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).

शीलवन्तः सुखं दृष्टुं सुखं दृष्टुं बहु श्रुताः ।
अर्हन्तश् च सुखं दृष्टुं विप्रमुक्तपुनर् भवाः ॥ २३ ॥

śīlavantaḥ sukhaṃ dṛṣṭuṃ sukhaṃ dṛṣṭuṃ bahu śrutāḥ |
arhantaś ca sukhaṃ dṛṣṭuṃ vipramuktapunar bhavāḥ || 23 ||

The English translation of Verse 30.23 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 (30.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shilavat, Sukham, Sukha, Bahu, Shruta, Arhanta, Arhat, Vipramukta, Punarbhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 30.23). 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: “śīlavantaḥ sukhaṃ dṛṣṭuṃ sukhaṃ dṛṣṭuṃ bahu śrutāḥ
  • śīlavantaḥ -
  • śīlavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • sukham -
  • sukham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse dṛṣṭum*su
  • sukham -
  • sukham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse dṛṣṭum*ba
  • bahu -
  • bahu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bahu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    bahu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bahu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śrutāḥ -
  • śruta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śrutā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śru class 5 verb]
    śru -> śrutā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √śru class 5 verb]
  • Line 2: “arhantaś ca sukhaṃ dṛṣṭuṃ vipramuktapunar bhavāḥ
  • arhantaś -
  • arhanta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    arhat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sukham -
  • sukham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse dṛṣṭum*vi
  • vipramukta -
  • vipramukta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vipramukta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • punarbhavāḥ -
  • punarbhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    punarbhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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