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 12.12

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विरक्तस्यापि यदिदं सौमुख्यं भवतः परम् ।
अकृतार्थो ऽप्यनेनास्मि कृतार्थ इव सम्प्रति ॥ १२ ॥

viraktasyāpi yadidaṃ saumukhyaṃ bhavataḥ param |
akṛtārtho 'pyanenāsmi kṛtārtha iva samprati || 12 ||

'This extreme kindliness which thou showest to me, calmly passionless as thou art, makes me, imperfect as I am, seem even already to have attained perfection.
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 (12.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Virakta, Api, Yadi, Yad, Saumukhya, Bhavat, Bhavant, Param, Para, Akritartha, Apya, Ana, Anena, Idam, Kritartha, Iva, Samprati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.12). 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: “viraktasyāpi yadidaṃ saumukhyaṃ bhavataḥ param ”
viraktasyā -
virakta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

virakta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
dam -
da (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

dā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
saumukhyam -
saumukhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhavataḥ -
bhavat (noun, masculine)

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

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

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

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “akṛtārtho 'pyanenāsmi kṛtārtha iva samprati ”
akṛtārtho' -
akṛtārtha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
anenā -
anena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

anenā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
kṛtārtha* -
kṛtārtha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
samprati -
samprati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

samprati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

samprati (noun, neuter)

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

sampratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sampratī (noun, feminine)

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

sampratī (noun, neuter)

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

samprati (Preverb)

[Preverb]