Sanskrit quote nr. 6603 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उत्पन्नाः सरितां ह्रदेषु सुचिरं तत्रैव पुष्टास्ततः ।
प्राप्ताः प्रावृषि सागरं जलचरास्तासां मुखादेव ये ॥utpannāḥ saritāṃ hradeṣu suciraṃ tatraiva puṣṭāstataḥ |
prāptāḥ prāvṛṣi sāgaraṃ jalacarāstāsāṃ mukhādeva ye ||
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.
Utpanna (उत्पन्न, utpannā, उत्पन्ना): defined in 12 categories.
Sarit (सरित्): defined in 7 categories.
Sarita (saritā, सरिता): defined in 6 categories.
Hrada (ह्रद): defined in 10 categories.
Sucira (सुचिर): defined in 4 categories.
Tatraiva (तत्रैव): defined in 1 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Tata (तत): defined in 18 categories.
Prapta (prāpta, प्राप्त, prāptā, प्राप्ता): defined in 8 categories.
Pravrish (pravrs, prāvṛṣ, प्रावृष्): defined in 4 categories.
Sagara (sāgara, सागर): defined in 23 categories.
Jalacara (जलचर): defined in 7 categories.
Mukha (मुख): defined in 17 categories.
Eva (एव): defined in 6 categories.
Ya (य, yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Pali, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Nepali, Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Hinduism, Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Gitashastra (science of music), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Buddhism, Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Vastushastra (architecture), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Tamil
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: “utpannāḥ saritāṃ hradeṣu suciraṃ tatraiva puṣṭāstataḥ”
- utpannāḥ -
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utpanna (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]utpannā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- saritām -
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sarit (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]saritā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- hradeṣu -
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hrada (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- suciram -
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sucira (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sucira (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sucirā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tatraiva -
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tatraiva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]
- puṣṭās -
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puṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]puṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√puṣ -> puṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √puṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √puṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √puṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √puṣ class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √puṣ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √puṣ class 9 verb]√puṣ -> puṣṭā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √puṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √puṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √puṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √puṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √puṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √puṣ class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √puṣ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √puṣ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √puṣ class 9 verb]√puṣ -> puṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √puṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √puṣ class 4 verb]√puṣ -> puṣṭā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √puṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √puṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √puṣ class 4 verb]√puch -> puṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √puch class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √puch class 1 verb]√puch -> puṣṭā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √puch class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √puch class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √puch class 1 verb]
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- Line 2: “prāptāḥ prāvṛṣi sāgaraṃ jalacarāstāsāṃ mukhādeva ye”
- prāptāḥ -
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prāpta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]prāptā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- prāvṛṣi -
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prāvṛṣ (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- sāgaram -
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sāgara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sāgara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- jalacarās -
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jalacara (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- tāsām -
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sā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- mukhād -
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mukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]mukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
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 6603 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.