Sanskrit quote nr. 273 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अङ्गं येन रथीकृतं नयनयोर्युग्मं रथाङ्गीकृतं पत्रं स्वं रथकर्मसारत्थिकृतं श्वासस्तुरंगीकृताः ।
कोदऽडीकृतमात्मवीर्यमचिरान्मौर्वीकृतं भूषणं वामाङ्गं विशिखीकृतं दिशतु नः क्षेमं स धन्वी पुमान् ॥aṅgaṃ yena rathīkṛtaṃ nayanayoryugmaṃ rathāṅgīkṛtaṃ patraṃ svaṃ rathakarmasāratthikṛtaṃ śvāsasturaṃgīkṛtāḥ |
koda'ḍīkṛtamātmavīryamacirānmaurvīkṛtaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ vāmāṅgaṃ viśikhīkṛtaṃ diśatu naḥ kṣemaṃ sa dhanvī pumān ||
Index
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.
Anga (aṅga, अङ्ग): defined in 21 categories.
Yena (येन): defined in 2 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Rathin (रथिन्): defined in 7 categories.
Krit (krt, kṛt, कृत्): defined in 3 categories.
Krita (krta, kṛta, कृत, kṛtā, कृता): defined in 16 categories.
Nayana (नयन, nayanā, नयना): defined in 15 categories.
Yugma (युग्म): defined in 10 categories.
Rathangi (rathāṅgī, रथाङ्गी): defined in 2 categories.
Rathangin (rathāṅgin, रथाङ्गिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Pat (पत्): defined in 3 categories.
Ra (र): defined in 11 categories.
Shvasa (svasa, śvāsa, श्वास): defined in 17 categories.
Turangi (turaṅgī, तुरङ्गी): defined in 2 categories.
Turangin (turaṅgin, तुरङ्गिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Bhushana (bhusana, bhūṣaṇa, भूषण): defined in 21 categories.
Vama (vāma, वाम, vāmā, वामा): defined in 15 categories.
Vi (वि, vī, वी): defined in 8 categories.
Shikhi (sikhi, śikhi, शिखि, śikhī, शिखी): defined in 14 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Kshema (ksema, kṣema, क्षेम): defined in 9 categories.
Dhanvin (धन्विन्): defined in 9 categories.
Pums (puṃs, पुंस्): defined in 6 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Nepali, Buddhism, Dharmashastra (religious law), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Yoga (school of philosophy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Shilpashastra (iconography), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
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: “aṅgaṃ yena rathīkṛtaṃ nayanayoryugmaṃ rathāṅgīkṛtaṃ patraṃ svaṃ rathakarmasāratthikṛtaṃ śvāsasturaṃgīkṛtāḥ”
- aṅgam -
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aṅga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aṅga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- rathī -
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rathī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]rathī (noun, masculine)[compound]rathin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kṛtam -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- nayanayor -
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nayana (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]nayana (noun, neuter)[genitive dual], [locative dual]nayanā (noun, feminine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]
- yugmam -
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yugma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]yugma (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]yugmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]yugman (noun, masculine)[adverb]yugman (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- rathāṅgī -
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rathāṅgī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]rathāṅgin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kṛtam -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- pat -
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pat (noun, masculine)[compound]pad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ram -
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ra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- svam -
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sva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse rathakarmasāratthikṛtam*śv
- śvāsas -
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śvāsa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- turaṅgī -
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turaṅgī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]turaṅgin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kṛtāḥ -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
- Line 2: “koda'ḍīkṛtamātmavīryamacirānmaurvīkṛtaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ vāmāṅgaṃ viśikhīkṛtaṃ diśatu naḥ kṣemaṃ sa dhanvī pumān”
- Cannot analyse koda'ḍīkṛtamātmavīryamacirānmaurvīkṛtam*bh
- bhūṣaṇam -
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bhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vāmā -
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vāma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vāma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vāmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 2)[imperative active first plural]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active first plural]
- aṅgam -
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aṅga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aṅga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vi -
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vi (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]vi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]vi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ve (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, feminine)[adverb]vī (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śikhī -
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śikhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]śikhi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]śikhin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kṛtam -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- diśatu -
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√diś (verb class 6)[imperative active third single]
- naḥ -
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na (noun, masculine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
- kṣemam -
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kṣema (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṣema (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṣemā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dhanvī -
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dhanvin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pumān -
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puṃs (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
buy this bookThis 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.
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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.