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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 29.16
यानीह भूतानि समागतानि भूम्यानि वा यानि व अन्तरीक्षे ।
मैत्रीकरोन्तु सद मनुष्यका प्रजा दिवं चा रात्रिं च हरन्ति वो बलिं ।
तस्माद् धि तं रक्षथ अप्रमत्ता माता व पुत्रं अनुकम्पमाना ।
एतेन सत्येन सुस्वस्ति भोतु मनुष्यतो वा अमनुष्यतो वा ॥ १६ ॥
yānīha bhūtāni samāgatāni bhūmyāni vā yāni va antarīkṣe |
maitrīkarontu sada manuṣyakā prajā divaṃ cā rātriṃ ca haranti vo baliṃ |
tasmād dhi taṃ rakṣatha apramattā mātā va putraṃ anukampamānā |
etena satyena susvasti bhotu manuṣyato vā amanuṣyato vā || 16 ||
All demons that are here assembled, those of earth and those of air, let them always deal kindly with the race of men. Day and night they bring you offerings. Therefore keep diligent watch over this man, as a mother shows anxious care for her child. By this truth let blessing come from man and from demon. (16)
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 (29.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yani, Yat, Iha, Bhuta, Bhutani, Samagata, Bhumya, Var, Antariksha, Maitri, Maitrin, Kara, Sada, Manushi, Manushya, Manus, Praja, Prajas, Div, Diva, Rat, Harat, Haranti, Yushmad, Bali, Tasmat, Tad, Dha, Apramatta, Mata, Putra, Anukampa, Eta, Etad, Esha, Satya, Svasti, Bhu,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 29.16). 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: “yānīha bhūtāni samāgatāni bhūmyāni vā yāni va antarīkṣe ”
- yānī -
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yānī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]√yā (verb class 2)[imperative active first single]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bhūtāni -
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bhūtāni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bhūtāni (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]bhūtāni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]bhūta (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- samāgatāni -
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samāgata (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhūmyāni -
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bhūmya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yāni -
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yānī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]√yā (verb class 2)[imperative active first single]
- va -
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u (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]ū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[adverb]au (noun, feminine)[adverb]au (noun, masculine)[adverb]va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- antarīkṣe -
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antarīkṣa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Line 2: “maitrīkarontu sada manuṣyakā prajā divaṃ cā rātriṃ ca haranti vo baliṃ ”
- maitrī -
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maitrī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]maitri (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]maitrin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- karo -
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kara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√kṛ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ūn -
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u (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- sada -
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sada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sad (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- manuṣya -
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manuṣī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]manuṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]manuṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]manus (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- akā -
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- prajā* -
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praja (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]prajā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]prajas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- divam -
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diva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]divan (noun, masculine)[adverb]divā (noun, feminine)[adverb]div (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- cā* -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- rāt -
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ra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]ra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√rā -> rāt (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √rā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √rā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √rā class 2 verb]
- rim -
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- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- haranti -
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harantī (noun, masculine)[adverb]harantī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]harantī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√hṛ -> harat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √hṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √hṛ class 1 verb]√hṛ -> harantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]√hṛ (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- vo* -
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va (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
- balim -
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bali (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 3: “tasmād dhi taṃ rakṣatha apramattā mātā va putraṃ anukampamānā ”
- tasmād -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- dhi -
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dhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dhī (noun, feminine)[adverb]dhā (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- rakṣatha -
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√rakṣ (verb class 1)[present active second plural]
- apramattā* -
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apramatta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]apramattā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- mātā* -
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māta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- va -
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va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- putram -
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putra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]putra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]putrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- anukampam -
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anukampā (noun, feminine)[adverb]anukampa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]anukampa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ān -
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a (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- Line 4: “etena satyena susvasti bhotu manuṣyato vā amanuṣyato vā ”
- etena -
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eta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]eta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]etad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]eṣa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- satyena -
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satya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]satya (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- su -
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sū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]sū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]so (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- svasti -
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svasti (indeclinable)[indeclinable]svasti (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]svasti (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]svastī (noun, masculine)[adverb]svastī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]svastī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bho -
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bhu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]bhu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- manuṣyato -
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- vā*a -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- amanuṣyato -
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- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 29.16
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit