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 9.38

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भवत्यकालो विषयाभिपत्तौ कालस्तथैवाभिविधौ प्रदिष्टः ।
कालो जगत्कर्षति सर्वकालानर्चार्हके श्रेयसि सर्वकालः ॥ ३८ ॥

bhavatyakālo viṣayābhipattau kālastathaivābhividhau pradiṣṭaḥ |
kālo jagatkarṣati sarvakālānarcārhake śreyasi sarvakālaḥ || 38 ||

'There may be an "ill time" in one's attaining a worldly object,—time indeed is described as inseparably connected with all things; time drags the world into all its various times; but all time suits a bliss which is really worthy of praise.
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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 (9.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Akala, Visha, Vishaya, Abhipatti, Kala, Tatha, Abhividhau, Abhividhi, Pradishta, Jagat, Karshat, Sarvaka, Alana, Rica, Ric, Arhaka, Shreyas, Shreyasi, Alas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.38). 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: “bhavatyakālo viṣayābhipattau kālastathaivābhividhau pradiṣṭaḥ ”
bhavatya -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

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

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
akālo* -
akāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viṣayā -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viṣā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
abhipattau -
abhipatti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
kālas -
kāla (noun, masculine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
abhividhau -
abhividhau (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

abhividhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
pradiṣṭaḥ -
pradiṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kālo jagatkarṣati sarvakālānarcārhake śreyasi sarvakālaḥ ”
kālo* -
kāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
karṣati -
√kṛṣ -> karṣat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kṛṣ class 1 verb]

√kṛṣ -> karṣat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kṛṣ class 1 verb]

√kṛṣ (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
sarvakā -
sarvaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarvaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ālānar -
ālāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ālāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ṛcā -
ṛca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛc (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√ṛc (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
arhake -
arhaka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhaka (noun, neuter)

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

arhakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śreyasi -
śreyasī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sarvakā -
sarvaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarvaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
alaḥ -
alas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

alas (noun, neuter)

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