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).

तृष्णाभिर् उपस्कृताः प्रजाः परिधावन्ति शशा व वागुराम् ।
सम्योजनैः सङ्गसक्ता दुह्खं यान्ति पुनः पुनश् चिर रात्रम् ॥ ६ ॥

tṛṣṇābhir upaskṛtāḥ prajāḥ paridhāvanti śaśā va vāgurām |
samyojanaiḥ saṅgasaktā duhkhaṃ yānti punaḥ punaś cira rātram || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 3.6 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 (3.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trishna, Upaskrita, Praja, Prajas, Paridhi, Anti, Shasha, Vagura, Samya, Sami, Jana, Sanga, Yantin, Yanti, Puna, Cira, Ratra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.6). 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: “tṛṣṇābhir upaskṛtāḥ prajāḥ paridhāvanti śaśā va vāgurām
  • tṛṣṇābhir -
  • tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • upaskṛtāḥ -
  • upaskṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    upaskṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prajāḥ -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prajas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paridhāva -
  • paridhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • anti -
  • anti (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    antī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • śaśā* -
  • śaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • va -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāgurām -
  • vāgurā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “samyojanaiḥ saṅgasaktā duhkhaṃ yānti punaḥ punaś cira rātram
  • samyo -
  • sam -> samya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sam class 10 verb]
    samī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    samī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • janaiḥ -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    jana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • saṅga -
  • saṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saktā* -
  • Cannot analyse duhkham*yā
  • yānti -
  • yāntin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāntin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yāntī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    yāntī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    yāntī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • punaś -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • cira -
  • cira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rātram -
  • rātra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rātra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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