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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 67.149
विंश ब्राह्मणसहस्राणी राज्ञो भुंजन्ति नित्यकं ।
दिवा वा यदि वा रात्रौ सदा सत्कृतपूजिता ।
क्षत्रियस्य कुलं स्फीतं तं त्वं दासो ति मन्यसि ॥ १४९ ॥
viṃśa brāhmaṇasahasrāṇī rājño bhuṃjanti nityakaṃ |
divā vā yadi vā rātrau sadā satkṛtapūjitā |
kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi || 149 ||
“Twenty thousand brahmans always eat at the king’s table, and day and night they are ever honoured and esteemed. Rich is this nobleman’s court, and you think that he is a slave. (149)
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 (67.149). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vimsha, Brahmana, Nitya, Kah, Diva, Var, Yadi, Yad, Ratrau, Ratra, Sada, Sad, Satkrita, Pujita, Kshatriya, Kula, Sphita, Tva, Yushmad, Manya, Mani, Asi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 67.149). 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: “viṃśa brāhmaṇasahasrāṇī rājño bhuṃjanti nityakaṃ ”
- viṃśa -
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viṃśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]viṃśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- brāhmaṇa -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sahasrāṇī -
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- rājño* -
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- Cannot analyse bhuñjanti*ni
- nitya -
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nitya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]nitya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nitya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kam -
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ka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ka (noun, masculine)[accusative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “divā vā yadi vā rātrau sadā satkṛtapūjitā ”
- divā* -
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divā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- rātrau -
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rātrau (indeclinable)[indeclinable]rātra (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sadā -
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sadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- satkṛta -
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satkṛta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]satkṛta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pūjitā -
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pūjitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√pūj -> pūjitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pūj class 10 verb]√pūj (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- Line 3: “kṣatriyasya kulaṃ sphītaṃ taṃ tvaṃ dāso ti manyasi ”
- kṣatriyasya -
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kṣatriya (noun, masculine)[genitive single]kṣatriya (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- kulam -
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kula (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kula (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kulā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sphītam -
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sphīta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sphīta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sphītā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√sphā -> sphīta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √sphā class 1 verb]√sphā -> sphīta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √sphā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sphā class 1 verb]
- 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]
- tvam -
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tva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tva (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- dāso -
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- Cannot analyse ti*ma
- manya -
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manya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]manya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√man -> manya (absolutive)[absolutive from √man]√man -> manya (absolutive)[absolutive from √man]manī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]manī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]manī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- asi -
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asi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]asi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]asī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 67.149
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit