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 9.32

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द्रष्टुं प्रियं कः स्वजनं हि नेच्छेन्नासौ यदि स्यात्प्रियविप्रयोगः ।
यदा तु भूत्वापि भवेद्वियोगस्ततो गुरुं स्निग्धमपि त्यजामि ॥ ३२ ॥

draṣṭuṃ priyaṃ kaḥ svajanaṃ hi necchennāsau yadi syātpriyaviprayogaḥ |
yadā tu bhūtvāpi bhavedviyogastato guruṃ snigdhamapi tyajāmi || 32 ||

'Who would not wish to see his dear kindred, if but this separation from beloved ones did not exist? but since even after it has been once, separation will still come again, it is for this that I abandon my father, however loving.
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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 (9.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Priyam, Pri, Priya, Kah, Svajana, Nri, Nasi, Yadi, Yad, Syat, Sya, Priyaviprayoga, Yada, Api, Viyoga, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Guru, Snigdham, Snigdha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.32). 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: “draṣṭuṃ priyaṃ kaḥ svajanaṃ hi necchennāsau yadi syātpriyaviprayogaḥ ”
draṣṭum -
√dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dṛś]
priyam -
priyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

priya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

priya (noun, neuter)

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

priyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

prī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

prī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svajanam -
svajana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ne -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

nā (noun, feminine)

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

ni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
icchen -
√iṣ (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
nāsau -
nāsi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nāsi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
priyaviprayogaḥ -
priyaviprayoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yadā tu bhūtvāpi bhavedviyogastato guruṃ snigdhamapi tyajāmi ”
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
bhūtvā -
√bhū -> bhūtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
viyogas -
viyoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
gurum -
guru (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
snigdham -
snigdham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

snigdha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

snigdha (noun, neuter)

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

snigdhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√snih -> snigdha (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √snih class 1 verb], [accusative single from √snih class 4 verb]

√snih -> snigdha (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √snih class 1 verb], [accusative single from √snih class 1 verb], [nominative single from √snih class 4 verb], [accusative single from √snih class 4 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
tyajāmi -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[present active first single]