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 17.9

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किं कुर्याद् उदपानेन यत्रापः सर्वतो भवेत् ।
तृष्णाया मूलम् उद्धृत्य कस्य पर्येषणां चरेत् ॥ ९ ॥

kiṃ kuryād udapānena yatrāpaḥ sarvato bhavet |
tṛṣṇāyā mūlam uddhṛtya kasya paryeṣaṇāṃ caret || 9 ||

The English translation of Verse 17.9 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 (17.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Udapana, Yatra, Apas, Sarvatah, Sarvata, Trishna, Mula, Uddhritya, Kah, Paryeshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 17.9). 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: “kiṃ kuryād udapānena yatrāpaḥ sarvato bhavet ”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kuryād -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
udapānena -
udapāna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
yatrā -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apaḥ -
apas (noun, feminine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apas (noun, neuter)

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

ap (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

ap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
sarvato* -
sarvataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarvata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “tṛṣṇāyā mūlam uddhṛtya kasya paryeṣaṇāṃ caret ”
tṛṣṇāyā* -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
mūlam -
mūla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mūla (noun, neuter)

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

mūlā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
uddhṛtya -
uddhṛtya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kasya -
√kas -> kasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kas]

ka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]
paryeṣaṇām -
paryeṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
caret -
√car (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019