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 6.10

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कुलार्थं धार्यते पुत्रः पोषार्थं सेव्यते पिता ।
आशयाश्लिष्यति जगन्नास्ति निष्कारणास्वता ॥ १० ॥

kulārthaṃ dhāryate putraḥ poṣārthaṃ sevyate pitā |
āśayāśliṣyati jagannāsti niṣkāraṇāsvatā || 10 ||

'The son is maintained for the sake of the family, the father is honoured for the sake of our own (future) support; the world shows kindness for the sake of hope; there is no such a thing as unselfishness without a motive.
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 (6.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kula, Artha, Putra, Posha, Sevyata, Pitri, Asha, Ashaya, Shlishyat, Jagat, Asti, Nishkarana, Asvata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.10). 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: “kulārthaṃ dhāryate putraḥ poṣārthaṃ sevyate pitā ”
kulā -
kula (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kula (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kulā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dhāryate -
√dhṛ (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
putraḥ -
putra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
poṣā -
poṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√puṣ (verb class 1)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sevyate -
sevyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√sev (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√sīv (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
Line 2: “āśayāśliṣyati jagannāsti niṣkāraṇāsvatā ”
āśayā -
āśā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

āśayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śliṣyati -
√śliṣ -> śliṣyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √śliṣ class 4 verb]

√śliṣ -> śliṣyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √śliṣ class 4 verb]

√śliṣ (verb class 4)

[present active third single]
jagann -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
ā -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
niṣkāraṇā -
niṣkāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣkāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣkāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asvatā -
asvatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]