Sanskrit quote nr. 9277 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
कांश्चित् तुच्छयति प्रपूरयति वा कांश्चिन्नयत्युन्नतिं ।
कांश्चित् पातविधौ करोति च पुनः कांश्चिन्नयत्याकुलान् ॥kāṃścit tucchayati prapūrayati vā kāṃścinnayatyunnatiṃ |
kāṃścit pātavidhau karoti ca punaḥ kāṃścinnayatyākulān ||
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.
Cit (चित्): defined in 11 categories.
Tuccha (तुच्छ): defined in 8 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yati (yatī, यती): defined in 18 categories.
Pra (प्र): defined in 6 categories.
Purayat (pūrayat, पूरयत्): defined in 1 categories.
Va (vā, वा): defined in 11 categories.
Unnati (उन्नति): defined in 10 categories.
Pata (pāta, पात): defined in 20 categories.
Vidh (विध्): defined in 1 categories.
Vidha (विध): defined in 11 categories.
Vidhi (विधि): defined in 15 categories.
Vidhu (विधु): defined in 7 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Pu (पु, pū, पू): defined in 7 categories.
Puna (पुन): defined in 6 categories.
Yatya (यत्य, yatyā, यत्या): defined in 2 categories.
Akula (ākula, आकुल): defined in 8 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, Jainism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Shaiva philosophy, Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Nepali, Hinduism, Ayurveda (science of life), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Jain philosophy, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Mimamsa (school of philosophy)
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: “kāṃścit tucchayati prapūrayati vā kāṃścinnayatyunnatiṃ”
- kāṃś -
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ka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- 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]
- tuccha -
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tuccha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tuccha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yati -
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yati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yatin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]yat (noun, masculine)[locative single]yat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- pūrayati -
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√pṝ -> pūrayat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √pṝ]√pṝ -> pūrayat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √pṝ]√pṝ (verb class 0)[present active third single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- kāṃś -
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ka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- cinna -
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cinna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yatyu -
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yati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]yatin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]yati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]yatī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, masculine)[locative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
- unnatim -
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unnati (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “kāṃścit pātavidhau karoti ca punaḥ kāṃścinnayatyākulān”
- kāṃś -
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ka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- 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]
- pāta -
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pāta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pāta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√pā (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]√pā (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- vidhau -
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vidh (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vidha (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vidhi (noun, feminine)[locative single]vidhi (noun, masculine)[locative single]vidhu (noun, masculine)[locative single]vidhu (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- karoti -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[present active third single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- punaḥ -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- kāṃś -
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ka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- cinna -
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cinna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yatyā -
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yati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]yatin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]yatya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yatya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]yati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]yatī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]√yat -> yatya (absolutive)[absolutive from √yat]yat (noun, masculine)[locative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]yatyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √i class 2 verb]√yat -> yatya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √yat class 10 verb]√yat -> yatya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √yat class 10 verb]√yat -> yatyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √yat class 10 verb]
- ākulān -
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ākula (noun, masculine)[accusative 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 9277 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.