Sanskrit quote nr. 133 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अक्षद्यूतजिताधरग्रहविधावीशोऽसि तत्खण्डना- दाधिक्ये वद को भवानिति मृषा कोपाञ्चितभ्रू लतम् ।
स्विद्यत्खिन्नकरा ग्रकुड्म लपरायत्तीकृतास्यस्य मे मुग्धाक्षीप्रतिकृत्य तत् कृतवती द्यूतेऽपि यन्नार्जितम् ॥

akṣadyūtajitādharagrahavidhāvīśo'si tatkhaṇḍanā- dādhikye vada ko bhavāniti mṛṣā kopāñcitabhrū latam |
svidyatkhinnakarā grakuḍma laparāyattīkṛtāsyasya me mugdhākṣīpratikṛtya tat kṛtavatī dyūte'pi yannārjitam ||

Presented above is a Sanskrit aphorism, also known as a subhāṣita, which is at the very least, a literary piece of art. This page provides critical research material such as an anlaysis on the poetic meter used, an English translation, a glossary explaining technical terms, and a list of resources including print editions and digital links.

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: Consider this as an approximate extraction of glossary words based on an experimental segmentation of the Sanskrit verse. Some could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned.

Akshadyuta (aksadyuta, akṣadyūta, अक्षद्यूत): defined in 1 categories.
Jit (जित्): defined in 3 categories.
Jita (जित, jitā, जिता): defined in 13 categories.
Adhara (अधर): defined in 17 categories.
Graha (ग्रह): defined in 19 categories.
Vidh (विध्): defined in 1 categories.
Vidha (विध): defined in 11 categories.
Vidhi (विधि): defined in 15 categories.
Vidhu (विधु): defined in 7 categories.
Isha (isa, īśa, ईश): defined in 15 categories.
Ish (is, īś, ईश्): defined in 4 categories.
Asi (asī, असी): defined in 16 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Khandana (khaṇḍana, खण्डन, khaṇḍanā, खण्डना): defined in 9 categories.
Vada (वद): defined in 17 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Bhava (भव): defined in 31 categories.
Bhavant (भवन्त्): defined in 2 categories.
Iti (इति): defined in 6 categories.
Mrisha (mrsa, mṛṣā, मृषा): defined in 7 categories.
Kopa (कोप): defined in 12 categories.
Ra (र): defined in 11 categories.
Raya (rāya, राय): defined in 9 categories.
Tti (त्ति): defined in 2 categories.
Krit (krt, kṛt, कृत्): defined in 3 categories.
Krita (krta, kṛta, कृत, kṛtā, कृता): defined in 16 categories.
Ma (म, mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Mugdhakshi (mugdhaksi, mugdhākṣī, मुग्धाक्षी): defined in 1 categories.
Kritavat (krtavat, kṛtavat, कृतवत्): defined in 2 categories.
Kritavati (krtavati, kṛtavatī, कृतवती): defined in 1 categories.
Dyuta (dyūta, द्यूत): defined in 9 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Arjita (अर्जित): defined in 3 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Hindi, Jainism, Pali, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Kannada, Hinduism, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Gitashastra (science of music), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Nepali, Tamil, Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Buddhist philosophy, Buddhism, Kavya (poetry), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Jain philosophy, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy)

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit verse. 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: “akṣadyūtajitādharagrahavidhāvīśo'si tatkhaṇḍanā- dādhikye vada ko bhavāniti mṛṣā kopāñcitabhrū latam”
akṣadyūta -
akṣadyūta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jitā -
jita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jit (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

jit (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

jitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√ji -> jita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]

√ji -> jita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]

√ji -> jitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ji class 9 verb]
adhara -
adhara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

adhara (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
graha -
graha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

graha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidhāvī -
vidh (noun, masculine)

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

vidha (noun, masculine)

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

vidhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
īśo' -
īśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

īś (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
asi -
asi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

asi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

asī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
khaṇḍanā* -
khaṇḍana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

khaṇḍanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dādhikye -
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhavān -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
mṛṣā -
mṛṣā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kopā -
kopa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
añcitabhrū -
añcitabhrū (noun, feminine)

[compound]
latam -
latā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “svidyatkhinnakarā grakuḍma laparāyattīkṛtāsyasya me mugdhākṣīpratikṛtya tat kṛtavatī dyūte'pi yannārjitam”
Cannot analyse svidyatkhinnakarā*gr
Cannot analyse grakuḍma*la
lapa -
√lap (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
rāya -
rāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rā -> rāya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √rā]

ra (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

√rai (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ttī -
tti (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kṛtā -
kṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṛt (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[injunctive middle third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural], [injunctive middle third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[injunctive middle third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[injunctive middle third single]
asyasya -
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
mugdhākṣī -
mugdhākṣī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
pratikṛtya -
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kṛtavatī -
kṛtavatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kṛtavat (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ -> kṛtavat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛtavatī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
dyūte' -
dyūta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yann -
yat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
ā -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arjitam -
arjita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arjita (noun, neuter)

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

arjitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √ṛj], [accusative single from √ṛj]

About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

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This quote is included within the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha (महासुभाषितसंग्रह, maha-subhashita-samgraha / subhasita-sangraha), which is a compendium of Sanskrit aphorisms (subhāṣita), collected from various sources. Subhāṣita is a genre of Sanskrit literature, exposing the vast and rich cultural heritage of ancient India.

It has serial number 133 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)

Sanskrit is the oldest living language and bears testimony to the intellectual past of ancient India. Three major religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) share this language, which is used for many of their holy books. Besides religious manuscripts, much of India’s ancient culture has been preserved in Sanskrit, covering topics such as Architecture, Music, Botany, Surgery, Ethics, Philosophy, Dance and much more.

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