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 14.18

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सुखार्थमशुभं कृत्वा य एते भृशदुःखिताः ।
आस्वादः स किमेतेषां करोति सुखमण्वपि ॥ १८ ॥

sukhārthamaśubhaṃ kṛtvā ya ete bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ |
āsvādaḥ sa kimeteṣāṃ karoti sukhamaṇvapi || 18 ||

These who did something evil for the sake of pleasure and are now grievously pained,—does that old taste produce even an atom of pleasure to them now?
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (14.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sukhartha, Ashubha, Kritva, Kritvan, Yah, Eta, Etad, Eti, Esha, Bhrishaduhkhita, Asvada, Kimi, Tad, Karoti, Sukham, Sukha, Anu, Anva, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 14.18). 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: “sukhārthamaśubhaṃ kṛtvā ya ete bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ ”
sukhārtham -
sukhārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
aśubham -
aśubha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aśubha (noun, neuter)

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

aśubhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śubh (verb class 6)

[imperfect active first single]
kṛtvā -
kṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

kṛtvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ya* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ete -
eta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

eta (noun, neuter)

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

etā (noun, feminine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

eti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]
bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ -
bhṛśaduḥkhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhṛśaduḥkhitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “āsvādaḥ sa kimeteṣāṃ karoti sukhamaṇvapi ”
āsvādaḥ -
āsvāda (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kime -
kimi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

kimi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
karoti -
karoti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
sukham -
sukham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

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

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
aṇva -
aṇu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

aṇu (noun, masculine)

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

aṇu (noun, neuter)

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

aṇva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]