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 13.9

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उत्तिष्ठ भोः क्षत्रिय मृत्युभीत वरस्व धर्मं त्यज मोक्षधर्मम् ।
वाणैश्च यज्ञैश्च विनीय लोकान् लोकान् परान् प्राप्नुहि वासवस्य ॥ ९ ॥

uttiṣṭha bhoḥ kṣatriya mṛtyubhīta varasva dharmaṃ tyaja mokṣadharmam |
vāṇaiśca yajñaiśca vinīya lokān lokān parān prāpnuhi vāsavasya || 9 ||

'Up, up, O thou Kshatriya, afraid of death! follow thine own duty and abandon this law of liberation! and having conquered the lower worlds by thy arrows, proceed to gain the higher worlds of Indra.
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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 (13.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bha, Bhu, Kshatriya, Mrityubhita, Vara, Sva, Svan, Dharma, Mokshadharma, Vana, Yajna, Viniya, Loka, Para, Pra, Vasava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.9). 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: “uttiṣṭha bhoḥ kṣatriya mṛtyubhīta varasva dharmaṃ tyaja mokṣadharmam ”
Cannot analyse uttiṣṭha*bh
bhoḥ -
bhā (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

bhu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kṣatriya -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣatriya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

mṛtyubhīta (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sva -
sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

svan (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tyaja -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
mokṣadharmam -
mokṣadharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “vāṇaiśca yajñaiśca vinīya lokān lokān parān prāpnuhi vāsavasya ”
vāṇaiś -
vāṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vāṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yajñaiś -
yajña (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
lokān -
loka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
lokān -
loka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
parān -
para (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpnuhi -
√āp (verb class 5)

[imperative active second single]
vāsavasya -
vāsava (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vāsava (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]