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 6.15

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एतद्द् हि दृष्ट्वा शिक्षेत सदा शीलेषु पण्डितः ।
निर्वाणगमनं मार्गं क्षिप्रम् एव विशोधयेत् ॥ १५ ॥

etadd hi dṛṣṭvā śikṣeta sadā śīleṣu paṇḍitaḥ |
nirvāṇagamanaṃ mārgaṃ kṣipram eva viśodhayet || 15 ||

The English translation of Verse 6.15 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 (6.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sada, Sad, Shila, Pandita, Nirvana, Gamana, Marga, Kshipram, Kshipra, Eva, Visha, Vish,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 6.15). 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: “etadd hi dṛṣṭvā śikṣeta sadā śīleṣu paṇḍitaḥ ”
Cannot analyse etadd*hi
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
śikṣeta -
√śikṣ (verb class 1)

[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]

√śak (verb class 0)

[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śīleṣu -
śīla (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

śīla (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
paṇḍitaḥ -
paṇḍita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
Line 2: “nirvāṇagamanaṃ mārgaṃ kṣipram eva viśodhayet ”
nirvāṇa -
nirvāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirvāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gamanam -
gamana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gamana (noun, neuter)

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

gamanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mārgam -
mārga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mārga (noun, neuter)

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

mārgā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kṣipram -
kṣipram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṣipra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣipra (noun, neuter)

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

kṣiprā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viśo -
viśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

viś (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
dhayet -
√dhe (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019