Sanskrit quote nr. 2908 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अर्जुनान्ते वरारोहे भीमान्ते च वरानने ।
पाण्डवैः सह योद्धव्यं रक्षणीयो धनंजयः ॥arjunānte varārohe bhīmānte ca varānane |
pāṇḍavaiḥ saha yoddhavyaṃ rakṣaṇīyo dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
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.
Arjuna (अर्जुन): defined in 19 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Vararoha (varāroha, वरारोह, varārohā, वरारोहा): defined in 5 categories.
Bhima (bhīma, भीम): defined in 22 categories.
Bhimat (bhīmat, भीमत्): defined in 1 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Varanana (varānanā, वरानना): defined in 3 categories.
Pandava (pāṇḍava, पाण्डव): defined in 13 categories.
Saha (सह): defined in 12 categories.
Yoddhavya (योद्धव्य): defined in 1 categories.
Rakshaniya (raksaniya, rakṣaṇīya, रक्षणीय): defined in 5 categories.
Dhananjaya (dhanañjaya, धनञ्जय): defined in 13 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Pali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Prakrit, Hindi, Tamil, Nepali, Shilpashastra (iconography), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Vedanta (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: “arjunānte varārohe bhīmānte ca varānane”
- arjunān -
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arjuna (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- varārohe -
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varāroha (noun, masculine)[locative single]varāroha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]varārohā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- bhīmān -
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bhīma (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]bhīmat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- varānane -
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varānanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “pāṇḍavaiḥ saha yoddhavyaṃ rakṣaṇīyo dhanaṃjayaḥ”
- pāṇḍavaiḥ -
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pāṇḍava (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]pāṇḍava (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- saha -
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saha (indeclinable postposition)[indeclinable postposition]saha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]saha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sah (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- yoddhavyam -
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yoddhavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]yoddhavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]yoddhavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√yudh -> yoddhavya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yudh class 4 verb]√yudh -> yoddhavya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
- rakṣaṇīyo* -
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rakṣaṇīya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√rakṣ -> rakṣaṇīya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rakṣ]
- dhanañjayaḥ -
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dhanañjaya (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.
It has serial number 2908 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.