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).

मा प्रियैः संगमो जातु मा च स्याद् अप्रियैः सदा ।
प्रियाणाम् अदर्शनं दुह्खम् अप्रियाणां च धर्शनम् ॥ ५ ॥

mā priyaiḥ saṃgamo jātu mā ca syād apriyaiḥ sadā |
priyāṇām adarśanaṃ duhkham apriyāṇāṃ ca dharśanam || 5 ||

The English translation of Verse 5.5 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 (5.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asmad, Priya, Sangama, Jatu, Syat, Sya, Apriya, Sada, Sad, Adarshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.5). 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: “ priyaiḥ saṃgamo jātu ca syād apriyaiḥ sadā
  • -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • priyaiḥ -
  • priya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    priya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • saṅgamo* -
  • saṅgama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jātu -
  • jātu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    jātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jātū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • apriyaiḥ -
  • apriya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    apriya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “priyāṇām adarśanaṃ duhkham apriyāṇāṃ ca dharśanam
  • priyāṇām -
  • priya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    priya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    priyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • adarśanam -
  • adarśana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adarśana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    adarśanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse duhkham*ap
  • apriyāṇām -
  • apriya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    apriya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    apriyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse dharśanam
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