Brihat-samhita [sanskrit]

26,560 words

The Sanskrit text of the Brihat-samhita from the 6th-century authored by Varaha Mihira in present-day Ujjain, India. It primarily deals with astrology and astronomy but is presented as an encyclopedia of knowledge.

श्रुतं दृष्टं स्पृष्टं स्मृतमपि नृणां ह्लादजननं न रत्नं स्त्रीभ्योऽन्यत्क्व चिदपि कृतं लोकपतिना ।
तदर्थं धर्मार्थौ सुतविषयसौख्यानि च ततो गृहे लक्ष्म्यो मान्याः सततमबला मानविभवैः ॥ ४ ॥

śrutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ spṛṣṭaṃ smṛtamapi nṛṇāṃ hlādajananaṃ na ratnaṃ strībhyo'nyatkva cidapi kṛtaṃ lokapatinā |
tadarthaṃ dharmārthau sutaviṣayasaukhyāni ca tato gṛhe lakṣmyo mānyāḥ satatamabalā mānavibhavaiḥ || 4 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 73.4 is contained in the book Brihata Samhita (Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation) by Pandit Achyutananda Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (73.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrut, Shruta, Drishta, Sprishta, Smrita, Api, Nri, Hlada, Janana, Ratna, Cit, Krit, Krita, Lokapati, Tadartha, Dharmartha, Suta, Vishaya, Saukhya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Grih, Griha, Lakshmi, Mani, Manya, Satatam, Satata, Abala, Manavi, Bhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 73.4). 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: “śrutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ spṛṣṭaṃ smṛtamapi nṛṇāṃ hlādajananaṃ na ratnaṃ strībhyo'nyatkva cidapi kṛtaṃ lokapatinā
  • śrutam -
  • śruta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śruta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrutā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śrut (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śrut (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
    śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
  • dṛṣṭam -
  • dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
  • spṛṣṭam -
  • spṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    spṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    spṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    spṛś -> spṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]
    spṛś -> spṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √spṛś class 6 verb], [accusative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]
  • smṛtam -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    smṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • nṛṇām -
  • nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • hlāda -
  • hlāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jananam -
  • janana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    janana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ratnam -
  • ratna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ratna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ratnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse strībhyo'nyatkva*ci
  • cid -
  • 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]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kṛtam -
  • kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • lokapatinā -
  • lokapati (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “tadarthaṃ dharmārthau sutaviṣayasaukhyāni ca tato gṛhe lakṣmyo mānyāḥ satatamabalā mānavibhavaiḥ
  • tadartham -
  • tadartha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tadartha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tadarthā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dharmārthau -
  • dharmārtha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • suta -
  • suta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    su -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √su class 5 verb]
    su -> suta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √su class 5 verb]
    -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> suta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> suta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    su (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • viṣaya -
  • viṣaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saukhyāni -
  • saukhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tato* -
  • 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]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • lakṣmyo* -
  • lakṣmī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • mānyāḥ -
  • mānī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    mānya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mānyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    mān -> mānya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √mān class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mān class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √mān class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √mān class 10 verb]
    mān -> mānyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √mān class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mān class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √mān class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √mān class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √mān class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √mān class 10 verb]
    man -> mānya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb], [nominative plural from √man], [vocative plural from √man]
    man -> mānyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 8 verb], [nominative plural from √man], [vocative plural from √man], [accusative plural from √man]
  • satatam -
  • satatam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    satata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    satatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • abalā* -
  • abala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    abalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mānavi -
  • mānavī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • bhavaiḥ -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 73.4

Cover of edition (2016)

Brhatsamhita with the Commentary of Bhattotpala
by Krishna Chandra Dwivedi (2016)

Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 1229 pages;

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Cover of edition (2012)

Brihat Samhita with the Commentary of Utpalapatimala of Yogisvara
by K. V. Sharma (2012)

Publisher: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Janakpuri; 754 pages; ISBN-10; 8186111360; ISBN-13: 9788186111369

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Cover of edition (2002)

Brihat Samhita (Hindi Translation)
by K. V. Sharma (2002)

Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 2359 pages; ISBN-13: 9789387890008.

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Cover of edition (2022)

Brhat Samhita (English translation)
by N. Chidambaram Iyer (2022)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; 801 pages; Edited by Dr. Shrikrishna Jugnu; ISBN-10: 8171104215; ISBN-13: 9788171104215.

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Cover of edition (2010)

Brhat Samhita (English with notes)
by M. Ramakrishna Bhat (2010)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidas Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 1155 pages; ISBN-10: 8120810600; ISBN-13: 9788120810600.

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Cover of edition (2020)

Brhat Samhita (Telugu translation)
by Sishtla Umamaheswara Sharma (2020)

Publisher: Mohan Publications, Andhra Pradesh; 846 pages.

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Preview of verse 73.4 in Kannada sript:
ಶ್ರುತಂ ದೃಷ್ಟಂ ಸ್ಪೃಷ್ಟಂ ಸ್ಮೃತಮಪಿ ನೃಣಾಂ ಹ್ಲಾದಜನನಂ ನ ರತ್ನಂ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಭ್ಯೋಽನ್ಯತ್ಕ್ವ ಚಿದಪಿ ಕೃತಂ ಲೋಕಪತಿನಾ ।
ತದರ್ಥಂ ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥೌ ಸುತವಿಷಯಸೌಖ್ಯಾನಿ ಚ ತತೋ ಗೃಹೇ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮ್ಯೋ ಮಾನ್ಯಾಃ ಸತತಮಬಲಾ ಮಾನವಿಭವೈಃ ॥ ೪ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Brhat Samhita (Gujarati translation)
by - (2000)

Publisher: Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat; Author: Shri Varahamihira Acharya (શ્રી વરાહમિહીરાચાર્ય); 432 pages.

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Preview of verse 73.4 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રુતં દૃષ્ટં સ્પૃષ્ટં સ્મૃતમપિ નૃણાં હ્લાદજનનં ન રત્નં સ્ત્રીભ્યોઽન્યત્ક્વ ચિદપિ કૃતં લોકપતિના ।
તદર્થં ધર્માર્થૌ સુતવિષયસૌખ્યાનિ ચ તતો ગૃહે લક્ષ્મ્યો માન્યાઃ સતતમબલા માનવિભવૈઃ ॥ ૪ ॥

Cover of edition (2021)

Brhat Samhita (Kannada translation)
by Sripada Raghunatha Kulkarni (2021)

Publisher: Srinidhi Publications, Bangalore; 668 pages with illustrations.

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Preview of verse 73.4 in Kannada sript:
ಶ್ರುತಂ ದೃಷ್ಟಂ ಸ್ಪೃಷ್ಟಂ ಸ್ಮೃತಮಪಿ ನೃಣಾಂ ಹ್ಲಾದಜನನಂ ನ ರತ್ನಂ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಭ್ಯೋಽನ್ಯತ್ಕ್ವ ಚಿದಪಿ ಕೃತಂ ಲೋಕಪತಿನಾ ।
ತದರ್ಥಂ ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥೌ ಸುತವಿಷಯಸೌಖ್ಯಾನಿ ಚ ತತೋ ಗೃಹೇ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮ್ಯೋ ಮಾನ್ಯಾಃ ಸತತಮಬಲಾ ಮಾನವಿಭವೈಃ ॥ ೪ ॥

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