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 11.4

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शरो यथा दुर्गृहीतो हस्तम् एवापकृन्तति ।
श्रामण्यं दुष्परामृष्टं नरकान् उपकर्षति ॥ ४ ॥

śaro yathā durgṛhīto hastam evāpakṛntati |
śrāmaṇyaṃ duṣparāmṛṣṭaṃ narakān upakarṣati || 4 ||

The English translation of Verse 11.4 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 (11.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shara, Sharas, Yatha, Duh, Grihitri, Grihita, Hasta, Eva, Apa, Krintat, Krintati, Shramanya, Naraka, Upaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.4). 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: “śaro yathā durgṛhīto hastam evāpakṛntati ”
śaro* -
śaras (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

śara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dur -
duḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dur (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dur (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb]
gṛhīto* -
gṛhītṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

gṛhīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√grah -> gṛhīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb]
hastam -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hasta (noun, neuter)

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

hastā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apa -
apa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

apa (Preverb)

[Preverb]
kṛntati -
√kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]

√kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]

√kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kṛt class 7 verb]

√kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kṛt class 7 verb]

√kṛt -> kṛntatī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √kṛt class 7 verb]

√kṛt (verb class 6)

[present active third single]
Line 2: “śrāmaṇyaṃ duṣparāmṛṣṭaṃ narakān upakarṣati ”
śrāmaṇyam -
śrāmaṇya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse duṣparāmṛṣṭam*na
narakān -
naraka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
upakar -
upaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ṛṣati -
√ṛṣ (verb class 6)

[present active third single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019