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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 35.55
यो तदहो जातमात्रो सप्त पदान् उत्तरामुखो अगमि ।
तं तुवं ब्राह्मण दृष्ट्वा किं रोदिषि श्रोतुम् इच्छामि ॥ ५५ ॥
yo tadaho jātamātro sapta padān uttarāmukho agami |
taṃ tuvaṃ brāhmaṇa dṛṣṭvā kiṃ rodiṣi śrotum icchāmi || 55 ||
“I want to hear, brahman, why you weep on seeing him who, on the day he was born, took seven strides to the north. (55)
English translation by J. J. Jones (1949) Read online
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
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Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “yo tadaho jātamātro sapta padān uttarāmukho agami ”
- yo -
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yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- tada -
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tada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ho* -
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ha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jātamātro -
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- sapta -
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sapta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sapta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]saptan (noun, masculine)[compound]saptan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
- padān -
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- uttarāmukho -
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- agami -
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√gam (verb class 1)[aorist middle first single]√gam (verb class 2)[imperfect middle first single], [aorist middle first single]√gam (verb class 3)[aorist middle first single]
- Line 2: “taṃ tuvaṃ brāhmaṇa dṛṣṭvā kiṃ rodiṣi śrotum icchāmi ”
- 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]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vam -
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va (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]va (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vā (noun, feminine)[adverb]ve (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- brāhmaṇa -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dṛṣṭvā -
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√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dṛś]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- rodiṣi -
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√rud (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- śrotum -
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√śru -> śrotum (infinitive)[infinitive from √śru]śrotu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- icchāmi -
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√iṣ (verb class 6)[present active first single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 35.55
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit