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 12.34

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तत्रालस्यं तमो विद्धि मोहं मृत्युं च जन्म च ।
महामोहस्त्वसंमोह काम इत्यवगम्यताम् ॥ ३४ ॥

tatrālasyaṃ tamo viddhi mohaṃ mṛtyuṃ ca janma ca |
mahāmohastvasaṃmoha kāma ityavagamyatām || 34 ||

'Know, that among these indolence is "torpor," death and birth are "delusion," and be it clearly understood, O undeluded one, that desire is the "great delusion."
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 (12.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Alasya, Tama, Tamas, Moha, Mrityu, Janma, Janman, Mahamoha, Tva, Asammoha, Kama, Iti, Itya, Avagamin, Avagamya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.34). 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: “tatrālasyaṃ tamo viddhi mohaṃ mṛtyuṃ ca janma ca ”
tatrā -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
alasyam -
alasya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

alasya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tamo* -
tamas (noun, neuter)

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

tama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
moham -
moha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mohā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mṛtyum -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
janma -
janma (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

janma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

janman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “mahāmohastvasaṃmoha kāma ityavagamyatām ”
mahāmohas -
mahāmoha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

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

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

[nominative single]
itya -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
avagamya -
avagamin (noun, masculine)

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

avagamin (noun, neuter)

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

avagamya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avagamya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
atā -
√at (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]