Buddha-Carita [sanskrit]

by E. B. Cowell | 2003 | 11,474 words | ISBN-10: 8187418788 | ISBN-13: 9788187418788

The Buddha Carita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Asvaghosa a famous Sanskrit text revolving around the live and exploits of the Buddha. The Buddha Carita (Buddhacarita) is written in the style of a Kavya (or Mahakavya, epic poetry) and extant original Sanskrit text consists of roughly 1,000 metrical verses.

Verse 3.57

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बुद्धीन्द्रियप्राणगुणैर्वियुक्तः सुप्तो विसञ्ज्ञस्तृणकाष्ठभूतः ।
सम्बध्य संरक्ष्य च यत्नवद्भिः प्रियाप्रियैस्त्यज्यत एष को ऽपि ॥ ५७ ॥

buddhīndriyaprāṇaguṇairviyuktaḥ supto visañjñastṛṇakāṣṭhabhūtaḥ |
sambadhya saṃrakṣya ca yatnavadbhiḥ priyāpriyaistyajyata eṣa ko 'pi || 57 ||

'This is some poor man who, bereft of his intellect, senses, vital airs and qualities, lying asleep and unconscious, like mere wood or straw, is abandoned alike by friends and enemies after they have carefully swathed and guarded him.'
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Buddhindriya, Prana, Guna, Viyukta, Supta, Visanjna, Trinakashtha, Bhuta, Bhutas, Samba, Samrakshya, Yatnavat, Priyapriya, Tyaj, Tyajya, Atah, Esha, Kah, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 3.57). 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: “buddhīndriyaprāṇaguṇairviyuktaḥ supto visañjñastṛṇakāṣṭhabhūtaḥ ”
buddhīndriya -
buddhīndriya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

prāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
guṇair -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
viyuktaḥ -
viyukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
supto* -
supta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√svap -> supta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √svap class 2 verb]
visañjñas -
visañjña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tṛṇakāṣṭha -
tṛṇakāṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhūtaḥ -
bhūtas (noun, neuter)

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

bhūta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sambadhya saṃrakṣya ca yatnavadbhiḥ priyāpriyaistyajyata eṣa ko 'pi ”
samba -
samba (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

samba (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhya -
saṃrakṣya -
saṃrakṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṃrakṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatnavadbhiḥ -
yatnavat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

yatnavat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
priyāpriyais -
priyāpriya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tyajya -
√tyaj -> tyajya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tyaj]

tyaj (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tyaj (noun, neuter)

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

√tyaj -> tyajya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √tyaj class 1 verb]

√tyaj -> tyajya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √tyaj class 1 verb]
ata* -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ko' -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]