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 29.43

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नाभाषमाना ज्ञायन्ते मिश्रा बालैर् हि पण्डिताः ।
ज्ञायन्ते भाषमानास् तु देषयन्तोऽरजः पदम् ॥ ४३ ॥

nābhāṣamānā jñāyante miśrā bālair hi paṇḍitāḥ |
jñāyante bhāṣamānās tu deṣayanto'rajaḥ padam || 43 ||

The English translation of Verse 29.43 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 (29.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nabh, Nabha, Ana, Mishra, Bala, Pandita, Bhasha, Ishayat, Araja, Arajas, Pada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 29.43). 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: “nābhāṣamānā jñāyante miśrā bālair hi paṇḍitāḥ ”
nābhā -
nābha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nābha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nābh (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

nābhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āṣam -
√aṣ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
ānā* -
āna (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
jñāyante -
√jñā (verb class 3)

[present passive third plural]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[present passive third plural]
miśrā* -
miśra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

miśrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bālair -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

bāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
paṇḍitāḥ -
paṇḍita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

paṇḍitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]

√paṇḍ -> paṇḍitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
Line 2: “jñāyante bhāṣamānās tu deṣayanto'rajaḥ padam ”
jñāyante -
√jñā (verb class 3)

[present passive third plural]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[present passive third plural]
bhāṣam -
bhāṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

bhāṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhāṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ānās -
āna (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
de -
da (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

dā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

dā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
iṣayanto' -
√iṣ -> iṣayat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √iṣ], [vocative plural from √iṣ]

√iṣ -> iṣayat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √iṣ], [vocative plural from √iṣ]
arajaḥ -
arajas (noun, feminine)

[compound], [vocative single]

arajas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

arajas (noun, neuter)

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

araja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√raj (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]

√rañj (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
padam -
pada (noun, neuter)

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

Last Updated: 05 May, 2019