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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 12.17
सदा वितर्कान् कुशलान् वितर्कयेत् सदा पुनश् चाकुशलान् विवर्जयेत् ।
ततो वितर्कांश् च विचारितानि च प्रहास्यते वृष्टिर् इवोद्धतं रजः ॥ १७ ॥
sadā vitarkān kuśalān vitarkayet sadā punaś cākuśalān vivarjayet |
tato vitarkāṃś ca vicāritāni ca prahāsyate vṛṣṭir ivoddhataṃ rajaḥ || 17 ||
The English translation of Verse 12.17 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 (12.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sada, Vitarka, Kushala, Sad, Puna, Akushala, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vicarita, Prahasin, Vrishti, Iva, Uddhata, Raja, Rajas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.17). 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: “sadā vitarkān kuśalān vitarkayet sadā punaś cākuśalān vivarjayet ”
- sadā* -
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sada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vitarkān -
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vitarka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- kuśalān -
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kuśala (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- vi -
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vi (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]vi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]vi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ve (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, feminine)[adverb]vī (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vi (Preverb)[Preverb]
- tarkayet -
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√tark (verb class 10)[optative active third single]
- sadā -
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sadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- punaś -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- cā -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- akuśalān -
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akuśala (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse vivarjayet
- Line 2: “tato vitarkāṃś ca vicāritāni ca prahāsyate vṛṣṭir ivoddhataṃ rajaḥ ”
- tato* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- vitarkāṃś -
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vitarka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vicāritāni -
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vicārita (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prahāsya -
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prahāsin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]prahāsin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ate -
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- vṛṣṭir -
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vṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)[nominative single]vṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ivo -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- uddhatam -
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uddhata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]uddhata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uddhatā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- rajaḥ -
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rajas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rajas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]raja (noun, masculine)[nominative single]