Sanskrit quote nr. 1600 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अन्तःसंतोषवाष्पैः स्थगयति न दृशस्ताभिराकर्णयिष्यन्न् अङ्गेनानस्तिरोमा रचयति पुलकश्रेणिमानन्दकन्दाम् ।
न क्षोणीभङ्गभीरुः कलयति च शिरःकम्पनं तन्न विद्मः शृण्वन्नेतस्य कीर्तीः कथमुरगपतिः प्रीतिमाविष्करोति ॥

antaḥsaṃtoṣavāṣpaiḥ sthagayati na dṛśastābhirākarṇayiṣyann aṅgenānastiromā racayati pulakaśreṇimānandakandām |
na kṣoṇībhaṅgabhīruḥ kalayati ca śiraḥkampanaṃ tanna vidmaḥ śṛṇvannetasya kīrtīḥ kathamuragapatiḥ prītimāviṣkaroti ||

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.

Sthaga (स्थग): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yati (yatī, यती): defined in 18 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Drisha (drsa, dṛśa, दृश): defined in 3 categories.
Drish (drs, dṛś, दृश्): defined in 4 categories.
Ta (tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Anga (aṅga, अङ्ग): defined in 21 categories.
Ana (अन): defined in 12 categories.
Anas (अनस्): defined in 2 categories.
Uma (उम, umā, उमा): defined in 19 categories.
Pulaka (पुलक): defined in 10 categories.
Shrenimat (srenimat, śreṇimat, श्रेणिमत्): defined in 1 categories.
Kanda (कन्द): defined in 14 categories.
Kshoni (ksoni, kṣoṇi, क्षोणि, kṣoṇī, क्षोणी): defined in 8 categories.
Bhanga (bhaṅga, भङ्ग): defined in 15 categories.
Bhiru (bhīru, भीरु): defined in 11 categories.
Kalayat (कलयत्): defined in 2 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Shiras (siras, śiras, शिरस्): defined in 15 categories.
Kampana (कम्पन): defined in 15 categories.
Tan (तन्): defined in 8 categories.
Shrinvat (srnvat, śṛṇvat, शृण्वत्): defined in 3 categories.
Eta (एत): defined in 5 categories.
Etad (एतद्): defined in 2 categories.
Kirti (kīrti, कीर्ति): defined in 12 categories.
Katham (कथम्): defined in 2 categories.
Uraga (उरग): defined in 8 categories.
Pati (पति): defined in 17 categories.
Priti (prīti, प्रीति): defined in 14 categories.
Vishkara (viskara, viṣkara, विष्कर): defined in 3 categories.

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

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: “antaḥsaṃtoṣavāṣpaiḥ sthagayati na dṛśastābhirākarṇayiṣyann aṅgenānastiromā racayati pulakaśreṇimānandakandām”
Cannot analyse antaḥsantoṣavāṣpaiḥ*st
sthaga -
sthaga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sthaga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sthag (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [adverb]

yatin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

yat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛśas -
dṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dṛś (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

dṛś (noun, masculine)

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

[instrumental plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
karṇayiṣyann -
√karṇ -> karṇayiṣyat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √karṇ class 10 verb], [vocative single from √karṇ class 10 verb]
aṅgenā -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
anas -
anas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tiro -
√tṝ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√tṝ (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
umā* -
uma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

umā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
racayati -
√rac -> racayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √rac class 10 verb]

√rac -> racayat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √rac class 10 verb]

√rac (verb class 10)

[present active third single]
pulaka -
pulaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pulaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śreṇimān -
śreṇimat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anda -
√and (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kanda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kand (verb class 1)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “na kṣoṇībhaṅgabhīruḥ kalayati ca śiraḥkampanaṃ tanna vidmaḥ śṛṇvannetasya kīrtīḥ kathamuragapatiḥ prītimāviṣkaroti”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [nominative single]

kṣoṇi (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

bhaṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhīruḥ -
bhīru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kalayati -
√kal -> kalayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kal class 10 verb]

√kal -> kalayat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kal class 10 verb]

√kal (verb class 10)

[present active third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śiraḥ -
śiras (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

śira (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kampanam -
kampana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kampana (noun, neuter)

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

kampanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tann -
tan (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
vidmaḥ -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present active first plural]
śṛṇvann -
√śru -> śṛṇvat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative single from √śru class 5 verb]
etasya -
eta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

eta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

etad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
kīrtīḥ -
kīrti (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
uraga -
uraga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
patiḥ -
pati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prītim -
prīti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viṣkaro -
viṣkara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viṣkara (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

ūti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

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 1600 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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Last Updated: 24 April, 2019