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).

अनित्या हि भवाः सर्वे दुह्खा विपरिणामिनः ।
पश्यतः प्रज्ञया सर्वे क्षीयन्ते नाभिनन्दिताः ॥ ३८ ॥

anityā hi bhavāḥ sarve duhkhā vipariṇāminaḥ |
paśyataḥ prajñayā sarve kṣīyante nābhinanditāḥ || 38 ||

The English translation of Verse 32.38 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 (32.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anitya, Bhava, Sarva, Viparinamin, Pashyat, Pashyata, Prajna, Nabh, Nabhi, Nandita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 32.38). 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: “anityā hi bhavāḥ sarve duhkhā vipariṇāminaḥ
  • anityā* -
  • anitya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhavāḥ -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse duhkhā*vi
  • vipariṇāminaḥ -
  • vipariṇāmin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vipariṇāmin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “paśyataḥ prajñayā sarve kṣīyante nābhinanditāḥ
  • paśyataḥ -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    paśyata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prajñayā -
  • prajñā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kṣīyante -
  • kṣai (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
    kṣī (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
    kṣī (verb class 5)
    [present passive third plural]
    kṣī (verb class 9)
    [present passive third plural]
  • nābhi -
  • nābhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nābhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nābhī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    nābhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    nābhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nābh (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • nanditāḥ -
  • nand -> nandita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √nand class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √nand class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √nand], [vocative plural from √nand]
    nand -> nanditā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √nand class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √nand class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √nand class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √nand], [vocative plural from √nand], [accusative plural from √nand]
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