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 13.6

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तद्यावदेवैष न लब्धचक्षुर्मद्गोचरे तिष्ठति यावदेव ।
यास्यामि तावद्व्रतमस्य भेत्तुं सेतुं नदीवेग इवाभिवृद्धः ॥ ६ ॥

tadyāvadevaiṣa na labdhacakṣurmadgocare tiṣṭhati yāvadeva |
yāsyāmi tāvadvratamasya bhettuṃ setuṃ nadīvega ivābhivṛddhaḥ || 6 ||

'While, therefore, he stands within my reach and while his spiritual eyesight is not yet attained, I will assail him to break his vow as the swollen might of a river assails a dam.'
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 (13.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Yavat, Eva, Aisha, Labdha, Cakshu, Cakshus, Madgu, Cara, Cari, Tishthat, Tavat, Vrata, Idam, Setu, Nadivega, Iva, Abhivriddha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.6). 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: “tadyāvadevaiṣa na labdhacakṣurmadgocare tiṣṭhati yāvadeva ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yāvad -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
evai -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiṣa -
aiṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
labdha -
labdha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

labdha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]

√labh -> labdha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]
cakṣur -
cakṣus (noun, masculine)

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

cakṣus (noun, neuter)

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

cakṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṣai (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
madgo -
madgu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
care -
cara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

cara (noun, neuter)

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

carā (noun, feminine)

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

cari (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
tiṣṭhati -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
yāvad -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “yāsyāmi tāvadvratamasya bhettuṃ setuṃ nadīvega ivābhivṛddhaḥ ”
yāsyāmi -
√yā (verb class 2)

[future active first single]
tāvad -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vratam -
vrata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vrata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
bhettum -
√bhid -> bhettum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √bhid]

√bhid -> bhettum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √bhid]
setum -
√sā -> setum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √sā]

√si -> setum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √si]

√si -> setum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √si]

setu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

setu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
nadīvega* -
nadīvega (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
abhivṛddhaḥ -
abhivṛddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]