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).

कुर्याच् चेत् पुरुषः पापं नैनं कुर्यात् पुनः पुनः ।
न तत्र छन्दं कुर्वीत दुह्खं पापस्य संचयः ॥ २१ ॥

kuryāc cet puruṣaḥ pāpaṃ nainaṃ kuryāt punaḥ punaḥ |
na tatra chandaṃ kurvīta duhkhaṃ pāpasya saṃcayaḥ || 21 ||

The English translation of Verse 28.21 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 (28.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purusha, Papam, Papa, Nri, Aina, Puna, Tatra, Chanda, Sancaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 28.21). 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: “kuryāc cet puruṣaḥ pāpaṃ nainaṃ kuryāt punaḥ punaḥ
  • kuryāc -
  • Cannot analyse cet*pu
  • puruṣaḥ -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pāpam -
  • pāpam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ainam -
  • aina (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “na tatra chandaṃ kurvīta duhkhaṃ pāpasya saṃcayaḥ
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • chandam -
  • chanda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chanda (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    chandā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • Cannot analyse duhkham*pā
  • pāpasya -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • sañcayaḥ -
  • sañcaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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