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 9.53

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सर्गं वदन्तीश्वरतस्तथान्ये तत्र प्रयत्ने पुरुषष्य को ऽर्थः ।
य एव हेतुर्जगतः प्रवृत्तौ हेतुर्निवृत्तौ नियतः स एव ॥ ५३ ॥

sargaṃ vadantīśvaratastathānye tatra prayatne puruṣaṣya ko 'rthaḥ |
ya eva heturjagataḥ pravṛttau heturnivṛttau niyataḥ sa eva || 53 ||

'Others say that creation comes from Ishvara,—what need then is there of the effort of the conscious soul? That which is the cause of the action of the world, is also determined as the cause of its ceasing to act.
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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 (9.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarga, Vadat, Vadanti, Ishvara, Tasta, Tatra, Prayatna, Puru, Kah, Artha, Yah, Eva, Hetri, Hetu, Jagat, Pravritta, Pravritti, Nivritta, Nivritti, Niyata, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.53). 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: “sargaṃ vadantīśvaratastathānye tatra prayatne puruṣaṣya ko 'rthaḥ ”
sargam -
sarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
vadantī -
√vad -> vadat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad -> vadantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
iśvara -
iśvara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

iśvara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tasta -
√tas -> tasta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √tas class 4 verb]

√tas -> tasta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √tas class 4 verb]

√stai (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
thānye -
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
prayatne -
prayatna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

prayatnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
puru -
puru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

puru (noun, neuter)

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

purū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

purū (noun, feminine)

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

purū (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ṣaṣya -
ko' -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arthaḥ -
artha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ya eva heturjagataḥ pravṛttau heturnivṛttau niyataḥ sa eva ”
ya* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hetur -
hetṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hetu (noun, masculine)

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

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
pravṛttau -
pravṛtta (noun, masculine)

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

pravṛtti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
hetur -
hetṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hetu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nivṛttau -
nivṛtta (noun, masculine)

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

nivṛtti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
niyataḥ -
niyata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]