Sanskrit quote nr. 817 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अदय दशसि किं त्वं बिम्बबुद्ध्याधरं मे भव चपल निराशः पक्वजम्बूफलानाम् ।
इति दयितमवेत्य द्वारदेशाप्तमन्या निगदति शुकमुच्चैः कान्तदन्तक्षतौष्ठी ॥adaya daśasi kiṃ tvaṃ bimbabuddhyādharaṃ me bhava capala nirāśaḥ pakvajambūphalānām |
iti dayitamavetya dvāradeśāptamanyā nigadati śukamuccaiḥ kāntadantakṣatauṣṭhī ||
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.
Adaya (अदय): defined in 10 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Tva (त्व): defined in 3 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Bimba (बिम्ब): defined in 19 categories.
Buddhi (बुद्धि): defined in 21 categories.
Adhara (ādhara, आधर): defined in 17 categories.
Ma (म, mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Bhava (भव): defined in 31 categories.
Capala (चपल): defined in 17 categories.
Pakva (पक्व): defined in 7 categories.
Phala (फल, phalā, फला): defined in 25 categories.
Iti (इति): defined in 6 categories.
Dayita (दयित): defined in 6 categories.
Dvara (dvāra, द्वार): defined in 15 categories.
Desha (desa, deśa, देश): defined in 18 categories.
Apta (āpta, आप्त): defined in 11 categories.
Ani (anī, अनी): defined in 12 categories.
Anya (anyā, अन्या): defined in 8 categories.
Niga (निग): defined in 4 categories.
Dat (दत्): defined in 3 categories.
Shukam (sukam, śukam, शुकम्): defined in 1 categories.
Shuka (suka, śuka, शुक): defined in 18 categories.
Uccaih (uccaiḥ, उच्चैः): defined in 2 categories.
Ucca (उच्च): defined in 14 categories.
Kanta (kānta, कान्त): defined in 16 categories.
Danta (दन्त): defined in 20 categories.
Kshata (ksata, kṣata, क्षत, kṣatā, क्षता): defined in 10 categories.
Kshati (ksati, kṣati, क्षति): defined in 4 categories.
Oshthi (osthi, oṣṭhī, ओष्ठी): defined in 4 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Kannada, Nepali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Hinduism, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Yoga (school of philosophy), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Shaiva philosophy, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Tamil, Buddhism, Kavya (poetry), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Buddhist philosophy, Jain philosophy, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha), Dharmashastra (religious law), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Gitashastra (science of music)
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: “adaya daśasi kiṃ tvaṃ bimbabuddhyādharaṃ me bhava capala nirāśaḥ pakvajambūphalānām”
- adaya -
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adaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adaya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- daśasi -
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√daṃś (verb class 1)[present active second single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- tvam -
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tva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tva (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- bimba -
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bimba (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bimba (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- buddhyā -
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buddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
- ādharam -
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ādhara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ādhara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ādharā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- bhava -
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bhava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- capala -
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capala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]capala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nirāśaḥ -
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nirāśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pakva -
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pakva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pakva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√pac -> pakva (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pac class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pac class 4 verb]√pac -> pakva (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pac class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pac class 4 verb]
- jambū -
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jambū (noun, feminine)[compound]jambū (noun, masculine)[compound]
- phalānām -
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phala (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]phala (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]phalā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- Line 2: “iti dayitamavetya dvāradeśāptamanyā nigadati śukamuccaiḥ kāntadantakṣatauṣṭhī”
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- dayitam -
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dayita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dayita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dayitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- avet -
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√av (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√u (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√vid (verb class 2)[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]√vī (verb class 2)[imperfect active third single]
- ya -
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- dvāra -
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dvāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dvāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- deśā -
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deśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- āptam -
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āpta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]āpta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]āptā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√āp (verb class 5)[aorist active second dual]
- anyā* -
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anī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]anyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]√an (verb class 2)[optative active second single]
- niga -
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niga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]niga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dati -
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dat (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- śukam -
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śukam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]śuka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śuka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- uccaiḥ -
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uccaiḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]uccaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]ucca (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]ucca (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- kānta -
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kānta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kānta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√kam -> kānta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √kam class 1 verb]√kam -> kānta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √kam class 1 verb]
- danta -
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danta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣatau -
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kṣata (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kṣata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]kṣatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]kṣati (noun, feminine)[locative single]√kṣan -> kṣata (participle, masculine)[nominative dual from √kṣan class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṣan class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣan class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣan class 8 verb]√kṣan -> kṣata (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √kṣan class 8 verb]√kṣan -> kṣatā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √kṣan class 8 verb]
- oṣṭhī -
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oṣṭhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [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 817 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
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