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 9.44

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नूनं च बुद्धिस्तव नातिसूक्ष्मा धर्मार्थकामेष्वविचक्षणा वा ।
हेतोरदृष्टस्य फलस्य यस्त्वं प्रत्यक्षमर्थं परिभूय यासि ॥ ४४ ॥

nūnaṃ ca buddhistava nātisūkṣmā dharmārthakāmeṣvavicakṣaṇā vā |
hetoradṛṣṭasya phalasya yastvaṃ pratyakṣamarthaṃ paribhūya yāsi || 44 ||

'Surely thy mind is not very penetrating, or it is ill-skilled in examining duty, wealth, and pleasure,—when for the sake of an unseen result thou departest disregarding a visible end.
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 (9.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nunam, Buddhi, Yushmad, Nati, Sukshma, Dharmarthakama, Avicakshana, Hetu, Adrishta, Phala, Yah, Tva, Pratyaksham, Pratyaksha, Artha, Paribhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.44). 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: “nūnaṃ ca buddhistava nātisūkṣmā dharmārthakāmeṣvavicakṣaṇā vā ”
nūnam -
nūnam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
buddhis -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
nāti -
nāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nāti (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sūkṣmā* -
sūkṣma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sūkṣmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dharmārthakāmeṣva -
dharmārthakāma (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

dharmārthakāma (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
avicakṣaṇā* -
avicakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

avicakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “hetoradṛṣṭasya phalasya yastvaṃ pratyakṣamarthaṃ paribhūya yāsi ”
hetor -
hetu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
adṛṣṭasya -
adṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

adṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
phalasya -
phala (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

phala (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
yas -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
pratyakṣam -
pratyakṣam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pratyakṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pratyakṣa (noun, neuter)

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

pratyakṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
paribhū -
paribhū (noun, masculine)

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

paribhū (noun, neuter)

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

paribhū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
uya -
√vā -> uya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vā]
yāsi -
√yā (verb class 2)

[present active second single]