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 25.6

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श्रेयो हि लभते नित्यं यः श्रेष्ठान् उपसेवते ।
प्रज्ञया चोत्तमतमान् शीलेनोपशमेन च ॥ ६ ॥

śreyo hi labhate nityaṃ yaḥ śreṣṭhān upasevate |
prajñayā cottamatamān śīlenopaśamena ca || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 25.6 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 (25.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Labhat, Nityam, Nitya, Yah, Shreshtha, Upa, Prajna, Shila, Upashama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 25.6). 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: “śreyo hi labhate nityaṃ yaḥ śreṣṭhān upasevate ”
śreyo* -
śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

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

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
labhate -
√labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √labh class 1 verb]

√labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √labh class 1 verb]

√labh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śreṣṭhān -
śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
upa -
upa (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

upa (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

upa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

upa (Preverb)

[Preverb]
sevate -
√sev (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
Line 2: “prajñayā cottamatamān śīlenopaśamena ca ”
prajñayā -
prajñā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
co -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uttamatam -
uttamatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ān -
a (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
śīleno -
śīla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śīla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
upaśamena -
upaśama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019