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 11.63

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सुतो युवा वा स्थविरो ऽथवा शिशुस्तथा त्वरावानिह कर्तुमर्हति ।
यथा भवेद्धर्मवतः कृपात्मनः प्रवृत्तिरिष्टा विनिवृत्तिरेव वा ॥ ६३ ॥

suto yuvā vā sthaviro 'thavā śiśustathā tvarāvāniha kartumarhati |
yathā bhaveddharmavataḥ kṛpātmanaḥ pravṛttiriṣṭā vinivṛttireva vā || 63 ||

'It well befits the youthful son or the old man or the child so to act with all promptitude that they may choose the action of the religious man whose soul is all mercy,—nay, better still, his inactivity.
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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 (11.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sut, Suta, Yuva, Sthavira, Athava, Shishu, Tatha, Tvaravat, Iha, Kartu, Arhat, Yatha, Harman, Vata, Kripatman, Pravritti, Ishta, Vinivritti, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 11.63). 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: “suto yuvā vā sthaviro 'thavā śiśustathā tvarāvāniha kartumarhati ”
suto* -
sut (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sut (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

suta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
yuvā* -
yū (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yuvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sthaviro' -
sthavira (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
athavā -
athavā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śiśus -
śiśu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śiśu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tvarāvān -
tvarāvat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kartum -
√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

kartu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

kartu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
arhati -
arhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√arh (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
Line 2: “yathā bhaveddharmavataḥ kṛpātmanaḥ pravṛttiriṣṭā vinivṛttireva vā ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhaveddh -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
harma -
harman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vataḥ -
vata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√van -> vata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √van class 1 verb], [nominative single from √van class 8 verb]
kṛpātmanaḥ -
kṛpātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

kṛpātman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
pravṛttir -
pravṛtti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
iṣṭā* -
iṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

iṣṭā (noun, feminine)

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

√iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ -> iṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √yaj class 1 verb]

√yaj -> iṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √yaj class 1 verb]
vinivṛttir -
vinivṛtti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]