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 6.35

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अथ बन्धुं च राज्यं च त्यक्तुमेव कृता मतिः ।
मां नार्हसि विभो त्यक्तुं त्वत्पादौ हि गतिर्मम ॥ ३५ ॥

atha bandhuṃ ca rājyaṃ ca tyaktumeva kṛtā matiḥ |
māṃ nārhasi vibho tyaktuṃ tvatpādau hi gatirmama || 35 ||

'Or even if thy mind be resolved to abandon thy kindred and thy kingdom, thou wilt not, O master, abandon me,—thy feet are my only refuge.
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 (6.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Bandhu, Rajya, Eva, Krita, Mati, Asmad, Nri, Vibhu, Yushmad, Pada, Padu, Gati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 6.35). 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: “atha bandhuṃ ca rājyaṃ ca tyaktumeva kṛtā matiḥ ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bandhum -
bandhu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rājyam -
rājya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rājya (noun, neuter)

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

rājyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √rāj]

√rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √rāj]

√rāj -> rājyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √rāj]

√rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj]

√rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rāj], [accusative single from √rāj]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[infinitive from √tyaj]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṛtā* -
kṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
matiḥ -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “māṃ nārhasi vibho tyaktuṃ tvatpādau hi gatirmama ”
mām -
mā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
vibho -
vibhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

vibhu (noun, feminine)

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

[infinitive from √tyaj]
tvat -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[ablative single]
pādau -
pāda (noun, masculine)

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

pādu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
gatir -
gati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

gati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
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]