nāparo vidhirvratena śīlena manaḥśamena vā ”
bhavec -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmo* -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
nāp -
nābh (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
aro* -
ara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vidhir -
vidhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vratena -
vrata (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vrata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śīlena -
śīla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śīla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
manaḥśamena -
manaḥśama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “tathāpi naivārhati sevituṃ kratuṃ viśasya yasmin paramucyate phalam ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
naivā -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
arhati -
arhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√arh (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
sevitum -
√sev -> sevitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √sev]
kratum -
kratu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
viśasya -
viśa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

viśa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
yasmin -
ya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]
phalam -
phala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

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

phalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]