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 27.5

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अन्धभूतो ह्य् अयं लोकस् तनुकोऽत्र विपश्यतः ।
शकुन्तो जालमुक्त इव ह्य् अल्पं स्वर्गेषु मोदते ॥ ५ ॥

andhabhūto hy ayaṃ lokas tanuko'tra vipaśyataḥ |
śakunto jālamukta iva hy alpaṃ svargeṣu modate || 5 ||

The English translation of Verse 27.5 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 (27.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Andha, Aya, Idam, Loka, Tanuka, Atra, Vipashyan, Tas, Shakunta, Jala, Ukta, Iva, Alpam, Alpa, Svarga, Modat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 27.5). 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: “andhabhūto hy ayaṃ lokas tanuko'tra vipaśyataḥ ”
andha -
andha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

andha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhūto* -
Cannot analyse hy*ay
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
lokas -
loka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tanuko' -
tanuka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vipaśya -
vipaśyan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

vipaśyan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śakunto jālamukta iva hy alpaṃ svargeṣu modate ”
śakunto* -
śakunta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jālam -
jāla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jāla (noun, neuter)

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

jālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ukta* -
ukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Cannot analyse hy*al
alpam -
alpam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

alpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

alpa (noun, neuter)

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

alpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
svargeṣu -
svarga (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

svarga (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
modate -
√mud -> modat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √mud class 1 verb]

√mud -> modat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √mud class 1 verb]

√mud (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019