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).

अनुपश्यति चेन् न पश्यति त्व् अथ चेत् पश्यति नानुपश्यति ।
पश्यन्न् अयं नानुपश्यति त्व् अनुपश्यंस् तु सदा न पश्यति ॥ ३८ ॥

anupaśyati cen na paśyati tv atha cet paśyati nānupaśyati |
paśyann ayaṃ nānupaśyati tv anupaśyaṃs tu sadā na paśyati || 38 ||

The English translation of Verse 27.38 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 (27.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anupa, Shyat, Pashyat, Atha, Nanu, Aya, Idam, Sada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 27.38). 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: “anupaśyati cen na paśyati tv atha cet paśyati nānupaśyati
  • anupa -
  • anupa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anupa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śyati -
  • śā -> śyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √śā class 4 verb]
    śā -> śyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √śā class 4 verb]
    śā (verb class 4)
    [present active third single]
  • ce -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paśyati -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse tv*at
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse cet*pa
  • paśyati -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • nānu -
  • nānū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • paśyati -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “paśyann ayaṃ nānupaśyati tv anupaśyaṃs tu sadā na paśyati
  • paśyann -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nānu -
  • nānū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • paśyati -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse tv*an
  • anupa -
  • anupa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anupa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śyaṃs -
  • śā -> śyat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śā class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śā class 4 verb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sadā* -
  • sada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paśyati -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
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