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 12.22

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जायते जीर्यते चैव बुध्यते म्रियते च यत् ।
तद्व्यक्तमिति विज्ञेयमव्यक्तं तु विपर्ययात् ॥ २२ ॥

jāyate jīryate caiva budhyate mriyate ca yat |
tadvyaktamiti vijñeyamavyaktaṃ tu viparyayāt || 22 ||

'That which is born and grows old and is bound and dies,—is to be known as "the manifested," and "the unmanifested" is to be distinguished by its contrariety.
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 (12.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jayat, Jiryat, Mriyat, Yat, Yad, Tad, Tat, Vyaktam, Vyakta, Iti, Vijneya, Avyaktam, Avyakta, Viparyayat, Viparyaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.22). 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: “jāyate jīryate caiva budhyate mriyate ca yat ”
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]
jīryate -
√jṝ -> jīryat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jṝ class 4 verb]

√jṝ -> jīryat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jṝ class 4 verb]

√jṝ (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√jṝ (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]

√jṝ (verb class 4)

[present passive third single]

√jṝ (verb class 9)

[present passive third single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
budhyate -
√budh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]
mriyate -
√mṛ -> mriyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mriyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√mṛ (verb class 6)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√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]
Line 2: “tadvyaktamiti vijñeyamavyaktaṃ tu viparyayāt ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vyaktam -
vyaktam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vyakta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vyakta (noun, neuter)

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

vyaktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
vijñeyam -
vijñeya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vijñeya (noun, neuter)

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

vijñeyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
avyaktam -
avyaktam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

avyakta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

avyakta (noun, neuter)

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

avyaktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
viparyayāt -
viparyayāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viparyaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

viparyaya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]