Sanskrit quote nr. 9230 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
कस्मैचित् कपटाय कैटभरिपूरःपीठदीर्घालयां ।
देवि त्वामभिवाद्य कुप्यसि न चेत् तत् किंचिदाचक्ष्महे ॥kasmaicit kapaṭāya kaiṭabharipūraḥpīṭhadīrghālayāṃ |
devi tvāmabhivādya kupyasi na cet tat kiṃcidācakṣmahe ||
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.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Cit (चित्): defined in 11 categories.
Kapata (kapaṭa, कपट): defined in 10 categories.
Kaitabha (kaiṭabha, कैटभ): defined in 5 categories.
Ripu (रिपु): defined in 13 categories.
Ra (र): defined in 11 categories.
Pitha (pīṭha, पीठ): defined in 17 categories.
Dirgha (dīrgha, दीर्घ, dīrghā, दीर्घा): defined in 19 categories.
Alaya (alayā, अलया): defined in 15 categories.
Devi (devī, देवी): defined in 18 categories.
Devin (देविन्): defined in 1 categories.
Tva (tvā, त्वा): defined in 3 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Abhivadya (abhivādya, अभिवाद्य): defined in 2 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Prakrit, Jainism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Shaiva philosophy, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Vastushastra (architecture), Ayurveda (science of life), Shilpashastra (iconography), Yoga (school of philosophy), Buddhism, Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Nepali, Jain philosophy, Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Hinduism
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: “kasmaicit kapaṭāya kaiṭabharipūraḥpīṭhadīrghālayāṃ”
- kasmai -
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ka (noun, masculine)[dative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[dative single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[dative single]
- cit -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kapaṭāya -
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kapaṭa (noun, masculine)[dative single]kapaṭa (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- kaiṭabha -
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kaiṭabha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ripūr -
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ripu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ripu (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [accusative plural]
- raḥ -
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ra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pīṭha -
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pīṭha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pīṭha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dīrghā -
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dīrgha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dīrgha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dīrghā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- alayām -
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alayā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “devi tvāmabhivādya kupyasi na cet tat kiṃcidācakṣmahe”
- devi -
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devī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]devin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]devin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tvām -
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tvā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- abhivādya -
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abhivādya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]abhivādya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kupyasi -
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√kup (verb class 4)[present active second single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse cet*ta
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kiñcidā -
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kiñcid (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- cakṣmahe -
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√cakṣ (verb class 2)[present middle first plural]
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 9230 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.