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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 28.25
अल्पकं पि कृतं पुण्यं परलोके सुखावहम् ।
अर्थाय महते नित्यं सस्यानाम् इव संचयः ॥ २५ ॥
alpakaṃ pi kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ paraloke sukhāvaham |
arthāya mahate nityaṃ sasyānām iva saṃcayaḥ || 25 ||
The English translation of Verse 28.25 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 (28.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Alpakam, Alpaka, Krit, Krita, Punya, Paraloka, Sukhavaha, Artha, Mahat, Mahata, Nityam, Nitya, Sasya, Iva, Sancaya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 28.25). 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: “alpakaṃ pi kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ paraloke sukhāvaham ”
- alpakam -
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alpakam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]alpaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]alpaka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse pi*kṛ
- kṛtam -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- puṇyam -
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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]
- paraloke -
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paraloka (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- sukhāvaham -
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sukhāvaha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sukhāvaha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sukhāvahā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “arthāya mahate nityaṃ sasyānām iva saṃcayaḥ ”
- arthāya -
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artha (noun, masculine)[dative single]artha (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- mahate -
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mahat (noun, masculine)[dative single]mahat (noun, neuter)[dative single]mahatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]mahata (noun, masculine)[locative single]mahata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- nityam -
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nityam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]nitya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nitya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nityā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sasyānām -
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sasya (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]sasya (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- sañcayaḥ -
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sañcaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]