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 13.58

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अप्युष्णभावं ज्वलनः प्रजह्यादापो द्रवत्वं पृथिवी स्थिरत्वम् ।
अनेककल्पाचितपुण्यकर्मा न त्वेव जह्याद्व्यवसायमेषः ॥ ५८ ॥

apyuṣṇabhāvaṃ jvalanaḥ prajahyādāpo dravatvaṃ pṛthivī sthiratvam |
anekakalpācitapuṇyakarmā na tveva jahyādvyavasāyameṣaḥ || 58 ||

'Even fire might lose its hot nature, water its fluidity, earth its steadiness, but never will he abandon his resolution, who has acquired his merit by a long course of actions through unnumbered aeons.
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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 (13.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Api, Ushna, Bhava, Jvalana, Praja, Ada, Apas, Dravatva, Prithivi, Sthiratva, Aneka, Kalpa, Acita, Punyakarma, Tva, Eva, Vyavasaya, Esha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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Line 1: “apyuṣṇabhāvaṃ jvalanaḥ prajahyādāpo dravatvaṃ pṛthivī sthiratvam ”
apyu -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

uṣṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāvam -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
jvalanaḥ -
jvalana (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

praja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hyā -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ādā -
āda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ādā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√ad (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
apo* -
apas (noun, feminine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apas (noun, neuter)

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

ap (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

ap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
dravatvam -
dravatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
pṛthivī -
pṛthivī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

pṛthivi (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sthiratvam -
sthiratva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “anekakalpācitapuṇyakarmā na tveva jahyādvyavasāyameṣaḥ ”
aneka -
aneka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

aneka (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
kalpā -
kalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kalpā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

acita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puṇyakarmā* -
puṇyakarma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tve -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

tva (noun, neuter)

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

tvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jahyād -
√hā (verb class 3)

[optative active third single]
vyavasāyam -
vyavasāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
eṣaḥ -
eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]