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).

ग्रामे अरण्ये सुखदुह्खस्पृष्टो नैवात्मनो न परतो दधाति ।
स्पर्शाः स्पृशन्ति ह्य् उपधिं प्रतीत्य निरौपधिं किं स्पर्शाः स्पृशेयुः ॥ ५१ ॥

grāme araṇye sukhaduhkhaspṛṣṭo naivātmano na parato dadhāti |
sparśāḥ spṛśanti hy upadhiṃ pratītya niraupadhiṃ kiṃ sparśāḥ spṛśeyuḥ || 51 ||

The English translation of Verse 30.51 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 (30.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Grama, Aranya, Sukhaduhkha, Sprishta, Naiva, Atman, Paratah, Sparsha, Sprishat, Sprishanti, Upadhi, Pratitya, Nih, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 30.51). 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: “grāme araṇye sukhaduhkhaspṛṣṭo naivātmano na parato dadhāti
  • grāme -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    grāma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • araṇye -
  • araṇya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    araṇya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    araṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    raṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect passive first single]
    raṇ (verb class 10)
    [imperfect passive first single]
    raṇ (verb class 4)
    [imperfect passive first single]
    raṇ (verb class 0)
    [imperfect passive first single]
  • sukhaduhkha -
  • sukhaduhkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sukhaduhkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • spṛṣṭo* -
  • spṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    spṛś -> spṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]
  • naivā -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ātmano* -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parato* -
  • parataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • dadhāti -
  • dhā (verb class 3)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 2: “sparśāḥ spṛśanti hy upadhiṃ pratītya niraupadhiṃ kiṃ sparśāḥ spṛśeyuḥ
  • sparśāḥ -
  • sparśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sparśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • spṛśanti -
  • spṛśantī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    spṛśantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    spṛśantī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    spṛś -> spṛśat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √spṛś class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √spṛś class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √spṛś class 6 verb]
    spṛś -> spṛśantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]
    spṛś (verb class 6)
    [present active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse hy*up
  • upadhim -
  • upadhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pratītya -
  • pratītya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nir -
  • niḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    niḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upadhim -
  • upadhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sparśāḥ -
  • sparśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sparśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • spṛśeyuḥ -
  • spṛś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third plural]
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