Sanskrit quote nr. 416 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अज्ञस्तावदहं न मन्दधिषणः कर्तुं मनोहारिणीश् चाटूक्तीः प्रभवामियामिभवतो याभिः कृपापात्रताम् ।
आर्तेनाशरणेन किं तु कृपणेनाक्रन्दितं कर्णयोः कृत्वा सत्वरमे हि देहि चरणं मूर्धन्यधन्यस्य मे ॥ajñastāvadahaṃ na mandadhiṣaṇaḥ kartuṃ manohāriṇīś cāṭūktīḥ prabhavāmiyāmibhavato yābhiḥ kṛpāpātratām |
ārtenāśaraṇena kiṃ tu kṛpaṇenākranditaṃ karṇayoḥ kṛtvā satvarame hi dehi caraṇaṃ mūrdhanyadhanyasya me ||
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.
Ajna (ajña, अज्ञ): defined in 12 categories.
Tavat (tāvat, तावत्): defined in 2 categories.
Aha (अह): defined in 16 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Na (न, ṇa, ण): defined in 12 categories.
Mandadhi (mandadhī, मन्दधी): defined in 1 categories.
Sha (sa, ṣa, ष): defined in 9 categories.
Kartu (कर्तु): defined in 2 categories.
Manoharini (manohāriṇī, मनोहारिणी): defined in 1 categories.
Catukti (cāṭūkti, चाटूक्ति): defined in 3 categories.
Prabhava (prabhavā, प्रभवा): defined in 17 categories.
Ibha (इभ): defined in 11 categories.
Vata (वत): defined in 21 categories.
Ya (yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Krip (krp, kṛp, कृप्): defined in 1 categories.
Kripa (krpa, kṛpā, कृपा): defined in 9 categories.
Patrata (pātratā, पात्रता): defined in 1 categories.
Arta (ārta, आर्त): defined in 9 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Tu (तु): defined in 6 categories.
Kripana (krpana, kṛpaṇa, कृपण): defined in 8 categories.
Akrandita (अक्रन्दित): defined in 2 categories.
Karna (karṇa, कर्ण): defined in 22 categories.
Kritva (krtva, kṛtvā, कृत्वा): defined in 3 categories.
Kritvan (krtvan, kṛtvan, कृत्वन्): defined in 1 categories.
Satvara (सत्वर): defined in 4 categories.
Ma (म, mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Hi (हि): defined in 7 categories.
Dehin (देहिन्): defined in 11 categories.
Carana (caraṇa, चरण): defined in 24 categories.
Murdhanya (mūrdhanya, मूर्धन्य): defined in 4 categories.
Adhanya (अधन्य): defined in 1 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Pali, Yoga (school of philosophy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Dharmashastra (religious law), Prakrit, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Tamil, Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Nepali, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Shilpashastra (iconography), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.)
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: “ajñastāvadahaṃ na mandadhiṣaṇaḥ kartuṃ manohāriṇīś cāṭūktīḥ prabhavāmiyāmibhavato yābhiḥ kṛpāpātratām”
- ajñas -
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ajña (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tāvad -
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tāvat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tāvat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tāvat (noun, masculine)[compound]tāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mandadhi -
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mandadhī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]mandadhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]mandadhī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- ṣa -
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ṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ṇaḥ -
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ṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kartum -
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√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)[infinitive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)[infinitive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)[infinitive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)[infinitive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)[infinitive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)[infinitive from √kṛ]kartu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]kartu (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- manohāriṇīś -
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manohāriṇī (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- cāṭūktīḥ -
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cāṭūkti (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- prabhavām -
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prabhavā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- iyām -
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ī (noun, feminine)[genitive plural], [locative single]ī (noun, masculine)[genitive plural], [locative single]√i (verb class 2)[optative active first single]
- ibha -
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ibha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vato* -
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vata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√van -> vata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √van class 1 verb], [nominative single from √van class 8 verb]
- yābhiḥ -
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yābhiḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yā (noun, feminine)[instrumental plural]yā (pronoun, feminine)[instrumental plural]
- kṛpā -
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kṛp (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]kṛpā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- pātratām -
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pātratā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “ārtenāśaraṇena kiṃ tu kṛpaṇenākranditaṃ karṇayoḥ kṛtvā satvarame hi dehi caraṇaṃ mūrdhanyadhanyasya me”
- ārtenā -
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ārta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ārta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- aśaraṇena -
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aśaraṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]aśaraṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- kṛpaṇenā -
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kṛpaṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]kṛpaṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- akranditam -
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akrandita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]akrandita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]akranditā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- karṇayoḥ -
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karṇa (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]
- kṛtvā -
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kṛtvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- satvara -
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satvara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]satvara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- me -
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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]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- dehi -
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dehī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]dehin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dehin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√dā (verb class 3)[imperative active second single]
- caraṇam -
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caraṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]caraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- mūrdhanya -
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mūrdhanya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mūrdhanya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]mūrdhan (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- adhanyasya -
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adhanya (noun, masculine)[genitive single]adhanya (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- me -
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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
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 416 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
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