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 10.36

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वयांसि जीर्णानि विमर्शयन्ति धीराण्यवस्थानपरायणानि ।
अल्पेन यत्नेन शमात्मकानि भवन्त्यगत्येव च लज्जया च ॥ ३६ ॥

vayāṃsi jīrṇāni vimarśayanti dhīrāṇyavasthānaparāyaṇāni |
alpena yatnena śamātmakāni bhavantyagatyeva ca lajjayā ca || 36 ||

'Old age is prone to reflection, it is grave and intent on remaining quiet; it attains unimpassionedness with but little effort, unavoidably, and for very shame.
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 (10.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vayas, Jirna, Vimarsha, Yat, Dhira, Avasthana, Parayana, Alpena, Alpa, Yatna, Shamatmaka, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Agatya, Agati, Iva, Lajja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 10.36). 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: “vayāṃsi jīrṇāni vimarśayanti dhīrāṇyavasthānaparāyaṇāni ”
vayāṃsi -
vayas (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
jīrṇāni -
jīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√jṝ -> jīrṇa (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √jṝ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jṝ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jṝ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jṝ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jṝ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √jṝ class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √jṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √jṝ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √jṝ class 9 verb]
vimarśa -
vimarśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yanti -
yanti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
dhīrāṇya -
dhīra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
avasthāna -
avasthāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
parāyaṇāni -
parāyaṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “alpena yatnena śamātmakāni bhavantyagatyeva ca lajjayā ca ”
alpena -
alpena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

alpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

alpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
yatnena -
yatna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
śamātmakāni -
śamātmaka (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavantya -
bhavanti (noun, masculine)

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

bhavantī (noun, feminine)

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

bhavat (noun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
agatye -
agatyā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

agati (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lajjayā -
lajjā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]