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).

आत्मैव ह्य् आत्मनो नाथः आत्मा शरणं आत्मनः ।
तस्मात् सम्यमयात्मानं भद्राश्वम् इव सारथिः ॥ १४ ॥

ātmaiva hy ātmano nāthaḥ ātmā śaraṇaṃ ātmanaḥ |
tasmāt samyamayātmānaṃ bhadrāśvam iva sārathiḥ || 14 ||

The English translation of Verse 19.14 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 (19.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atman, Atma, Natha, Sharana, Tasmat, Tad, Samya, Sami, Aya, Mana, Bhadrashva, Iva, Sarathi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 19.14). 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: “ātmaiva hy ātmano nāthaḥ ātmā śaraṇaṃ ātmanaḥ
  • ātmai -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    ātmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • Cannot analyse hy*āt
  • ātmano* -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • nāthaḥ -
  • nātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ātmā -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ātmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātmanaḥ -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “tasmāt samyamayātmānaṃ bhadrāśvam iva sārathiḥ
  • tasmāt -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • samyam -
  • samyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sam -> samya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 10 verb]
    sam -> samya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sam class 10 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 10 verb]
    samī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ayāt -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • mānam -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • bhadrāśvam -
  • bhadrāśva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhadrāśva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sārathiḥ -
  • sārathi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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