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 4.4

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प्रज्ञा प्रसादं आरुह्य त्व् अशोकः शोकिनीं प्रजाम् ।
पर्वतस्थैव भूमिस्थान् धीरो बालान् अवेक्षते ॥ ४ ॥

prajñā prasādaṃ āruhya tv aśokaḥ śokinīṃ prajām |
parvatasthaiva bhūmisthān dhīro bālān avekṣate || 4 ||

The English translation of Verse 4.4 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 (4.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prajna, Prasada, Aruhya, Ashoka, Shoki, Praja, Parvatastha, Bhumistha, Dhira, Bala, Avekshata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.4). 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: “prajñā prasādaṃ āruhya tv aśokaḥ śokinīṃ prajām ”
prajñā -
prajñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
prasādam -
prasāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
āruhya -
āruhya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Cannot analyse tv*aś
aśokaḥ -
aśoka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śuk (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
śoki -
śokī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
nī -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

nī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
im -
i (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
prajām -
prajā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “parvatasthaiva bhūmisthān dhīro bālān avekṣate ”
parvatasthai -
parvatastha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parvatastha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

parvatasthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
bhūmisthān -
bhūmistha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dhīro* -
dhīra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bālān -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
avekṣate -
avekṣatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019