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 49.54

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यदि न मरणं नो जातं स्यान् न रोगजरादयः ।
यदि च न भवेद् इष्टत्यागो न चाप्रियसंश्रयो ॥ ५४ ॥

yadi na maraṇaṃ no jātaṃ syān na rogajarādayaḥ |
yadi ca na bhaved iṣṭatyāgo na cāpriyasaṃśrayo || 54 ||

“If there were for us no death, no birth, no disease and old age and such things; if one had not to renounce what is desirable; if one had not to have recourse to what is unpleasant;... (54)
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 (49.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadi, Yad, Marana, Asmad, Jata, Syat, Sya, Roga, Jara, Aya, Ayas, Ishta, Tyaga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 49.54). 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: “yadi na maraṇaṃ no jātaṃ syān na rogajarādayaḥ ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
maraṇam -
maraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
no* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
jātam -
jāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jāta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

jātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]

√jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]
syān -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
roga -
roga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
jarād -
jara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

jara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ayaḥ -
ayas (noun, neuter)

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

aya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

i (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

e (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “yadi ca na bhaved iṣṭatyāgo na cāpriyasaṃśrayo ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
iṣṭa -
iṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

iṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
tyāgo* -
tyāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse cāpriyasaṃśrayo

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 49.54

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019