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).

आत्मानम् एव दमयेद् भद्राश्वम् इव सारथिः ।
आत्मा हि सुदान्तेन स्मृतिमान् दुह्खपारगः ॥ १३ ॥

ātmānam eva damayed bhadrāśvam iva sārathiḥ |
ātmā hi sudāntena smṛtimān duhkhapāragaḥ || 13 ||

The English translation of Verse 19.13 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 (19.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atman, Eva, Bhadrashva, Iva, Sarathi, Atma, Sudanta, Smritimat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 19.13). 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: “ātmānam eva damayed bhadrāśvam iva sārathiḥ
  • ātmānam -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • damayed -
  • dam (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • bhadrāśvam -
  • bhadrāśva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhadrāśva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sārathiḥ -
  • sārathi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ātmā hi sudāntena smṛtimān duhkhapāragaḥ
  • ātmā* -
  • ātmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sudāntena -
  • sudānta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sudānta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • smṛtimān -
  • smṛtimat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse duhkhapāragaḥ
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