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 11.39

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दुःखप्रतीकारनिमित्तभूतास्तस्मात्प्रजानां विषया न भोग्याः ।
अश्नामि भोगानिति को ऽभ्युपेयात्प्राज्ञः प्रतीकारविधौ प्रवृत्तान् ॥ ३९ ॥

duḥkhapratīkāranimittabhūtāstasmātprajānāṃ viṣayā na bhogyāḥ |
aśnāmi bhogāniti ko 'bhyupeyātprājñaḥ pratīkāravidhau pravṛttān || 39 ||

'External objects therefore are to human beings means for remedying pain, not in themselves sources of enjoyment; what wise man would allow that he enjoys those delights which are only used as remedial?
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 (11.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Duhkhapratikara, Nimittabhuta, Tasmat, Tad, Praja, Prajana, Vishaya, Bhogya, Ashan, Ashna, Amin, Bhoga, Iti, Kah, Prajna, Pratikara, Vidh, Vidha, Vidhi, Vidhu, Pravritta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.39). 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: “duḥkhapratīkāranimittabhūtāstasmātprajānāṃ viṣayā na bhogyāḥ ”
duḥkhapratīkāra -
duḥkhapratīkāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nimittabhūtās -
nimittabhūta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nimittabhūtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tasmāt -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
prajānām -
praja (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

praja (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

prajā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

prajānā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
viṣayā* -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhogyāḥ -
bhogya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhogyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “aśnāmi bhogāniti ko 'bhyupeyātprājñaḥ pratīkāravidhau pravṛttān ”
aśnā -
aśna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśan (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

aśnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ami -
amin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

amin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhogān -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
ko' -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
abhyupe -
abhyupa (Preverb)

[Preverb]
iyāt -
√i (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
prājñaḥ -
prājña (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
vidhau -
vidh (noun, masculine)

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

vidha (noun, masculine)

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

vidhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
pravṛttān -
pravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]