Sanskrit quote nr. 6030 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
इन्द्राद्यैः किं प्रदत्तं प्रदिशसि धवलं धाम धन्यं यदेभ्यो ।
मह्यं यन् नापि धत्से तृणघटितकुटीं किं मया तेऽपराद्धम् ॥indrādyaiḥ kiṃ pradattaṃ pradiśasi dhavalaṃ dhāma dhanyaṃ yadebhyo |
mahyaṃ yan nāpi dhatse tṛṇaghaṭitakuṭīṃ kiṃ mayā te'parāddham ||
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.
Indra (इन्द्र): defined in 22 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Pradatta (प्रदत्त): defined in 3 categories.
Dhavala (धवल): defined in 16 categories.
Dhama (dhāma, धाम): defined in 13 categories.
Dhanya (धन्य): defined in 13 categories.
Mahya (मह्य): defined in 2 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Na (न, nā, ना): defined in 12 categories.
Nri (nr, nṛ, नृ): defined in 6 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Trina (trna, tṛṇa, तृण): defined in 12 categories.
Ghatita (ghaṭita, घटित): defined in 10 categories.
Kuti (kuṭī, कुटी): defined in 13 categories.
Ma (mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Maya (mayā, मया): defined in 29 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Aparaddha (aparāddha, अपराद्ध): defined in 2 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Pali, Tamil, Prakrit, Nepali, Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Dharmashastra (religious law), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Sikhism, Vedanta (school of philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
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: “indrādyaiḥ kiṃ pradattaṃ pradiśasi dhavalaṃ dhāma dhanyaṃ yadebhyo”
- indrād -
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indra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- yaiḥ -
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ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- pradattam -
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pradatta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pradatta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pradattā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- pradi -
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pradi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- śasi -
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śas (noun, masculine)[locative single]śas (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- dhavalam -
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dhavala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhavala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhavalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dhāma -
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dhāma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dhāma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dhāman (noun, masculine)[compound]dhāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√dhā (verb class 2)[imperative active first plural]
- dhanyam -
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dhanya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhanya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhanyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse yadebhyo
- Line 2: “mahyaṃ yan nāpi dhatse tṛṇaghaṭitakuṭīṃ kiṃ mayā te'parāddham”
- mahyam -
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mahya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mahya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mahyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √mah]√mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √mah]√mah -> mahyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √mah]√mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mah]√mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mah class 10 verb], [nominative single from √mah], [accusative single from √mah]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single]
- yan -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- nā -
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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]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- dhatse -
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√dhā (verb class 3)[present middle second single]
- tṛṇa -
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tṛṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tṛṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ghaṭita -
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ghaṭita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ghaṭita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ghaṭ -> ghaṭita (participle, masculine)[compound from √ghaṭ]√ghaṭ -> ghaṭita (participle, neuter)[compound from √ghaṭ]√ghaṭ -> ghaṭita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ghaṭ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ghaṭ]√ghaṭ -> ghaṭita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ghaṭ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ghaṭ]
- kuṭīm -
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kuṭī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- mayā -
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mā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]mayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental single]
- 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]
- aparāddham -
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aparāddha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aparāddha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]aparāddhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
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 6030 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.