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).

उत्थानकालेषु निहीनवीर्यो वाचा बली त्व् आलसिको निराशः ।
सदैव संकल्पहतः कुसीदो ज्ञानस्य मार्गं सततं न वेत्ति ॥ ३२ ॥

utthānakāleṣu nihīnavīryo vācā balī tv ālasiko nirāśaḥ |
sadaiva saṃkalpahataḥ kusīdo jñānasya mārgaṃ satataṃ na vetti || 32 ||

The English translation of Verse 31.32 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 (31.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Utthana, Kala, Nihina, Virya, Vaca, Balin, Bali, Ala, Sic, Nirasha, Sadaiva, Sankalpa, Hata, Kusida, Jnana, Marga, Satatam, Satata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 31.32). 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: “utthānakāleṣu nihīnavīryo vācā balī tv ālasiko nirāśaḥ
  • utthāna -
  • utthāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    utthāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāleṣu -
  • kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • nihīna -
  • nihīna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nihīna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vīryo* -
  • vīr -> vīrya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vīr class 10 verb]
  • vācā* -
  • vācā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vāca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • balī -
  • balī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    balī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    balin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse tv*āl
  • āla -
  • āla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    al (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • sik -
  • sic (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • o* -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • nirāśaḥ -
  • nirāśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sadaiva saṃkalpahataḥ kusīdo jñānasya mārgaṃ satataṃ na vetti
  • sadaiva -
  • sadaiva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sadaiva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṅkalpa -
  • saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hataḥ -
  • hata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    han -> hata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √han class 1 verb], [nominative single from √han class 2 verb]
    han (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • kusīdo* -
  • kusīda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jñānasya -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • mārgam -
  • mārga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mārga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mārgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • satatam -
  • satatam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    satata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    satatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vetti -
  • vid (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
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