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).

आत्मा त्व् इहात्मनो नाथः को नु नाथः परो भवेत् ।
आत्मना हि सुदान्तेन सुखां लभति पण्डितः ॥ १६ ॥

ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet |
ātmanā hi sudāntena sukhāṃ labhati paṇḍitaḥ || 16 ||

The English translation of Verse 23.16 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 (23.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atman, Atma, Iha, Natha, Kah, Parah, Para, Sudanta, Sukha, Labhat, Pandita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 23.16). 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: “ātmā tv ihātmano nāthaḥ ko nu nāthaḥ paro bhavet
  • ātmā -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ātmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse tv*ih
  • ihā -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ātmano* -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • nāthaḥ -
  • nātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ko* -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nu -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nāthaḥ -
  • nātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paro* -
  • paraḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ātmanā hi sudāntena sukhāṃ labhati paṇḍitaḥ
  • ātmanā -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sudāntena -
  • sudānta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sudānta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • sukhām -
  • sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • labhati -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • paṇḍitaḥ -
  • paṇḍita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
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