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).

नास्ति कामसमो ह्य् ओघो नास्ति दोषसमो ग्रहः ।
नास्ति मोहसमं जालं नास्ति तृष्टा समा नदी ॥ ३७ ॥

nāsti kāmasamo hy ogho nāsti doṣasamo grahaḥ |
nāsti mohasamaṃ jālaṃ nāsti tṛṣṭā samā nadī || 37 ||

The English translation of Verse 29.37 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 (29.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nasti, Kama, Ogha, Dosha, Sama, Graha, Grahas, Moha, Samam, Jala, Trishta, Nadi, Nadin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 29.37). 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: “nāsti kāmasamo hy ogho nāsti doṣasamo grahaḥ
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kāma -
  • kāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samo* -
  • Cannot analyse hy*og
  • ogho* -
  • ogha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • doṣa -
  • doṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    doṣan (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
  • samo* -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • grahaḥ -
  • grahas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    graha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “nāsti mohasamaṃ jālaṃ nāsti tṛṣṭā samā nadī
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • moha -
  • moha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samam -
  • samam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • jālam -
  • jāla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jāla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jālā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tṛṣṭā -
  • tṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tṛṣ -> tṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √tṛṣ class 4 verb]
  • samā* -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nadī -
  • nadī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    nadi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nadi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nadin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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