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 7.30

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तथैव ये कर्मविशुद्धिहेतोः स्पृशन्त्यपस्तीर्थमिति प्रवृत्ताः ।
तत्रापि तोषो हृदि केवलो ऽयं न पावयिष्यन्ति हि पापमापः ॥ ३० ॥

tathaiva ye karmaviśuddhihetoḥ spṛśantyapastīrthamiti pravṛttāḥ |
tatrāpi toṣo hṛdi kevalo 'yaṃ na pāvayiṣyanti hi pāpamāpaḥ || 30 ||

'So too those who for the sake of purifying their actions, earnestly sprinkle water on themselves, saying, "this is a sacred spot,"—even there this satisfaction resides only in the heart,—for waters will not cleanse away sin.
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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 (7.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Yah, Yat, Karman, Hetu, Sprishat, Sprishanti, Apas, Tirtha, Iti, Pravritta, Tatra, Api, Tavas, Tosha, Hrid, Kevala, Aya, Idam, Pavayishyat, Pavayishyanti, Papam, Papa, Apa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 7.30). 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: “tathaiva ye karmaviśuddhihetoḥ spṛśantyapastīrthamiti pravṛttāḥ ”
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
karma -
karman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
viśuddhi -
viśuddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
hetoḥ -
hetu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
spṛśantya -
spṛśantī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

spṛśantī (noun, feminine)

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

spṛśantī (noun, neuter)

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

√spṛś -> spṛśat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √spṛś class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √spṛś class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √spṛś class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √spṛś class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √spṛś class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √spṛś class 6 verb]

√spṛś -> spṛśantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √spṛś class 6 verb], [vocative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]

√spṛś (verb class 6)

[present active third plural]
apas -
apas (noun, feminine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apas (noun, neuter)

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

ap (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

ap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tīrtham -
tīrtha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
pravṛttāḥ -
pravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pravṛttā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “tatrāpi toṣo hṛdi kevalo 'yaṃ na pāvayiṣyanti hi pāpamāpaḥ ”
tatrā -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
toṣo* -
tavas (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

tavas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

toṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hṛdi -
hṛd (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kevalo' -
kevala (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pāvayiṣyanti -
√pū -> pāvayiṣyantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √pū]

√pū -> pāvayiṣyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √pū], [vocative plural from √pū], [accusative plural from √pū]

√pū -> pāvayiṣyantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √pū]

√pū (verb class 0)

[future active third plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pāpam -
pāpam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pāpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pāpa (noun, neuter)

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

pāpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āpaḥ -
āpas (noun, neuter)

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

ap (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

āpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√āp (verb class 5)

[aorist active second single]