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 11.19

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आस्वादमल्पं विषयेषु मत्वा संयोजनोत्कर्षमतृप्तिमेव ।
सद्भ्यश्च गर्हां नियतं च पापं कः कामसञ्ज्ञं विषमाससाद ॥ १९ ॥

āsvādamalpaṃ viṣayeṣu matvā saṃyojanotkarṣamatṛptimeva |
sadbhyaśca garhāṃ niyataṃ ca pāpaṃ kaḥ kāmasañjñaṃ viṣamāsasāda || 19 ||

'Who that considers the paltry flavour of worldly objects,—the very height of union being only insatiety,—the blame of the virtuous, and the certain sin,—has ever drawn near this poison which is called pleasure?
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 (11.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asvada, Alpam, Alpa, Vishaya, Matu, Matva, Samyojana, Utkarsha, Atripti, Eva, Sat, Sad, Garha, Niyata, Papam, Papa, Kah, Kama, Sanjna, Vishama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.19). 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: “āsvādamalpaṃ viṣayeṣu matvā saṃyojanotkarṣamatṛptimeva ”
āsvādam -
āsvāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
alpam -
alpam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

alpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

alpa (noun, neuter)

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

alpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viṣayeṣu -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
matvā -
√man -> matvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √man]

√man -> matvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √man]

matu (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

matvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
saṃyojano -
saṃyojana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṃyojanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
utkarṣam -
utkarṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

utkarṣa (noun, neuter)

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

utkarṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
atṛptim -
atṛpti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “sadbhyaśca garhāṃ niyataṃ ca pāpaṃ kaḥ kāmasañjñaṃ viṣamāsasāda ”
sadbhyaś -
sat (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

sat (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

sad (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

sad (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
garhām -
garhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
niyatam -
niyata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niyata (noun, neuter)

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

niyatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pāpam -
pāpam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pāpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pāpa (noun, neuter)

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

pāpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sañjñam -
sañjña (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sañjña (noun, neuter)

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

sañjñā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viṣamā -
viṣamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sasāda -
√sad (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√sad (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]