Sanskrit quote nr. 5052 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
आमोदैस् ते दिशि दिशि गतैर्दूरमाकृष्यमाणाः ।
साक्षाल् लक्ष्मीं तव मलयज द्रष्टुमभ्यागताः स्मः ॥āmodais te diśi diśi gatairdūramākṛṣyamāṇāḥ |
sākṣāl lakṣmīṃ tava malayaja draṣṭumabhyāgatāḥ smaḥ ||
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.
Amoda (āmoda, आमोद): defined in 12 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Dish (dis, diś, दिश्): defined in 8 categories.
Gata (गत): defined in 10 categories.
Duram (dūram, दूरम्): defined in 1 categories.
Dura (dūra, दूर): defined in 13 categories.
Sakshat (saksat, sākṣāt, साक्षात्): defined in 8 categories.
Saksha (saksa, sākṣa, साक्ष): defined in 2 categories.
Lakshmi (laksmi, lakṣmī, लक्ष्मी): defined in 20 categories.
Malayaja (मलयज): defined in 4 categories.
Abhyagata (abhyāgata, अभ्यागत, abhyāgatā, अभ्यागता): defined in 4 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Prakrit, Tamil, Nepali, Jainism, Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Buddhism, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Kavya (poetry), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
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: “āmodais te diśi diśi gatairdūramākṛṣyamāṇāḥ”
- āmodais -
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āmoda (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]āmoda (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- diśi -
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diś (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- diśi -
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diś (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- gatair -
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gata (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]gata (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- dūram -
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dūram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dūra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dūra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dūrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kṛṣyamāṇāḥ -
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√kṛṣ -> kṛṣyamāṇa (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √kṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛṣ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛṣ class 6 verb]√kṛṣ -> kṛṣyamāṇā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √kṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛṣ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛṣ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛṣ class 6 verb]
- Line 2: “sākṣāl lakṣmīṃ tava malayaja draṣṭumabhyāgatāḥ smaḥ”
- sākṣāl -
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sākṣāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sākṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]sākṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- lakṣmīm -
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lakṣmī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- tava -
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yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]
- malayaja -
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malayaja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]malayaja (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- draṣṭum -
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√dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)[infinitive from √dṛś]
- abhyāgatāḥ -
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abhyāgata (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]abhyāgatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- smaḥ -
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√as (verb class 2)[present active first 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 5052 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.