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 12.31

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सज्जते येन दुर्मेधा मनोवाक्कर्मबुद्धिभिः ।
विषयेष्वनभिष्वङ्ग सो ऽभिष्वङ्ग इति स्मृतः ॥ ३१ ॥

sajjate yena durmedhā manovākkarmabuddhibhiḥ |
viṣayeṣvanabhiṣvaṅga so 'bhiṣvaṅga iti smṛtaḥ || 31 ||

'That is called "inordinate attachment," by which the fool is entangled in external objects through his mind, speech, actions, and thoughts, O thou who hast shaken thyself free from all attachments.
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 (12.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sajjata, Sajjat, Yena, Yah, Yat, Durmedha, Durmedhas, Manovakkarman, Buddhi, Vishaya, Anabhishvanga, Sah, Abhishvanga, Iti, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.31). 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: “sajjate yena durmedhā manovākkarmabuddhibhiḥ ”
sajjate -
sajjatā (noun, feminine)

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

√sajj -> sajjat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √sajj class 1 verb]

√sajj -> sajjat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √sajj class 1 verb]

√sajj (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√sañj (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
durmedhā* -
durmedha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

durmedhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

durmedhas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
manovākkarma -
manovākkarman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
buddhibhiḥ -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “viṣayeṣvanabhiṣvaṅga so 'bhiṣvaṅga iti smṛtaḥ ”
viṣayeṣva -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
anabhiṣvaṅga -
anabhiṣvaṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]