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 5.12

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असाधु साधु रूपेण प्रियरूपेण चाप्रियम् ।
दुह्खं सुखस्य रूपेण प्रमत्तान् अभिमर्दति ॥ १२ ॥

asādhu sādhu rūpeṇa priyarūpeṇa cāpriyam |
duhkhaṃ sukhasya rūpeṇa pramattān abhimardati || 12 ||

The English translation of Verse 5.12 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 (5.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asadhu, Sadhu, Rupa, Priyarupa, Apriya, Sukha, Pramatta, Abhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.12). 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: “asādhu sādhu rūpeṇa priyarūpeṇa cāpriyam ”
asādhu -
asādhu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

asādhu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

asādhu (noun, neuter)

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

asādhu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sādhu -
sādhu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sādhu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

sādhu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sādhu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
rūpeṇa -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
priyarūpeṇa -
priyarūpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

priyarūpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apriyam -
apriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apriya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

apriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “duhkhaṃ sukhasya rūpeṇa pramattān abhimardati ”
Cannot analyse duhkham*su
sukhasya -
sukha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
rūpeṇa -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pramattān -
pramatta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
abhim -
abhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

abhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ardati -
√ard (verb class 1)

[present active third single]

√ard (verb class 6)

[present active third single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019