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Hitopadesha [sanskrit]
8,857 words
The Sanskrit edition of the Hitopadesha referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. Written by Narayana in the 8th century, the Hitopadesha represents a collection of short stories involving human and animal characters, instructing the reader on basic ancient Indian moral values and ethical conduct. Alternative titles: हितोपदेशः, Hitopadeśa, Hitopadesa.
Verse 0.20
अर्थागमो नित्यम् अरोगिता च प्रिया च भार्या प्रिय-वादिनी च ।
वश्यश् च पुत्रो ऽर्थ-करी च विद्या षड् जीव-लोकस्य सुखानि राजन् ॥ २० ॥
arthāgamo nityam arogitā ca priyā ca bhāryā priya-vādinī ca |
vaśyaś ca putro 'rtha-karī ca vidyā ṣaḍ jīva-lokasya sukhāni rājan || 20 ||
The English translation of Hitopadesha Verse 0.20 is contained in the book The Hitopadesa of Sri Narayana Pandita by Satya Narayana dasa. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:
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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 (0.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Arthagama, Nityam, Nitya, Arogita, Pri, Priya, Bharya, Vadi, Vadin, Vadini, Vashi, Vashya, Putra, Artha, Kari, Karin, Vidya, Shat, Shash, Jiva, Jivan, Loka, Sukha, Rajan, Rajat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Hitopadesha Verse 0.20). 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: “arthāgamo nityam arogitā ca priyā ca bhāryā priya-vādinī ca ”
- arthāgamo* -
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arthāgama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nityam -
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nityam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]nitya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nitya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nityā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- arogitā -
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arogitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- priyā -
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prī (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]prī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]priyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhāryā -
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bhāryā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √bhṛ]
- priya -
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priya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]priya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vādinī -
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vādinī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]vādi (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vādin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vādī (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “vaśyaś ca putro 'rtha-karī ca vidyā ṣaḍ jīva-lokasya sukhāni rājan ”
- vaśyaś -
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vaśī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vaśya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vaś -> vaśya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vaś class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vaś class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vaś class 3 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- putro' -
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putra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- artha -
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artha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]artha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√arth (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- karī -
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karī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]kari (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kari (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]karin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vidyā -
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vidyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ṣaḍ -
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ṣaṭ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- jīva -
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jīva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jīva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]jīvan (noun, masculine)[compound]jīvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√jīv (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- lokasya -
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loka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]
- sukhāni -
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sukha (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- rājan -
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rājan (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Hitopadesha Verse 0.20
The Hitopadesa of Narayana
by M. R. Kale (2015)
Edited with A Sanskrit Commentary "Marma-Prakasika" and Notes in English; 9788120806023; Published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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Hitopadesa (in Gujarati)
by Dr. Narayan M. Kansara (2007)
[હિતોપદેશ]—[ડો. નારાયણ એમ. કંસારા] Sanskrit Text With Gujarati Translation; Published by Saraswati Pustak Bhandar, Ahmedabad
Buy now!Preview of verse 0.20 in Gujarati sript:
અર્થાગમો નિત્યમ્ અરોગિતા ચ પ્રિયા ચ ભાર્યા પ્રિય-વાદિની ચ ।
વશ્યશ્ ચ પુત્રો ઽર્થ-કરી ચ વિદ્યા ષડ્ જીવ-લોકસ્ય સુખાનિ રાજન્ ॥ ૨૦ ॥