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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 4.17
यथा शाकटिको मार्गं समं हित्वा महापथम् ।
विषमं मार्गं आगम्य छिन्नाक्षः शोचते भृशम् ॥ १७ ॥
yathā śākaṭiko mārgaṃ samaṃ hitvā mahāpatham |
viṣamaṃ mārgaṃ āgamya chinnākṣaḥ śocate bhṛśam || 17 ||
The English translation of Verse 4.17 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 (4.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yatha, Shakatika, Marga, Samam, Sama, Hitva, Hitvan, Mahapatha, Vishamam, Vishama, Agamya, Chinna, Aksha, Shocat, Bhrisham, Bhrisha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.17). 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: “yathā śākaṭiko mārgaṃ samaṃ hitvā mahāpatham ”
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- śākaṭiko* -
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śākaṭika (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mārgam -
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mārga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mārga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mārgā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- samam -
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samam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]samā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hitvā -
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hitvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√hi -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √hi]hitvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mahāpatham -
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mahāpatha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mahāpatha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “viṣamaṃ mārgaṃ āgamya chinnākṣaḥ śocate bhṛśam ”
- viṣamam -
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viṣamam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]viṣama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]viṣama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]viṣamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- mārgam -
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mārga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mārga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mārgā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- āgamya -
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āgamya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- chinnā -
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chinna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]chinna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]chinnā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- akṣaḥ -
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akṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√kṣar (verb class 2)[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
- śocate -
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√śuc -> śocat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √śuc class 1 verb]√śuc -> śocat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √śuc class 1 verb]
- bhṛśam -
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bhṛśam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bhṛśa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bhṛśa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]bhṛśā (noun, feminine)[adverb]