Sanskrit quote nr. 7174 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उपायेन हि यच्छक्यं न तच्छक्यं पराक्रमैः ।
काकी कनकसूत्रेण कृष्णसर्पमघातयत् ॥upāyena hi yacchakyaṃ na tacchakyaṃ parākramaiḥ |
kākī kanakasūtreṇa kṛṣṇasarpamaghātayat ||
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.
Upaya (upāya, उपाय): defined in 18 categories.
Hi (हि): defined in 7 categories.
Kya (क्य): defined in 4 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Shakya (sakya, śakya, शक्य): defined in 12 categories.
Parakrama (parākrama, पराक्रम): defined in 11 categories.
Kaki (kāki, काकि, kākī, काकी): defined in 11 categories.
Kanakasutra (kanakasūtra, कनकसूत्र): defined in 1 categories.
Krishnasarpa (krsnasarpa, kṛṣṇasarpa, कृष्णसर्प): defined in 5 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Buddhism, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Prakrit, Tamil, Nepali, Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Biology (plants and animals), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Kavya (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: “upāyena hi yacchakyaṃ na tacchakyaṃ parākramaiḥ”
- upāyena -
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upāya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- yaccha -
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√yam (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- kyam -
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kya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tacch -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- śakyam -
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śakya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śakya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śakyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√śak -> śakya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]√śak -> śakya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]
- parākramaiḥ -
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parākrama (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “kākī kanakasūtreṇa kṛṣṇasarpamaghātayat”
- kākī -
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kākī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]kāki (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kanakasūtreṇa -
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kanakasūtra (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- kṛṣṇasarpam -
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kṛṣṇasarpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛṣṇasarpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- aghātayat -
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√han (verb class 0)[imperfect active third 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 7174 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.