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).

मनुजस्य प्रमत्त चारिणस् तृष्णा वर्धति मालुतेव हि ।
स हि संसरते पुनः पुनः फलम् इच्छन्न् इव वानरो वने ॥ ४ ॥

manujasya pramatta cāriṇas tṛṣṇā vardhati māluteva hi |
sa hi saṃsarate punaḥ punaḥ phalam icchann iva vānaro vane || 4 ||

The English translation of Verse 3.4 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 (3.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Manuja, Pramatta, Carin, Trishna, Maluta, Iva, Sarat, Sarata, Puna, Phala, Icchat, Vanara, Vana, Vani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.4). 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: “manujasya pramatta cāriṇas tṛṣṇā vardhati māluteva hi
  • manujasya -
  • manuja (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • pramatta -
  • pramatta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pramatta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāriṇas -
  • cārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    cārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tṛṣṇā* -
  • tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • var -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṛdhati -
  • ṛdh (verb class 6)
    [present active third single]
  • mālute -
  • māluta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    māluta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    mālutā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “sa hi saṃsarate punaḥ punaḥ phalam icchann iva vānaro vane
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • sarate -
  • sarat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    sarat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    saratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sṛ -> sarat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √sṛ class 1 verb]
    sṛ -> sarat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √sṛ class 1 verb]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • phalam -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • icchann -
  • iṣ -> icchat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √iṣ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vānaro* -
  • vānara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vane -
  • vana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vani (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    vani (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
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