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).

पश्यतेमं सदा कायं चित्रं राजरथोपमम् ।
यत्र बाला विषीदन्ति यथा पङ्के जरद्गवः ॥ १८ ॥

paśyatemaṃ sadā kāyaṃ citraṃ rājarathopamam |
yatra bālā viṣīdanti yathā paṅke jaradgavaḥ || 18 ||

The English translation of Verse 27.18 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 (27.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pashyat, Pashyata, Idam, Sada, Sad, Kaya, Citram, Citra, Rajaratha, Upama, Yatra, Bala, Vish, Vishin, Danti, Dantin, Yatha, Panka, Jaradgava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 27.18). 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: “paśyatemaṃ sadā kāyaṃ citraṃ rājarathopamam
  • paśyate -
  • paśyata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    paśyata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    paśyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    paś (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
  • imam -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kāyam -
  • kāya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kāya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • citram -
  • citram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    citra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    citra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    citrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • rājaratho -
  • rājaratha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upamam -
  • upama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    upama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    upamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “yatra bālā viṣīdanti yathā paṅke jaradgavaḥ
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bālā* -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • viṣī -
  • viṣ (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    viṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • danti -
  • dantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    dantin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dantin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • paṅke -
  • paṅka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paṅka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    paṅkā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • jaradgavaḥ -
  • jaradgava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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