Sanskrit quote nr. 4899 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
आपत्तौ पतितानां ।
येषां वृद्धा न सन्ति शास्तारः ॥āpattau patitānāṃ |
yeṣāṃ vṛddhā na santi śāstāraḥ ||
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.
Apatti (āpatti, आपत्ति): defined in 13 categories.
Patita (पतित, patitā, पतिता): defined in 15 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Vriddha (vrddha, vṛddha, वृद्ध, vṛddhā, वृद्धा): defined in 17 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Sat (सत्): defined in 7 categories.
Shastri (sastr, śāstṛ, शास्तृ): defined in 10 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Nepali, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
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: “āpattau patitānāṃ”
- āpattau -
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āpatti (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- patitānām -
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patita (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]patita (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]patitā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]√pat -> patita (participle, masculine)[genitive plural from √pat class 1 verb]√pat -> patita (participle, neuter)[genitive plural from √pat class 1 verb]√pat -> patitā (participle, feminine)[genitive plural from √pat class 1 verb]
- Line 2: “yeṣāṃ vṛddhā na santi śāstāraḥ”
- yeṣām -
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ya (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- vṛddhā* -
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vṛddha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vṛddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛdh class 1 verb]√vṛdh -> vṛddhā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- santi -
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santi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√as (verb class 2)[present active third plural]
- śāstāraḥ -
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śāstṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
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 4899 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.