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Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-Pundarika) [sanskrit]
by H. Kern | 2013 | 16,351 words | ISBN-13: 9788120801226
The Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-pundarika) is an important Mahayana Buddhist scripture classified as one of the nine Dharmas. the Lotus Sutra deals with a wide range of important Buddhist teachings in twenty-seven chapters including the nature of the Buddhas and the inherent potentiality of becoming Buddha within all beings. This editions only contains the Sanskrit metrical text and the corresponding English translation. Alternative titles: Saddharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra (सद्धर्म-पुण्डरीक-सूत्र).
Verse 15.21
यमेव हं लोकपिता स्वयंभूः चिकित्सकः सर्वप्रजान नाथः ।
विपरीत मूढांश्च विदित्व बालान् अनिर्वृतो निर्वृत दर्शयामि ॥ २१ ॥
yameva haṃ lokapitā svayaṃbhūḥ cikitsakaḥ sarvaprajāna nāthaḥ |
viparīta mūḍhāṃśca viditva bālān anirvṛto nirvṛta darśayāmi || 21 ||
So am I the father of the world, the Self born, the Healer, the Protector of all creatures. Knowing them to be perverted, infatuated, and ignorant I teach final rest, myself not being at rest.
English translation by H. Kern (2013) 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 (15.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yama, Iva, Ham, Loka, Pitri, Svayambhu, Cikitsaka, Saru, Sarva, Apraja, Natha, Viparita, Mudha, Vid, Tva, Bala, Anirvrita, Nirvrita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 15.21). 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: “yameva haṃ lokapitā svayaṃbhūḥ cikitsakaḥ sarvaprajāna nāthaḥ ”
- yame -
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yama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]yama (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]yamā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ham -
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ham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hā (noun, feminine)[adverb]han (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- loka -
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loka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- pitā -
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pitṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]
- svayambhūḥ -
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svayambhū (noun, masculine)[nominative single]svayambhū (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [vocative single]svayambhu (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- cikitsakaḥ -
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cikitsaka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sarva -
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saru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]saru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]saru (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sarva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sarva (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- aprajān -
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apraja (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nāthaḥ -
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nātha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “viparīta mūḍhāṃśca viditva bālān anirvṛto nirvṛta darśayāmi ”
- viparīta -
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viparīta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]viparīta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mūḍhāṃś -
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mūḍha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]√muh -> mūḍha (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √muh class 4 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vidi -
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vid (noun, masculine)[locative single]vid (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- tva -
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tva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bālān -
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bāla (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- anirvṛto* -
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anirvṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nirvṛta -
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nirvṛta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nirvṛta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- darśayāmi -
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√dṛś (verb class 0)[present active first single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 15.21
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)