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 64.241

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अन्ये रथेहि पते मेदिनीयं गर्जन्त मेघा यथ अन्तरीक्षे ।
यथ हस्तिनागा च महार्णवस्मिं तथैव सर्वा हत मारसैन्याः ॥ २४१ ॥

anye rathehi pate medinīyaṃ garjanta meghā yatha antarīkṣe |
yatha hastināgā ca mahārṇavasmiṃ tathaiva sarvā hata mārasainyāḥ || 241 ||

Some flew over the ground in their chariots, like clouds rumbling in the sky. Like elephants floundering in the sea, so were all Mara’s stricken hosts. (241)
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 (64.241). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anya, Ratha, Pat, Pata, Pati, Medin, Medini, Iyam, Idam, Garjat, Megha, Yat, Yad, Han, Antariksha, Tatha, Saru, Sarva, Hata, Mara, Sainya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.241). 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: “anye rathehi pate medinīyaṃ garjanta meghā yatha antarīkṣe ”
anye -
anya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
rathe -
ratha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
ihi -
√i (verb class 2)

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

[dative single]

pat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

pata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pata (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

patā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

pati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

pati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
medinī -
medinī (noun, feminine)

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

medini (noun, masculine)

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

medini (noun, feminine)

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

medini (noun, neuter)

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

medin (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

medin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
garjan -
garjat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
ta -
ta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
meghā* -
megha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

meghā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ha -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
antarīkṣe -
antarīkṣa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “yatha hastināgā ca mahārṇavasmiṃ tathaiva sarvā hata mārasainyāḥ ”
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ha -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
hastināgā -
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse mahārṇavasmim*ta
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
sarvā* -
saru (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hata -
hata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√han -> hata (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √han class 1 verb], [vocative single from √han class 2 verb]

√han -> hata (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √han class 1 verb], [vocative single from √han class 2 verb]

√han (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
māra -
māra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

māra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sainyāḥ -
sainya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sainyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.241

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019