Sanskrit quote nr. 3719 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
असहायस्य कार्याणि सिद्धिं नायान्ति कानिचित् ।
तस्मात् समस्तकार्येषु सहायो भूपतेर्गतिः ॥asahāyasya kāryāṇi siddhiṃ nāyānti kānicit |
tasmāt samastakāryeṣu sahāyo bhūpatergatiḥ ||
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.
Asahaya (asahāya, असहाय): defined in 7 categories.
Karya (kārya, कार्य): defined in 12 categories.
Siddhi (सिद्धि): defined in 24 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Naya (nāya, नाय): defined in 16 categories.
Anti (अन्ति, antī, अन्ती): defined in 9 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Cit (चित्): defined in 11 categories.
Tasmat (tasmāt, तस्मात्): defined in 2 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Samasta (समस्त): defined in 11 categories.
Sahaya (sahāya, सहाय): defined in 10 categories.
Bhupati (bhūpati, भूपति): defined in 10 categories.
Gati (गति): defined in 22 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Jainism, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Biology (plants and animals), Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Tamil, Nepali, Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaiva philosophy, Yoga (school of philosophy), Buddhism, Kavya (poetry), Jain 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: “asahāyasya kāryāṇi siddhiṃ nāyānti kānicit”
- asahāyasya -
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asahāya (noun, masculine)[genitive single]asahāya (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- kāryāṇi -
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kārya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[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], [nominative plural from √kṛ], [vocative plural from √kṛ], [accusative plural from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]
- siddhim -
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siddhi (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- nāyā -
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nāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, masculine)[dative single]na (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- anti -
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anti (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]anti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]antī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- kāni -
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ka (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- cit -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “tasmāt samastakāryeṣu sahāyo bhūpatergatiḥ”
- tasmāt -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- samasta -
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samasta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]samasta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāryeṣu -
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kārya (noun, masculine)[locative plural]kārya (noun, neuter)[locative plural]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)[locative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[locative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)[locative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[locative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)[locative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]√kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[locative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]
- sahāyo* -
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sahāya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhūpater -
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bhūpati (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- gatiḥ -
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gati (noun, feminine)[nominative single]gati (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
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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.