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 28.23

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अभित्वरेत कल्याणे पापाच् चित्तं निवारयेत् ।
धन्धं हि कुर्वतः पुण्यं पापेषु रमते मनः ॥ २३ ॥

abhitvareta kalyāṇe pāpāc cittaṃ nivārayet |
dhandhaṃ hi kurvataḥ puṇyaṃ pāpeṣu ramate manaḥ || 23 ||

The English translation of Verse 28.23 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 (28.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Abhi, Kalyana, Papa, Citta, Dhandha, Kurvat, Punya, Ramati, Ramat, Mana, Manas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 28.23). 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: “abhitvareta kalyāṇe pāpāc cittaṃ nivārayet ”
abhi -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

abhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
tvareta -
√tvar (verb class 1)

[optative middle third single]
kalyāṇe -
kalyāṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kalyāṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
pāpāc -
pāpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pāpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
cittam -
citta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vārayet -
√vṛ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “dhandhaṃ hi kurvataḥ puṇyaṃ pāpeṣu ramate manaḥ ”
dhandham -
dhandha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kurvataḥ -
kurvat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

kurvat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
puṇyam -
puṇya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

puṇya (noun, neuter)

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

puṇyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]

√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
pāpeṣu -
pāpa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

pāpa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ramate -
ramati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ramati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√ram -> ramat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √ram class 1 verb]

√ram -> ramat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √ram class 1 verb]

√ram (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019