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 9.28

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एकं सुतं बालमनर्हदुःखं सन्तापमन्तर्गतमुद्वहन्तम् ।
तं राहुलं मोक्षय बन्धुशोकाद् राहूपसर्गादिव पूर्णचन्द्रम् ॥ २८ ॥

ekaṃ sutaṃ bālamanarhaduḥkhaṃ santāpamantargatamudvahantam |
taṃ rāhulaṃ mokṣaya bandhuśokād rāhūpasargādiva pūrṇacandram || 28 ||

'Thy only son, a child little deserving such woe, distressed with sorrow, and . . . . —O deliver Rahula from the grief of his kindred like the full moon from the contact of Rahu!
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 (9.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Sut, Suta, Bala, Anarhat, Kham, Kha, Santapa, Antargata, Udvahat, Rahula, Bandhushoka, Rahupasarga, Iva, Purnacandra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.28). 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: “ekaṃ sutaṃ bālamanarhaduḥkhaṃ santāpamantargatamudvahantam ”
ekam -
eka (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

eka (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
sutam -
suta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

suta (noun, neuter)

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

sutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sut (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb], [accusative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb], [accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb], [accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
bālam -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bāla (noun, neuter)

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

bālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anarhad -
anarhat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

anarhat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
uḥ -
u (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kham -
kham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kha (noun, neuter)

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

khā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
santāpam -
santāpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

santāpa (noun, neuter)

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

santāpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
antargatam -
antargata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

antargata (noun, neuter)

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

antargatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
udvahantam -
udvahat (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “taṃ rāhulaṃ mokṣaya bandhuśokād rāhūpasargādiva pūrṇacandram ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
rāhulam -
rāhula (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rāhulā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mokṣaya -
√mokṣ (verb class 10)

[imperative active second single]
bandhuśokād -
bandhuśoka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
rāhūpasargād -
rāhūpasarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pūrṇacandram -
pūrṇacandra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrṇacandrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]