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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 31.55
चित्तस्य हि सम्यमः सुखं चित्तं रक्षत मा प्रमद्यत ।
चित्तेन हि वञ्चिता प्रजा ह्य् एकत्या नरकेषु पच्यते ॥ ५५ ॥
cittasya hi samyamaḥ sukhaṃ cittaṃ rakṣata mā pramadyata |
cittena hi vañcitā prajā hy ekatyā narakeṣu pacyate || 55 ||
The English translation of Verse 31.55 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 (31.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Citta, Samya, Sami, Sukham, Sukha, Asmad, Pramad, Vancita, Sya, Naraka, Pacyat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 31.55). 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: “cittasya hi samyamaḥ sukhaṃ cittaṃ rakṣata mā pramadyata ”
- cittasya -
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citta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]citta (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- samyam -
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samyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√sam -> samya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √sam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 10 verb]√sam -> samya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sam class 10 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 10 verb]samī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- aḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- sukham -
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sukham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sukhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cittam -
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citta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]citta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cittā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√cit (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- rakṣata -
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√rakṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active second plural]
- mā -
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mā (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- pramadya -
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pramad (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- ata -
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√at (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “cittena hi vañcitā prajā hy ekatyā narakeṣu pacyate ”
- cittena -
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citta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]citta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vañcitā -
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vañcitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vañc -> vañcitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vañc]√vañc (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- prajā* -
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- Cannot analyse hy*ek
- eka -
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eka (noun, neuter)[compound]
- tyā* -
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syā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- narakeṣu -
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naraka (noun, masculine)[locative plural]naraka (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- pacyate -
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√pac -> pacyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √pac class 4 verb]√pac -> pacyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √pac class 4 verb]√pac (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√pac (verb class 4)[present middle third single], [present passive third single]√pañc (verb class 1)[present passive third single]