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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).
subhāṣitasya śikṣeta śramaṇopāsanasya ca |
ekāsanasya ca rahaś citta vyupaśamasya ca || 1 ||
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ekāsanaṃ tv ekaśayyām ekacaryām atandritaḥ |
ramayec caikaṃ ātmānaṃ vaneṣv ekaḥ sadā vaset || 2 ||
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yaḥ sahasraṃ sahasrāṇāṃ saṃgrāme dviṣatāṃ jayet |
yaś cātmānaṃ jayed ekaṃ saṃgrāmo dujayaḥ sa vai || 3 ||
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ātmā hy asya jitaḥ śreyān yac ceyam itarāḥ prajāḥ |
ātmadāntasya puruṣasya nityaṃ saṃvṛtacāriṇaḥ || 4 ||
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na devā nāpi gandharvā na māro brāhmaṇā saha |
jitasyāpajitaṃ kuryus tathā prājñasya bhikṣuṇaḥ || 5 ||
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ātmānam eva prathamaṃ pratirūpe niveśayet |
tato'nyam anuśāsīta yathā hy aḥ || 6 ||
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ātmānam eva prathamaṃ pratirūpe niveśayet |
tato'nyam anuśāsīta na kliśyeta hi paṇḍitaḥ || 7 ||
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ātmānaṃ hi tathā kuryāt śāsītānyaṃ yathā svayam |
sudānto bata me nityaṃ ātmā sa hi sudurdamaḥ || 8 ||
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ātmānaṃ hi tathā kuryāt śāsītānyaṃ yathā svayam |
ātmā dānto mayā nityaṃ ātmadānto hi paṇḍitaḥ || 9 ||
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ātmano'rthaṃ parārthena bahunāpi na hāpayet |
ātmārthaṃ paramaṃ jñātvā svakārthaparamo bhavet || 10 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena nāthaṃ labhati paṇḍitaḥ || 11 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntenārthaṃ labhati paṇḍitaḥ || 12 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena dharmaṃ labhati paṇḍitaḥ || 13 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena yaśo labhati paṇḍitaḥ || 14 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena kīrtiṃ labhati paṇḍitaḥ || 15 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena sukhāṃ labhati paṇḍitaḥ || 16 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena svargaṃ labhati paṇḍitaḥ || 17 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena ciraṃ svargeṣu modate || 18 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena ciraṃ svarge pratiṣṭhati || 19 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena prajñāṃ labhati paṇḍitaḥ || 20 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena jñāti madhye virocate || 21 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena śokamadhye na śocati || 22 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena sarvaṃ chindati bandhanam || 23 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena sarvās tyajati durgatīḥ || 24 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena sarvaduhkhāt pramucyate || 25 ||
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ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena nirvāṇasyaiva so'ntike || 26 ||
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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ātmavarga
Udanavarga
by W. Woodville Rockhill (1892)
A collection of verses from the Buddhist canon compiled by Dharmatrata being the Northern Buddhist version of Dhammapada.