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 4.96

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तदेवं सति दुःखार्त्तं जरामरणभोगिनम् ।
न मां कामेष्वनार्येषु प्रतारयितुमर्हसि ॥ ९६ ॥

tadevaṃ sati duḥkhārttaṃ jarāmaraṇabhoginam |
na māṃ kāmeṣvanāryeṣu pratārayitumarhasi || 96 ||

Since then these things are so, thou surely wouldest not lead me astray into ignoble pleasures,—me afflicted by sorrow, and subject to old age and death?
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 (4.96). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Sat, Sati, Duhkha, Jaramarana, Bhogin, Asmad, Kama, Anarya, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 4.96). 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: “tadevaṃ sati duḥkhārttaṃ jarāmaraṇabhoginam ”
tade -
tadā (noun, feminine)

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

tada (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
vam -
va (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

va (noun, neuter)

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

vā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ve (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sati -
satī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

sat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
duḥkhā -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arttam -
√ard (verb class 7)

[imperative active second dual]
jarāmaraṇa -
jarāmaraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jarāmaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhoginam -
bhogin (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “na māṃ kāmeṣvanāryeṣu pratārayitumarhasi ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mām -
mā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
kāmeṣva -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
anāryeṣu -
anārya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

anārya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tārayitum -
√tṝ -> tārayitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √tṝ]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]