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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 1.73
आपत्सु मित्रं जानीयाद् रणे शूरं ऋणे शुचिम् ।
भार्यां क्षीणेषु वित्तेषु व्यसनेषु च बान्धवान् ॥ ७३ ॥
āpatsu mitraṃ jānīyād raṇe śūraṃ ṛṇe śucim |
bhāryāṃ kṣīṇeṣu vitteṣu vyasaneṣu ca bāndhavān || 73 ||
The English translation of Hitopadesha Verse 1.73 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:
Buy now! English translation by Satya Narayana dasa (1997)
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.73). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Apad, Mitra, Rana, Shura, Rina, Shuci, Bharya, Kshina, Vitta, Vyasana, Bandhava,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Hitopadesha Verse 1.73). 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: “āpatsu mitraṃ jānīyād raṇe śūraṃ ṛṇe śucim ”
- āpatsu -
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āpad (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- mitram -
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mitra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mitra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mitrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- jānīyād -
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√jñā (verb class 9)[optative active third single]
- raṇe -
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raṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]raṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- śūram -
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śūra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śūra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śūrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ṛṇe -
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ṛṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]ṛṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ṛṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- śucim -
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śuci (noun, masculine)[accusative single]śuci (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “bhāryāṃ kṣīṇeṣu vitteṣu vyasaneṣu ca bāndhavān ”
- bhāryām -
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bhāryā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √bhṛ]
- kṣīṇeṣu -
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kṣīṇa (noun, masculine)[locative plural]kṣīṇa (noun, neuter)[locative plural]√kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, masculine)[locative plural from √kṣī class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṣī class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṣī class 9 verb]√kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, neuter)[locative plural from √kṣī class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṣī class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṣī class 9 verb]
- vitteṣu -
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vitta (noun, masculine)[locative plural]vitta (noun, neuter)[locative plural]√vid -> vitta (participle, masculine)[locative plural from √vid class 6 verb]√vid -> vitta (participle, neuter)[locative plural from √vid class 6 verb]√vid -> vitta (participle, masculine)[locative plural from √vid class 7 verb]√vid -> vitta (participle, neuter)[locative plural from √vid class 7 verb]
- vyasaneṣu -
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vyasana (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bāndhavān -
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bāndhava (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Hitopadesha Verse 1.73
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 1.73 in Gujarati sript:
આપત્સુ મિત્રં જાનીયાદ્ રણે શૂરં ઋણે શુચિમ્ ।
ભાર્યાં ક્ષીણેષુ વિત્તેષુ વ્યસનેષુ ચ બાન્ધવાન્ ॥ ૭૩ ॥