Sanskrit quote nr. 309 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अङ्गीकुर्वन्ति भङ्गीमखिलगिरिगणास्तप्तजाम्बूनदीयां दूरीकुर्वन्ति पूरीकृतकनकगिरिस्फारगवं च यस्याः ।
उन्मत्तध्वान्तधारासुरवरपटलीदाहसञ्जातकीर्तिः सेयं प्राची प्रदीप्तिर्दलयतु दुरितं सर्वदा सर्वदा मे ॥

aṅgīkurvanti bhaṅgīmakhilagirigaṇāstaptajāmbūnadīyāṃ dūrīkurvanti pūrīkṛtakanakagirisphāragavaṃ ca yasyāḥ |
unmattadhvāntadhārāsuravarapaṭalīdāhasañjātakīrtiḥ seyaṃ prācī pradīptirdalayatu duritaṃ sarvadā sarvadā me ||

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.

Angin (aṅgin, अङ्गिन्): defined in 10 categories.
Kurvat (कुर्वत्): defined in 4 categories.
Bhangi (bhaṅgī, भङ्गी): defined in 10 categories.
Akhila (अखिल): defined in 13 categories.
Gir (गिर्): defined in 5 categories.
Gana (gaṇa, गण, gaṇā, गणा): defined in 21 categories.
Tapta (तप्त): defined in 12 categories.
Jambunadi (jāmbūnadī, जाम्बूनदी): defined in 3 categories.
Duri (dūrī, दूरी): defined in 6 categories.
Puri (pūrī, पूरी): defined in 8 categories.
Purin (pūrin, पूरिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Kritaka (krtaka, kṛtaka, कृतक): defined in 5 categories.
Naka (नक): defined in 7 categories.
Sphara (sphāra, स्फार): defined in 6 categories.
Gava (गव): defined in 9 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Yasya (यस्य, yasyā, यस्या): defined in 1 categories.
Ya (yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Unmatta (उन्मत्त): defined in 15 categories.
Dhvanta (dhvānta, ध्वान्त): defined in 7 categories.
Dhara (dhārā, धारा): defined in 18 categories.
Rava (रव): defined in 13 categories.
Ra (र): defined in 11 categories.
Pash (pas, paś, पश्): defined in 2 categories.
Ali (अलि): defined in 16 categories.
Alin (अलिन्): defined in 3 categories.
Daha (dāha, दाह): defined in 14 categories.
Sanjata (sañjāta, सञ्जात): defined in 9 categories.
Kirti (kīrti, कीर्ति): defined in 12 categories.
Seya (सेय): defined in 4 categories.
Praci (prācī, प्राची): defined in 4 categories.
Pradipti (pradīpti, प्रदीप्ति): defined in 2 categories.
Da (द): defined in 7 categories.
Durita (दुरित): defined in 8 categories.
Sarvada (sarvadā, सर्वदा): defined in 9 categories.
Ma (म, mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Purana (epic history), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kavya (poetry), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Nepali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), India history, Yoga (school of philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Hinduism, Buddhism, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), 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: “aṅgīkurvanti bhaṅgīmakhilagirigaṇāstaptajāmbūnadīyāṃ dūrīkurvanti pūrīkṛtakanakagirisphāragavaṃ ca yasyāḥ”
aṅgī -
aṅgin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kurvanti -
kurvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third plural]
bhaṅgīm -
bhaṅgī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
akhila -
akhila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

akhila (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

giri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

gir (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

gir (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gir (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
gaṇās -
gaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gaṇā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tapta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√tap -> tapta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √tap class 1 verb], [vocative single from √tap class 4 verb]

√tap -> tapta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √tap class 1 verb], [vocative single from √tap class 4 verb]
jāmbūnadī -
jāmbūnadī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
iyām -
ī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural], [locative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural], [locative single]

√i (verb class 2)

[optative active first single]
dūrī -
dūrī (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kurvanti -
kurvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third plural]
pūrī -
pūrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

pūrin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṛtaka -
kṛtaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṛtaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
naka -
naka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

naka (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

giri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

gir (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

gir (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gir (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sphāra -
sphāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sphāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gavam -
gava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gava (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yasyāḥ -
yasya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

yasyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “unmattadhvāntadhārāsuravarapaṭalīdāhasañjātakīrtiḥ seyaṃ prācī pradīptirdalayatu duritaṃ sarvadā sarvadā me”
unmatta -
unmatta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

unmatta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhvānta -
dhvānta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhvānta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhārāsu -
dhārā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
rava -
rava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ru (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paṭ -
paś (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
alī -
ali (noun, masculine)

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

alin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dāha -
dāha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sañjāta -
sañjāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sañjāta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kīrtiḥ -
kīrti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

kīrti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
seyam -
seya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

seya (noun, neuter)

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

seyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sai -> seya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sai class 1 verb]

√sai -> seya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sai class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sai class 1 verb]

√si -> seya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √si class 5 verb], [accusative single from √si class 9 verb]

√si -> seya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √si class 5 verb], [accusative single from √si class 5 verb], [nominative single from √si class 9 verb], [accusative single from √si class 9 verb]
prācī -
prācī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
pradīptir -
pradīpti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
da -
da (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

da (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
layatu -
√lay (verb class 1)

[imperative active third single]
duritam -
durita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

durita (noun, neuter)

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

duritā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sarvadā -
sarvadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarvadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sarvadā* -
sarvada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sarvadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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]

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 309 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: 22 April, 2019