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).

तस्मात् सदा ध्यान रताः समाहिता ह्य् आतापिनो जाति जरान्त दर्शिनः ।
मारं ससैन्यं ह्य् अभिभूय भिक्षवो भवेत जाती मरणस्य पारगाः ॥ ४२ ॥

tasmāt sadā dhyāna ratāḥ samāhitā hy ātāpino jāti jarānta darśinaḥ |
māraṃ sasainyaṃ hy abhibhūya bhikṣavo bhaveta jātī maraṇasya pāragāḥ || 42 ||

The English translation of Verse 1.42 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 (1.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tasmat, Tad, Sada, Dhyana, Rata, Atapin, Jati, Jara, Darshin, Darshi, Mara, Sasainya, Abhibhuya, Bhikshu, Marana, Paraga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.42). 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: “tasmāt sadā dhyāna ratāḥ samāhitā hy ātāpino jāti jarānta darśinaḥ
  • tasmāt -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • sadā* -
  • sada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dhyāna -
  • dhyāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhyāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ratāḥ -
  • rata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    ram -> rata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
    ram -> ratā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
  • samāhitā* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*āt
  • ātāpino* -
  • ātāpin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ātāpin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • jāti -
  • jāti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • jarān -
  • jara (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ta -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • darśinaḥ -
  • darśin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    darśin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    darśī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “māraṃ sasainyaṃ hy abhibhūya bhikṣavo bhaveta jātī maraṇasya pāragāḥ
  • māram -
  • māra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sasainyam -
  • sasainya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sasainya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sasainyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse hy*ab
  • abhibhūya -
  • abhibhūya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhikṣavo* -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhaveta -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active second plural]
  • jātī -
  • jātī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    jāti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • maraṇasya -
  • maraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • pāragāḥ -
  • pāraga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pāragā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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