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 5.12

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कृपणं वत यज्जनः स्वयं सन्नरसो व्याधिजराविनाशधर्मः ।
जरयार्दितमातुरं मृतं वा परमज्ञो विजुगुप्सते मदान्धः ॥ १२ ॥

kṛpaṇaṃ vata yajjanaḥ svayaṃ sannaraso vyādhijarāvināśadharmaḥ |
jarayārditamāturaṃ mṛtaṃ vā paramajño vijugupsate madāndhaḥ || 12 ||

'It is a miserable thing that mankind, though themselves powerless and subject to sickness, old age, and death, yet, blinded by passion and ignorant, look with disgust on another who is afflicted by old age or diseased or dead.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kripanam, Kripana, Vata, Svayam, Sanna, Rasa, Vyadhin, Vyadhi, Jara, Ina, Dharma, Ardita, Atura, Mrita, Parama, Jna, Gup, Sat, Sata, Sati, Madandha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.12). 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: “kṛpaṇaṃ vata yajjanaḥ svayaṃ sannaraso vyādhijarāvināśadharmaḥ ”
kṛpaṇam -
kṛpaṇam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṛpaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṛpaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kṛpaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vata -
vata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√van -> vata (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √van class 1 verb], [vocative single from √van class 8 verb]

√van -> vata (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √van class 1 verb], [vocative single from √van class 8 verb]
Cannot analyse yajjanaḥ*sv
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sanna -
sanna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sanna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sad -> sanna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sad class 6 verb]

√sad -> sanna (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sad class 6 verb]
raso* -
rasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vyādhi -
vyādhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhin (noun, neuter)

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

vyādhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vyādhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
jarāvi -
jara (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
inā -
ina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

i (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

inā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśa -
aśan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
dharmaḥ -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jarayārditamāturaṃ mṛtaṃ vā paramajño vijugupsate madāndhaḥ ”
jarayā -
jarā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√jṝ (verb class 10)

[imperative active second single]

√jṝ (verb class 0)

[imperative active second single]
arditam -
ardita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ardita (noun, neuter)

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

arditā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āturam -
ātura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ātura (noun, neuter)

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

āturā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mṛtam -
mṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mṛta (noun, neuter)

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

mṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jño* -
jña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viju -
viju (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
gup -
gup (noun, masculine)

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

gup (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sate -
sat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

sata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present middle third plural]
madāndhaḥ -
madāndha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]