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 11.53

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अन्धाय यश्च स्पृहयेदनन्धो बद्धाय मुक्तो विधनाय वाढ्यः ।
उन्मत्तचित्ताय च कल्यचित्तः स्पृहां स कुर्याद्विषयात्मकाय ॥ ५३ ॥

andhāya yaśca spṛhayedanandho baddhāya mukto vidhanāya vāḍhyaḥ |
unmattacittāya ca kalyacittaḥ spṛhāṃ sa kuryādviṣayātmakāya || 53 ||

'Only he who, though seeing, would envy the blind, though free the bound, though wealthy the destitute, though sound in his reason the maniac,—only he, I say, would envy one who is devoted to worldly objects.
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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 (11.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Andha, Yah, Anandha, Baddha, Mukta, Vidhana, Adhya, Unmattacitta, Kalyacitta, Spriha, Vishayatmaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.53). 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: “andhāya yaśca spṛhayedanandho baddhāya mukto vidhanāya vāḍhyaḥ ”
andhāya -
andha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

andha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
yaś -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
spṛhayed -
√spṛh (verb class 10)

[optative active third single]
anandho* -
anandha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
baddhāya -
baddha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

baddha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
mukto* -
mukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muj class 1 verb]
vidhanāya -
vidhana (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

vidhana (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

u (noun, masculine)

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

ū (noun, masculine)

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

ū (noun, neuter)

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

ū (noun, feminine)

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

o (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

au (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

au (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
āḍhyaḥ -
āḍhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “unmattacittāya ca kalyacittaḥ spṛhāṃ sa kuryādviṣayātmakāya ”
unmattacittāya -
unmattacitta (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

unmattacitta (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kalyacittaḥ -
kalyacitta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
spṛhām -
spṛhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kuryād -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
viṣayātmakāya -
viṣayātmaka (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

viṣayātmaka (noun, neuter)

[dative single]