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).

अपुण्यलाभश् च गतिश् च पापिका भीतस्य भीताभिर् अथाल्पिका रतिः ।
राजा च दण्डं गुरुकं ददाति कायस्य भेदाद् नरकेषु पश्यते ॥ १५ ॥

apuṇyalābhaś ca gatiś ca pāpikā bhītasya bhītābhir athālpikā ratiḥ |
rājā ca daṇḍaṃ gurukaṃ dadāti kāyasya bhedād narakeṣu paśyate || 15 ||

The English translation of Verse 4.15 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 (4.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apunya, Labha, Gati, Papika, Bhita, Atha, Alpika, Rati, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Danda, Guruka, Kaya, Naraka, Pashyat, Pashyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.15). 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: “apuṇyalābhaś ca gatiś ca pāpikā bhītasya bhītābhir athālpikā ratiḥ
  • apuṇya -
  • apuṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    apuṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lābhaś -
  • lābha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gatiś -
  • gati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    gati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāpikā* -
  • pāpikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhītasya -
  • bhīta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    bhīta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • bhītābhir -
  • bhītā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • alpikā* -
  • alpikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ratiḥ -
  • rati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “rājā ca daṇḍaṃ gurukaṃ dadāti kāyasya bhedād narakeṣu paśyate
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • daṇḍam -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    daṇḍā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gurukam -
  • guruka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    guruka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gurukā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dadāti -
  • dadāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (verb class 3)
    [present active third single]
  • kāyasya -
  • kāya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kāya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • bhedād -
  • narakeṣu -
  • naraka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    naraka (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • paśyate -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    paśyata (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paśyata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    paśyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    paś (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
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