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 11.36

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कामास्तु भोगा इति यन्मतं स्याद्भोग्या न केचित्परिगण्यमानाः ।
वस्त्रादयो द्रव्यगुणा हि लोके दुःखप्रतीकार इति प्रधार्याः ॥ ३६ ॥

kāmāstu bhogā iti yanmataṃ syādbhogyā na kecitparigaṇyamānāḥ |
vastrādayo dravyaguṇā hi loke duḥkhapratīkāra iti pradhāryāḥ || 36 ||

'As for the common opinion, "pleasures are enjoyments," none of them when examined are worthy of being enjoyed; fine garments and the rest are only the accessories of things,—they are to be regarded as merely the remedies for pain.
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 (11.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kama, Bhoga, Iti, Yat, Yad, Mata, Syat, Sya, Bhogya, Kah, Kim, Cit, Pariganya, Ana, Vastra, Aya, Ayas, Dravyaguna, Loka, Duhkhapratikara, Pradharya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.36). 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: “kāmāstu bhogā iti yanmataṃ syādbhogyā na kecitparigaṇyamānāḥ ”
kāmās -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kāmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
bhogā* -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhogā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
yan -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

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

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
matam -
mata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mata (noun, neuter)

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

matā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√man -> mata (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]

√man -> mata (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
bhogyā* -
bhogya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhogyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
parigaṇyam -
parigaṇya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parigaṇya (noun, neuter)

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

parigaṇyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ānāḥ -
āna (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “vastrādayo dravyaguṇā hi loke duḥkhapratīkāra iti pradhāryāḥ ”
vastrād -
vastra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ayo* -
ayas (noun, neuter)

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

aya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

i (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

e (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dravyaguṇā* -
dravyaguṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
duḥkhapratīkāra* -
duḥkhapratīkāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
pradhāryāḥ -
pradhārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pradhāryā (noun, feminine)

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