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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 27.57
नास्ति चारसमं चक्षुः नास्ति चारसमो नायो ।
तस्माच् चारं प्रयोजेय्या सर्वार्थेषु जनाधिपः ॥ ५७ ॥
nāsti cārasamaṃ cakṣuḥ nāsti cārasamo nāyo |
tasmāc cāraṃ prayojeyyā sarvārtheṣu janādhipaḥ || 57 ||
“Your eye is not as good as a spy; your policy is not as good as a spy. Therefore a king should employ a spy in all his affairs. (57)
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 (27.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nasti, Cara, Samam, Sama, Cakshu, Cakshus, Nri, Ayu, Tasmat, Tad, Prayas, Sarvartha, Janadhipa,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 27.57). 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: “nāsti cārasamaṃ cakṣuḥ nāsti cārasamo nāyo ”
- nāsti -
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nāsti (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- cāra -
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cāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]cāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- samam -
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samam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]samā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cakṣuḥ -
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cakṣus (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cakṣus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cakṣu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√kṣai (verb class 1)[perfect active third plural]
- nāsti -
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nāsti (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- cāra -
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cāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]cāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- samo* -
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sama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nā -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- āyo -
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āyu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]āyu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “tasmāc cāraṃ prayojeyyā sarvārtheṣu janādhipaḥ ”
- tasmāc -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- cāram -
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cāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cāra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- prayo -
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prayas (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]prayas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- je -
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ja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]ja (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]jā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ji (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ji (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- iyyā -
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- sarvārtheṣu -
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sarvārtha (noun, masculine)[locative plural]sarvārtha (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- janādhipaḥ -
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janādhipa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 27.57
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit