Sanskrit quote nr. 4034 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अहं तावन् महाराजे पितृत्वं नोपलक्षये ।
भ्राता भर्ता च बन्धुश्च पिता च मम राघवः ॥ahaṃ tāvan mahārāje pitṛtvaṃ nopalakṣaye |
bhrātā bhartā ca bandhuśca pitā ca mama rāghavaḥ ||
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.
Aha (अह): defined in 16 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Tavat (tāvat, तावत्): defined in 2 categories.
Maharaja (mahārāja, महाराज): defined in 13 categories.
Pitritva (pitrtva, pitṛtva, पितृत्व): defined in 3 categories.
Na (न, nā, ना): defined in 12 categories.
Nri (nr, nṛ, नृ): defined in 6 categories.
Nu (नु): defined in 1 categories.
Upalaksha (upalaksa, upalakṣa, उपलक्ष): defined in 1 categories.
Ya (य, yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Bhratri (bhratr, bhrātṛ, भ्रातृ): defined in 8 categories.
Bhartri (bhartr, bhartṛ, भर्तृ): defined in 8 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Bandhu (बन्धु): defined in 14 categories.
Pitri (pitr, pitṛ, पितृ): defined in 14 categories.
Raghava (rāghava, राघव): defined in 7 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Dharmashastra (religious law), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Tamil, Vastushastra (architecture), Nepali, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Hinduism, Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
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: “ahaṃ tāvan mahārāje pitṛtvaṃ nopalakṣaye”
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- tāvan -
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tāvat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tāvat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tāvat (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mahārāje -
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mahārāja (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- pitṛtvam -
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pitṛtva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- no -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]nu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- upalakṣa -
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upalakṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “bhrātā bhartā ca bandhuśca pitā ca mama rāghavaḥ”
- bhrātā -
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bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]
- bhartā -
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bhartṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√bhṛ (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]√bhṛ (verb class 2)[periphrastic-future active third single]√bhṛ (verb class 3)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bandhuś -
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bandhu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pitā -
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pitṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mama -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]√mā (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- rāghavaḥ -
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rāghava (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 4034 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.