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 44.16

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वस ब्राह्मण मो गृहे यज्ञो यम् अत्र भेष्यति ।
माता मे देवराजेन महायज्ञं यजिष्यति ॥ १६ ॥

vasa brāhmaṇa mo gṛhe yajño yam atra bheṣyati |
mātā me devarājena mahāyajñaṃ yajiṣyati || 16 ||

Stay, brahman, since there will be a sacrifice going on in our house. My mother will be offering a great sacrifice to the king of devas. (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 (44.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vasa, Brahmana, Grih, Griha, Yajna, Yah, Atra, Mata, Asmad, Devaraja, Mahayajna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 44.16). 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: “vasa brāhmaṇa mo gṛhe yajño yam atra bheṣyati ”
vasa -
vasa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vas (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
brāhmaṇa -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mo* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gṛhe -
gṛh (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

gṛh (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

gṛhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
yajño* -
yajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bheṣyati -
√bhī (verb class 1)

[future active third single]

√bhī (verb class 3)

[future active third single]
Line 2: “mātā me devarājena mahāyajñaṃ yajiṣyati ”
mātā* -
māta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
me -
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]
devarājena -
devarāja (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
mahāyajñam -
mahāyajña (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mahāyajñā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ya -
i (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
ajiṣyati -
√aj (verb class 1)

[future active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 44.16

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019