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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 7.7
न खलु मे समुचितं तथागतं ऋद्धिये समनुगन्तु गौतमं ।
पद्भिर् एव वदतां वरं मुनिं द्रष्टुम् अप्रतिमं प्रव्रजाम्य् अहं ॥ ७ ॥
na khalu me samucitaṃ tathāgataṃ ṛddhiye samanugantu gautamaṃ |
padbhir eva vadatāṃ varaṃ muniṃ draṣṭum apratimaṃ pravrajāmy ahaṃ || 7 ||
“Now it is not seemly for me to go to Gotama, the Tathagata, by means of my magic power. A pilgrim on foot will I go to see the peerless sage, the best of speakers.” (7)
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 (7.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Khalu, Asmad, Samucita, Tathagata, Riddhi, Yah, Yat, Samat, Uksh, Gautama, Pat, Pad, Eva, Vadat, Varam, Vara, Muni, Apratima, Aha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 7.7). 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: “na khalu me samucitaṃ tathāgataṃ ṛddhiye samanugantu gautamaṃ ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- khalu -
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khalu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]khalu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]khalu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]khalu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- samucitam -
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samucita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]samucita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]samucitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tathāgatam -
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tathāgata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tathāgata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tathāgatā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ṛddhi -
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ṛddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ṛddhī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]ṛddhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]ṛddhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- saman -
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√sam -> samat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sam class 1 verb]
- ug -
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ukṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ukṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- antu -
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antu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- gautamam -
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gautama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gautama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “padbhir eva vadatāṃ varaṃ muniṃ draṣṭum apratimaṃ pravrajāmy ahaṃ ”
- padbhir -
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pat (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]pat (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]pad (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vadatām -
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√vad -> vadat (participle, masculine)[genitive plural from √vad class 1 verb]√vad -> vadat (participle, neuter)[genitive plural from √vad class 1 verb]√vad (verb class 1)[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
- varam -
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varam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]vara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]varā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- munim -
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muni (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- draṣṭum -
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√dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)[infinitive from √dṛś]
- apratimam -
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apratima (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]apratima (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]apratimā (noun, feminine)[adverb]apratiman (noun, masculine)[adverb]apratiman (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse pravrajāmy*ah
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 7.7
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit