Sanskrit quote nr. 874 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्यापि तत्कनकरेणुघनोरुदेशे न्यस्तं स्मरामि नखरक्षतलक्ष्म तस्याः ।
आकृष्टहेमरुचिराम्बर्मुत्थिताया लज्जावशात् करधृतं च ततो व्रजन्त्याः ॥adyāpi tatkanakareṇughanorudeśe nyastaṃ smarāmi nakharakṣatalakṣma tasyāḥ |
ākṛṣṭahemarucirāmbarmutthitāyā lajjāvaśāt karadhṛtaṃ ca tato vrajantyāḥ ||
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.
Adyapi (adyāpi, अद्यापि): defined in 4 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Kanaka (कनक): defined in 20 categories.
Ghanoru (ghanorū, घनोरू): defined in 1 categories.
Desha (desa, deśa, देश): defined in 18 categories.
Nyasta (न्यस्त): defined in 7 categories.
Nakhara (नखर): defined in 6 categories.
Kshata (ksata, kṣata, क्षत): defined in 10 categories.
Lakshman (laksman, lakṣman, लक्ष्मन्): defined in 2 categories.
Lajja (लज्ज): defined in 10 categories.
Karadhrita (karadhrta, karadhṛta, करधृत): defined in 1 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Tata (तत): defined in 18 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Hindi, Tamil, Biology (plants and animals), Jainism, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Vastushastra (architecture), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Kavya (poetry), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), 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: “adyāpi tatkanakareṇughanorudeśe nyastaṃ smarāmi nakharakṣatalakṣma tasyāḥ”
- adyāpi -
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adyāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kanaka -
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kanaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kanaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- reṇu -
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reṇu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- ghanoru -
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ghanorū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- deśe -
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deśa (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- nyastam -
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nyasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nyasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nyastā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- smarāmi -
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√smṛ (verb class 1)[present active first single]
- nakhara -
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nakhara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nakhara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣata -
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kṣata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṣata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√kṣan -> kṣata (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √kṣan class 8 verb]√kṣan -> kṣata (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √kṣan class 8 verb]
- lakṣma -
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lakṣman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tasyāḥ -
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sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “ākṛṣṭahemarucirāmbarmutthitāyā lajjāvaśāt karadhṛtaṃ ca tato vrajantyāḥ”
- Cannot analyse ākṛṣṭahemarucirāmbarmutthitāyā*la
- lajjāva -
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lajja (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- aśāt -
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√śā (verb class 3)[aorist active third single]√śā (verb class 4)[aorist active third single]√śās (verb class 2)[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
- karadhṛtam -
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karadhṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]karadhṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]karadhṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tato* -
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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]
- vrajantyāḥ -
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√vraj -> vrajantī (participle, feminine)[ablative single from √vraj class 1 verb], [genitive single from √vraj class 1 verb]
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 874 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.