Buddhacarita 1.74 Flashcards
tṛṣṇ|ārgalaṃ moha|tamaḥ|kapāṭaṃ dvāraṃ {prajānām apayāna|hetoḥ}। vipāṭayiṣyaty ayam {uttamena sad|dharma|tāḍena dur|āsadena}
What is the main verb?
vipāṭayiṣyaty
(in pausa) - vipāṭayiṣyati =
Class 10 verb.
vi+ pāṭ+ ay + Iṣya (future marker) + ti (3 rd pers. active).
√ paṭ = ‘to split, burst, cleave’.
He [the Buddha = ayam] will split open, bust open.
tṛṣṇ|ārgalaṃ moha|tamaḥ|kapāṭaṃ dvāraṃ {prajānām apayāna|hetoḥ}।
List all the compounds in the first clause. (1.74)
tṛṣṇ|ārgalaṃ : (Acc. Masc. Sg) -> bahuvrīhi compound, qualifying dvāram (‘door’) = ‘whose bolt is thirst’.
moha|tamaḥ|kapāṭaṃ: (Acc. Masc. Sg) -> bahuvrihi compound, qualifying dvāram = ‘whose panels are darkness and delusion’ .
OR
‘Whose bolt is lust/thirst, and whose panel is the darkness of delusion’.
*Nested compound = i.e. there is a karmadhāraya relationship between the members.
apayāna|hetoḥ: (Abl. Sg) -> Tatpurusa compound = ‘For the sake of escape’
hetu (masc.) = ‘impulse, motive, cause’.
vipāṭayiṣyaty ayam {uttamena sad|dharma|tāḍena dur|āsadena} ॥ (1-74)
List all the compounds in the second clause.
sad|dharma|tāḍena : (Instr.Sg) = karmadhāraya of comparison/metaphor => sad|dharma + tāḍena = ‘True dharma that is a blow’
‘He will split open [the door] By the supreme (uttamena), unparalleled (dur|āsadena) blow (of) that is True Dharma’.
dur|āsadena: (Instr. Sg) = dur-āsada (Adj.) NOT A COMPOUND.
dur (in comp.) = ‘bad, difficult’.
āsada = ‘approaching, meeting’.
durāsada = ‘difficult to meet, to best; unparalleled’.
tāḍa (masc.) = ‘A blow, whipping’.
tṛṣṇ|ārgalaṃ moha|tamaḥ|kapāṭaṃ dvāraṃ {prajānām apayāna|hetoḥ}। vipāṭayiṣyaty ayam {uttamena sad|dharma|tāḍena dur|āsadena} ॥ 1-74
Translate the stanza (1.74)
He [The Buddha] will split open the door, Whose bolt is thirst and whose panel is the darkness of delusion,
by the supreme, unparalleled blow that is True Dharma for the sake of the escape of the people |
