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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 72.19
कथं गिरां वियाहरन्तो दास्यं संपूर्णसंकल्पमनोरथो स ।
मां प्राप्य प्रीतो कथं प्रतिक्रमे ति सा मे रतिर् भवतु सहस्रनेत्र ॥ १९ ॥
kathaṃ girāṃ viyāharanto dāsyaṃ saṃpūrṇasaṃkalpamanoratho sa |
māṃ prāpya prīto kathaṃ pratikrame ti sā me ratir bhavatu sahasranetra || 19 ||
“Let this be my delight, O thousand-eyed one, that I go on giving and impart counsel the while, and that he who comes to me will go away replenished, content, satisfied and glad. (19)
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 (72.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Katham, Katha, Gir, Gira, Harat, Dasya, Sampurna, Sankalpa, Asmad, Prapya, Pritu, Pratikrama, Rati, Sahasranetra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 72.19). 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: “kathaṃ girāṃ viyāharanto dāsyaṃ saṃpūrṇasaṃkalpamanoratho sa ”
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- girām -
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gir (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]gir (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]gir (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]girā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- viyā -
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vī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]vī (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- haranto* -
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√hṛ -> harat (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √hṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛ class 1 verb]
- dāsyam -
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dāsya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√das -> dāsya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √das]√das -> dāsya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √das]√das -> dāsyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √das]√das -> dāsya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √das]√das -> dāsya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √das], [accusative single from √das]
- sampūrṇa -
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sampūrṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sampūrṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saṅkalpam -
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saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]saṅkalpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- anoratho -
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- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “māṃ prāpya prīto kathaṃ pratikrame ti sā me ratir bhavatu sahasranetra ”
- mām -
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mā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- prāpya -
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prāpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prāpya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prīto -
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prītu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- pratikrame -
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pratikrama (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- Cannot analyse ti*sā
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- me -
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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]
- ratir -
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rati (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- bhavatu -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[imperative active third single]
- sahasranetra -
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sahasranetra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sahasranetra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 72.19
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit