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 12.7

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नाश्चर्यं जीर्णवयसो यज्जग्मुः पार्थिवा वनम् ।
अपत्येभ्यः श्रियं दत्त्वा भुक्तोच्छिष्टामिव स्रजम् ॥ ७ ॥

nāścaryaṃ jīrṇavayaso yajjagmuḥ pārthivā vanam |
apatyebhyaḥ śriyaṃ dattvā bhuktocchiṣṭāmiva srajam || 7 ||

'It is no marvel that kings have retired to the forest who have grown old in years, having given up their glory to their children, like a garland left behind after being used.
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 (12.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Carya, Jirna, Parthiva, Vana, Apatya, Shri, Shriya, Dattva, Bhuktocchishta, Amin, Sraj, Sraja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.7). 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: “nāścaryaṃ jīrṇavayaso yajjagmuḥ pārthivā vanam ”
nāś -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
caryam -
carya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

carya (noun, neuter)

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

caryā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jīrṇa -
jīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√jṝ -> jīrṇa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jṝ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √jṝ class 9 verb]

√jṝ -> jīrṇa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jṝ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √jṝ class 9 verb]
vayaso* -
Cannot analyse yajjagmuḥ*pā
pārthivā* -
pārthiva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vanam -
vana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “apatyebhyaḥ śriyaṃ dattvā bhuktocchiṣṭāmiva srajam ”
apatyebhyaḥ -
apatya (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
śriyam -
śriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śriya (noun, neuter)

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

śrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
dattvā -
dattvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√dā -> dattvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dā]

√dā -> dattvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dā]

√dad -> dattvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dad]
bhuktocchiṣṭā -
bhuktocchiṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ami -
amin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

amin (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
srajam -
sraja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sraja (noun, neuter)

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

srajā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sraj (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sraj (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]