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 12.32

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ममेदमहमस्येति यद्दुःखमभिमन्यते ।
विज्ञेयो ऽभ्यवपातः स संसारे येन पात्यते ॥ ३२ ॥

mamedamahamasyeti yadduḥkhamabhimanyate |
vijñeyo 'bhyavapātaḥ sa saṃsāre yena pātyate || 32 ||

'The misery which a man imagines by the ideas "This is mine," "I am connected with this," is to be recognised as "gravitation,"—by this a man is borne downwards into new births.
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 (12.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mah, Maha, Asi, Yat, Yad, Duhkham, Duhkha, Abhi, Anyata, Vijneya, Abhyavapata, Samsara, Samsari, Yena, Yah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.32). 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: “mamedamahamasyeti yadduḥkhamabhimanyate ”
mameda -
√med (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
maham -
maha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

maha (noun, neuter)

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

mahā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

mah (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
asye -
asi (noun, feminine)

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

asi (noun, masculine)

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

asī (noun, feminine)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]

√as (verb class 4)

[present passive first single]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
duḥkham -
duḥkham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
abhim -
abhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

abhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
anyate -
anyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “vijñeyo 'bhyavapātaḥ sa saṃsāre yena pātyate ”
vijñeyo' -
vijñeya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
abhyavapātaḥ -
abhyavapāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
saṃsāre -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

saṃsāri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

saṃsāri (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pātyate -
√pat (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]