Udanavarga [sanskrit]

by W. Woodville Rockhill | 1892 | 13,101 words

The Udanavarga is a collection of Sanskrit verses representing aphorisms attributed to the Buddha and his disciples. The Udanavarga resembles the Pali Dhammapada and Udana, yet it belong the ancient tradition of early Buddhism. Alternative titles: Udānavarga (उदानवर्ग).

वितर्कप्रमथितस्य जन्तुनस् तीव्र रागस्य शुभानुदर्शिनः ।
भूयस् तृष्णा प्रवर्धते गाढं ह्य् एष करोति बन्धनम् ॥ १ ॥

vitarkapramathitasya jantunas tīvra rāgasya śubhānudarśinaḥ |
bhūyas tṛṣṇā pravardhate gāḍhaṃ hy eṣa karoti bandhanam || 1 ||

The English translation of Verse 3.1 is contained in the book Udanavarga by W. Woodville Rockhill.

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vitarka, Pramathita, Asmad, Tivra, Raga, Shubha, Shubh, Anudarshin, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Trishna, Prava, Gadham, Gadha, Esha, Karoti, Bandhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.1). 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: “vitarkapramathitasya jantunas tīvra rāgasya śubhānudarśinaḥ
  • vitarka -
  • vitarka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pramathitasya -
  • pramathita (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    pramathita (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • jantu -
  • jantu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jan (verb class 2)
    [imperative active third single]
  • nas -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • tīvra -
  • tīvra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tīvra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rāgasya -
  • rāga (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • śubhā -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • anudarśinaḥ -
  • anudarśin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    anudarśin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “bhūyas tṛṣṇā pravardhate gāḍhaṃ hy eṣa karoti bandhanam
  • bhūyas -
  • bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhūyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tṛṣṇā -
  • tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pravar -
  • prava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pravā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛdhate -
  • gāḍham -
  • gāḍham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    gāḍha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gāḍha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gāḍhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse hy*eṣ
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • karoti -
  • karoti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third single]
  • bandhanam -
  • bandhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bandhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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