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 12.98

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नायं धर्मो विरागाय न बोधाय न मुक्तये ।
जम्बुमूले मया प्राप्तो यस्तदा स विधिर्ध्रुवः ॥ ९८ ॥

nāyaṃ dharmo virāgāya na bodhāya na muktaye |
jambumūle mayā prāpto yastadā sa vidhirdhruvaḥ || 98 ||

'This is not the way to passionlessness, nor to perfect knowledge, nor to liberation; that was certainly the true way which I found at the root of the Jambu tree.
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 (12.98). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Naya, Dharma, Viraga, Bodha, Mukti, Jambu, Mula, Maya, Asmad, Prapta, Yasta, Vidhi, Dhruva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.98). 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: “nāyaṃ dharmo virāgāya na bodhāya na muktaye ”
nāyam -
nāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
dharmo* -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
virāgāya -
virāga (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

virāga (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bodhāya -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

bodha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
muktaye -
mukti (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
Line 2: “jambumūle mayā prāpto yastadā sa vidhirdhruvaḥ ”
jambu -
jambu (noun, neuter)

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

jambū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

jambū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

jambū (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mūle -
mūla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mūla (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mūlā (noun, feminine)

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

√mūl (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
prāpto* -
prāpta (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

yasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yas -> yasta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √yas class 4 verb]

√yas -> yasta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √yas class 4 verb]
dā -
dā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dā (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vidhir -
vidhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhruvaḥ -
dhruva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]