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 12.26

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ब्रवीम्यहमहं वेद्मि गच्छाम्यहमहं स्थितः ।
इतीहैवमहङ्कारस्त्वनहङ्कार वर्तते ॥ २६ ॥

bravīmyahamahaṃ vedmi gacchāmyahamahaṃ sthitaḥ |
itīhaivamahaṅkārastvanahaṅkāra vartate || 26 ||

"'I say," "I know," "I go," "I am firmly fixed," it is thus that "egoism" shows itself here, O thou who art free from all egoism.
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 (12.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aha, Asmad, Sthita, Iti, Haivam, Ahankara, Tva, Anahankara, Vartat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.26). 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: “bravīmyahamahaṃ vedmi gacchāmyahamahaṃ sthitaḥ ”
bravīmya -
√brū (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
vedmi -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
gacchāmya -
√gam (verb class 1)

[present active first single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

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

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
Line 2: “itīhaivamahaṅkārastvanahaṅkāra vartate ”
itī -
iti (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
haivam -
haivam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ahaṅkāras -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
anahaṅkāra -
anahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anahaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vartate -
√vṛt -> vartat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt -> vartat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]