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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 49.37
यदि + + + + + + + + + ।
+ + + दुःखक्रिया न भवेत् ।
यदि जातिजरामरणं न भवेत् ।
अथ किस्य संसाररतिर् न भवेत् ॥ ३७ ॥
yadi + + + + + + + + + |
+ + + duḥkhakriyā na bhavet |
yadi jātijarāmaraṇaṃ na bhavet |
atha kisya saṃsāraratir na bhavet || 37 ||
... If there were no birth, old age and death, then there would be no reason why I should not find pleasure in the round of existence (samsara). (37)
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: “yadi + + + + + + + + + ”
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
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- Line 2: “+ + + duḥkhakriyā na bhavet ”
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
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- Line 3: “yadi jātijarāmaraṇaṃ na bhavet ”
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
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jāti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]jātī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
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jarāmaraṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jarāmaraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 4: “atha kisya saṃsāraratir na bhavet ”
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
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saṃsāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
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rati (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 49.37
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit