Tuesday, August 20, 2013

BUDDHACARITA 6.68: One Mistake After Another


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kva-cit-pradadhyau vilalāpa ca kva-cit kva-cit-pracaskhāla papāta ca kva-cit |
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ato vrajan bhakti-vaśena duḥkhitaś-cacāra bahvīr-avaśaḥ pathi kriyāḥ || 6.68

iti buddha-carite mahā-kāvye chandaka-nivartano nāma ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ || 6 ||

6.68
Here he reflected, there he lamented;

Here he stumbled, there he fell;

And so keeping on, suffering pain on account of attachment, 

He did without meaning to do many actions on the path.


The 6th canto, titled Chandaka / Turning Back, in an epic tale of awakened action.


COMMENT:
Sometimes he brooded, sometimes he wept. (PO)

He brooded and wept?
Or he meditated and lamented all the suffering in the world?

Aśvagopa or Aśvaghoṣa?

I think I've stated my case fully enough already. 
Too fully in fact. You be the judge.


VOCABULARY
kva-cit: ind. at a certain place, at a certain time; sometimes (kvacid-kvacid , here - there , here and there , in various places ; now and then)
pradadhyau = 3rd pers. sg. perf. pra- √ dhyai : to meditate on , think of ; to reflect , consider
vilalāpa = 3rd pers. sg. perf. vi- √ lap : to utter moaning sounds , wail , lament , bewail
ca: and
kva-cit: ibid.

kva-cit: ibid.
pracaskhāla = 3rd pers. sg. perf. pra- √ skhal : to stagger forwards , reel , totter , stumble , tumble
papāta = 3rd pers. sg. perf. pat: to fall
ca: and
kva-cit: ibid.

ataḥ: ind. from this ; hence ; from this or that cause or reason
vrajan = nom. sg. pres. part. vraj: to go , walk , proceed , travel , wander , move
bhakti-vaśena (inst. sg.): on account of attachment / devotion
bhakti: f. attachment , devotion , fondness
vaśa: m. power ; (ifc. " by command of , by force of , on account of , by means of , according to ")
duḥkhitaḥ (nom. sg. m.): mfn. pained, distressed, afflicted

cacāra = 3rd pers. sg. perf. car: to move one's self , go , walk , move , stir , roam about , wander ; to move or travel through , pervade , go along , follow ; to behave , conduct one's self , act ; to undertake , set about , under go , observe , practise , do or act in general , effect , make
bahvīḥ (acc. pl. f.): mfn. many , numerous
avaśaḥ (nom. sg. m.): mfn. not having one's own free will , doing something against one's desire or unwillingly ; involuntarily, without intending it
pathi (loc. sg.): m. road, path
kriyāḥ (acc. pl.): f. actions


iti: thus
buddha-carite mahā-kāvye (loc. sg.): in the epic story of awakened action
chandaka-nivartanaḥ (nom. sg. m.): Chandaka turning back
nivartana: n. turning back , returning , turning the back i.e. retreating , fleeing ; n. causing to return , bringing back
nāma: ind. by name
ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ (nom. sg. m.): the 6th canto 

徘徊屡反顧 形往心反馳
或沈思失魂 或俯仰垂身
或倒而復起 悲泣隨路還 

車匿還品第六

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