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).

Verse 4.18

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एवं धर्माद् अपक्रम्य ह्य् अधर्मम् अनुवर्त्य च ।
बालो मृत्यु वशं प्राप्तश् छिन्नाक्ष इव शोचते ॥ १८ ॥

evaṃ dharmād apakramya hy adharmam anuvartya ca |
bālo mṛtyu vaśaṃ prāptaś chinnākṣa iva śocate || 18 ||

The English translation of Verse 4.18 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 (4.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Dharmat, Dharma, Adharma, Anuvartya, Bala, Vasha, Prapta, Chinna, Aksha, Iva, Shocat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.18). 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: “evaṃ dharmād apakramya hy adharmam anuvartya ca ”
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dharmād -
dharmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
apakramya -
Cannot analyse hy*ad
adharmam -
adharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

adharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anuvartya -
anuvartya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anuvartya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “bālo mṛtyu vaśaṃ prāptaś chinnākṣa iva śocate ”
bālo* -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mṛtyu -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
vaśam -
vaśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaśa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

vaśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prāptaś -
prāpta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
chinnā -
chinna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

chinna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

chinnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ākṣa* -
ākṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√akṣ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śocate -
√śuc -> śocat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √śuc class 1 verb]

√śuc -> śocat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √śuc class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019