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 13.66

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बद्धां दृढैश्चेतसि मोहपाशैर्यस्य प्रजां मोक्षयितुं मनीषा ।
तस्मिन् जिघांसा तव नोपपन्ना श्रान्ते जगद्बन्धनमोक्षहेतोः ॥ ६६ ॥

baddhāṃ dṛḍhaiścetasi mohapāśairyasya prajāṃ mokṣayituṃ manīṣā |
tasmin jighāṃsā tava nopapannā śrānte jagadbandhanamokṣahetoḥ || 66 ||

'Him whose one desire is to deliver mankind bound in soul by the fast snares of illusion,—thy wish to overthrow him is not worthy, wearied as he is for the sake of unloosing the bonds of the world.
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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 (13.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Baddha, Dridha, Cetas, Mohapasha, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Praja, Manisha, Tad, Jighamsa, Yushmad, Nri, Upapanna, Shranta, Jagat, Bandhana, Mokshahetu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.66). 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: “baddhāṃ dṛḍhaiścetasi mohapāśairyasya prajāṃ mokṣayituṃ manīṣā ”
baddhām -
baddhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
dṛḍhaiś -
dṛḍha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dṛḍha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
cetasi -
cetas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√cit (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
mohapāśair -
mohapāśa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
yasya -
yasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yas -> yasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yas]

ya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
prajām -
prajā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
mokṣayitum -
√mokṣ -> mokṣayitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √mokṣ]
manīṣā -
manīṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tasmin jighāṃsā tava nopapannā śrānte jagadbandhanamokṣahetoḥ ”
tasmin -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
jighāṃsā -
jighāṃsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
no -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
upapannā -
upapannā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śrānte -
śrānta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śrānta (noun, neuter)

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

śrāntā (noun, feminine)

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

√śram -> śrānta (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √śram class 4 verb]

√śram -> śrānta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √śram class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śram class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śram class 4 verb], [locative single from √śram class 4 verb]

√śram -> śrāntā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √śram class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śram class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śram class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śram class 4 verb]

√śrā (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]
jagad -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

bandhana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mokṣahetoḥ -
mokṣahetu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]