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Mahavastu [sanskrit verses and english]
by Émile Senart | 1882 | 56,574 words
This is the Sanskrit Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition only includes those metrical verses occuring in the various stories and Jatakas, as well as the corresponding English translation by J. J. Jones.
Verse 4.5
कृच्छ्रापन्नैः सत्वैः जातिजरापीडितैः मरणधर्मैः ।
भवचक्षुकैः अपाया प्रज्ञास्कन्धं निवेशेयं ॥ ५ ॥
kṛcchrāpannaiḥ satvaiḥ jātijarāpīḍitaiḥ maraṇadharmaiḥ |
bhavacakṣukaiḥ apāyā prajñāskandhaṃ niveśeyaṃ || 5 ||
“May I plant the rudiments of wisdom in the people who are sunk in misery, who are tormented by birth and old age and are subject to death, who see only with the bodily eye, and (lead them) from their evil plight. (5)
English translation by J. J. Jones (1949) Read online
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kricchra, Apanna, Satvan, Jati, Jara, Apidita, Maranadharma, Bhava, Cakshu, Kah, Kim, Prajnaskandha, Nivesha, Iyam, Idam,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 4.5). 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: “kṛcchrāpannaiḥ satvaiḥ jātijarāpīḍitaiḥ maraṇadharmaiḥ ”
- kṛcchrā -
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kṛcchra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṛcchra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]kṛcchrā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- apannaiḥ -
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apanna (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]apanna (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- satvai -
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satvan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]satvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- aiḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active second single]
- jāti -
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jāti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]jātī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- jarā -
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jara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]jarā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√jṛ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]√jṝ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- āpīḍitaiḥ -
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āpīḍita (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]āpīḍita (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- maraṇadharmaiḥ -
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maraṇadharma (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “bhavacakṣukaiḥ apāyā prajñāskandhaṃ niveśeyaṃ ”
- bhava -
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bhava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- cakṣu -
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cakṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cakṣū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]cakṣū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cakṣū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kaiḥ -
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ka (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]ka (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- apāyā -
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- prajñāskandham -
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prajñāskandha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prajñāskandha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- niveśe -
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niveśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
- iyam -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]ī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 4.5
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit