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 8.34

प्रियेण वश्येन हितेन साधुना त्वया सहायेन यथार्थकारिणा ।
गतो ऽर्यपुत्रो ह्यपुनर्निवृत्तये रमस्व दिष्ट्या सफलः श्रमस्तव ॥ ३४ ॥

priyeṇa vaśyena hitena sādhunā tvayā sahāyena yathārthakāriṇā |
gato 'ryaputro hyapunarnivṛttaye ramasva diṣṭyā saphalaḥ śramastava || 34 ||

'Through thee, his dear obedient faithful loyal companion, always doing what was right, the son of my lord is gone never to return,—rejoice,—all hail! thy pains have gained their end.

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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 (8.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Priyena, Priya, Vashya, Hita, Sadhu, Tva, Yushmad, Sahaya, Yatharthaka, Ari, Arin, Gat, Gata, Arya, Aputra, Apunar, Nivritti, Dishti, Saphala, Shrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “priyeṇa vaśyena hitena sādhunā tvayā sahāyena yathārthakāriṇā
  • priyeṇa -
  • priyeṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    priya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    priya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • vaśyena -
  • vaśya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vaśya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    vaś -> vaśya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √vaś class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √vaś class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √vaś class 3 verb]
    vaś -> vaśya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √vaś class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √vaś class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √vaś class 3 verb]
  • hitena -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • sādhunā -
  • sādhu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sādhu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tvayā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • sahāyena -
  • sahāya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • yathārthakā -
  • yathārthaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yathārthaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yathārthakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ariṇā -
  • ari (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ari (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    arin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “gato 'ryaputro hyapunarnivṛttaye ramasva diṣṭyā saphalaḥ śramastava
  • gato' -
  • gat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • arya -
  • ari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    arin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    arya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • aputro* -
  • aputra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • apunar -
  • apunar (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • nivṛttaye -
  • nivṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • ramasva -
  • ram (verb class 1)
    [imperative middle second single]
  • diṣṭyā -
  • diṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • saphalaḥ -
  • saphala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śramas -
  • śrama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tava -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Buddha-carita Verse 8.34

Cover of edition (2003)

The Buddha-Carita By Asvaghosa or Acts of Buddha
by E. B. Cowell (2003)

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Cover of edition (2011)

Buddha Carita of Asvaghosa
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2011)

Sanskrit text, English translation, Index of Verse and Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2016)

Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha
by E. H. Johnston (2016)

Sanskrit text with English Translation

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