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 5.32

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मम तु प्रियधर्म धर्मकालस्त्वयि लक्ष्मीमवसृज्य लक्ष्यभूते ।
स्थिरविक्रम विक्रमेण धर्मस्तव हित्वा तु गुरुं भवेदधर्मः ॥ ३२ ॥

mama tu priyadharma dharmakālastvayi lakṣmīmavasṛjya lakṣyabhūte |
sthiravikrama vikrameṇa dharmastava hitvā tu guruṃ bhavedadharmaḥ || 32 ||

'It is high time for me to practise religion, O my child of loved qualities, leaving my royal glory to thee who art well worthy to be distinguished by it; but thy religion, O firm-striding hero, is to be accomplished by heroism; it would be irreligion if thou wert to leave thine own father.
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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 (5.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asmad, Priya, Dharma, Dharman, Dharmakala, Yushmad, Lakshmi, Ava, Srijya, Lakshyabhuta, Sthiravikrama, Vikrama, Hitva, Hitvan, Guru, Adharma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.32). 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: “mama tu priyadharma dharmakālastvayi lakṣmīmavasṛjya lakṣyabhūte ”
mama -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
priya -
priya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

priya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dharmakālas -
dharmakāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tvayi -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[locative single]
lakṣmīm -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ava -
ava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[compound]

√av (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√u (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sṛjya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sṛj -> sṛjya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sṛj]

√sṛj -> sṛjya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sṛj class 6 verb]

√sṛj -> sṛjya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sṛj class 6 verb]
lakṣyabhūte -
lakṣyabhūta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

lakṣyabhūta (noun, neuter)

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

lakṣyabhūtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “sthiravikrama vikrameṇa dharmastava hitvā tu guruṃ bhavedadharmaḥ ”
sthiravikrama -
sthiravikrama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sthiravikrama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vikrameṇa -
vikrama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
dharmas -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
hitvā -
hitvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhā]

√hi -> hitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √hi]

hitvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
gurum -
guru (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
adharmaḥ -
adharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]