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 6.34

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पुत्रं याशोधरं श्लाघ्यं यशोधर्मभृतां वरः ।
बालमर्हसि न त्यक्तुं व्यसनीवोत्तमं यशः ॥ ३४ ॥

putraṃ yāśodharaṃ ślāghyaṃ yaśodharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ |
bālamarhasi na tyaktuṃ vyasanīvottamaṃ yaśaḥ || 34 ||

'Thou wilt not abandon the young son of Yashodhara, worthy of all praise, thou the best of the cherishers of religion and fame, as a dissolute spendthrift his choicest glory?
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 (6.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Putra, Shodha, Shlaghyam, Shlaghya, Bhrit, Bhrita, Vara, Varas, Bala, Vyasanin, Vyasani, Iva, Uttamam, Uttama, Yasha, Yashas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.34). 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: “putraṃ yāśodharaṃ ślāghyaṃ yaśodharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ”
putram -
putra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

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

putrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

√śudh (verb class 1)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

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

rā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ślāghyam -
ślāghyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ślāghya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ślāghya (noun, neuter)

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

ślāghyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√ślāgh -> ślāghya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √ślāgh class 1 verb]

√ślāgh -> ślāghya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √ślāgh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ślāgh class 1 verb]
yaśodharma -
yaśodharman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
bhṛtām -
bhṛt (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

bhṛt (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

bhṛtā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√bhṛ (verb class 2)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
varaḥ -
varas (noun, neuter)

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

vara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “bālamarhasi na tyaktuṃ vyasanīvottamaṃ yaśaḥ ”
bālam -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bāla (noun, neuter)

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

bālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tyaktum -
√tyaj -> tyaktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √tyaj]
vyasanī -
vyasanin (noun, masculine)

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

vyasanin (noun, neuter)

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

vyasanī (noun, masculine)

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

vyasanī (noun, feminine)

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

vyasanī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
uttamam -
uttamam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uttama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

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

uttamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yaśaḥ -
yaśas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yaśas (noun, neuter)

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

yaśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]