Buddhacarita 1.69

Question 1

Translate into English:
vihāya rājyaṁ viṣayeṣvanāsthastīvraiḥ prayatnairadhigamya tattvam |

jagatyayaṁ mohatamo nihantuṁ jvaliṣyati jñānamayo hi sūryaḥ ||

Answer 1

“Having left behind his kingdom, without attachment to sensual pleasures, having realized/reached the Truth throuhg intense efforts, in order to dispel the darkness born of delusion in the world, this sun of knowledge will burn brightly”.

Question 2

Analyse the verb: vihāya

Answer 2

“Having left behind, having abandonded”

Gerund, plus the prefix vi-

STEM: vihā = ‘to leave behind, relinquish, abandon’

Question 3

Analyse the verb: adhigamya

Answer 3

‘having gone above, having reached’

Gerund, plus the prefix adhi -

Prefix adhi: ‘above, over and above, besides’.

Question 4

Analyse the verb: Nihantuṁ

Answer 4

‘To dispel’
‘dispel darkness’

Infinitive, plus the prefix ni-

Question 5

Analyze the verb: jvaliṣyati

Governs the subject -ayam- (3rd person personal pronoun, ‘He’)

Answer 5

‘Will burn brightly’
‘Will glow brightly’

Future tense, with recycled endings from present indicative verbs

√ jval = ‘to glow, to burn brightly’.
jval+iṣya (future tense marker)+ ti (3rd. person ending) = ‘He will burn brightly’

Question 6

Analyze the compound: mohatamo

Answer 6

‘Ignorance born of delusion’
‘Darkness that is made of delusion’

Karmadhāraya compound

Descriptive determinative Comp.