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 23.9

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आत्मानं हि तथा कुर्यात् शासीतान्यं यथा स्वयम् ।
आत्मा दान्तो मया नित्यं आत्मदान्तो हि पण्डितः ॥ ९ ॥

ātmānaṃ hi tathā kuryāt śāsītānyaṃ yathā svayam |
ātmā dānto mayā nityaṃ ātmadānto hi paṇḍitaḥ || 9 ||

The English translation of Verse 23.9 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 (23.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atman, Tatha, Shas, Shasin, Ita, Yatha, Svayam, Atma, Danta, Maya, Nityam, Nitya, Atmada, Anta, Pandita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 23.9). 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: “ātmānaṃ hi tathā kuryāt śāsītānyaṃ yathā svayam ”
ātmānam -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kuryāt -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
śāsī -
śāsin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

śāsin (noun, neuter)

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

śās (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
itānya -
ita (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√i -> ita (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “ātmā dānto mayā nityaṃ ātmadānto hi paṇḍitaḥ ”
ātmā* -
ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dānto* -
dānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mayā* -
maya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ātmadā -
ātmadā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ātmadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anto* -
anta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
paṇḍitaḥ -
paṇḍita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019