Sanskrit quote nr. 5308 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
आलापयत्यकार्याणि किंचिदाख्याति वा स्वयम् ।
या न प्रयाति शयनं साप्यनुत्पन्नसस्पृहा ॥ālāpayatyakāryāṇi kiṃcidākhyāti vā svayam |
yā na prayāti śayanaṃ sāpyanutpannasaspṛhā ||
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.
Alapa (ālāpa, आलाप): defined in 12 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yati (यति, yatī, यती): defined in 18 categories.
Yatya (यत्य): defined in 2 categories.
Akarya (akārya, अकार्य): defined in 4 categories.
Va (vā, वा): defined in 11 categories.
Svayam (स्वयम्): defined in 6 categories.
Ya (yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Pra (prā, प्रा): defined in 6 categories.
Praya (prayā, प्रया): defined in 8 categories.
Ati (अति): defined in 9 categories.
Sapya (sāpya, साप्य): defined in 2 categories.
Nud (नुद्): defined in 3 categories.
Panna (पन्न): defined in 11 categories.
Saspriha (sasprha, saspṛhā, सस्पृहा): defined in 3 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Jainism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Nepali, Prakrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Buddhism
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: “ālāpayatyakāryāṇi kiṃcidākhyāti vā svayam”
- ālāpa -
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ālāpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yatya -
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yati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]yatin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]yatya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yatya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]yati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]yatī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]√yat -> yatya (absolutive)[absolutive from √yat]yat (noun, masculine)[locative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√yat -> yatya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √yat class 10 verb]√yat -> yatya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √yat class 10 verb]
- akāryāṇi -
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akārya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- kiñcidā -
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kiñcid (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- akhyāti -
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akhyāti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- svayam -
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svayam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “yā na prayāti śayanaṃ sāpyanutpannasaspṛhā”
- yā* -
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yā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prayā -
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prā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]prayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ati -
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ati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]ati (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- śayanam -
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śayana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śayana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śayanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sāpya -
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sāpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√sap -> sāpya (participle, masculine)[compound from √sap]√sap -> sāpya (participle, neuter)[compound from √sap]√sap -> sāpya (absolutive)[absolutive from √sap]√sap -> sāpya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sap]√sap -> sāpya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sap]
- nut -
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nud (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]nud (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- panna -
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panna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]panna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√pad -> panna (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pad class 4 verb]√pad -> panna (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pad class 4 verb]
- saspṛhā -
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saspṛhā (noun, feminine)[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 5308 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.