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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 2.141
स्निग्धो ऽकुशलान् निवारयति यस् तत् कर्म यन् निर्मलं सा स्त्री यातु-विधायिनी स मतिमान् यः सद्भिर् अभ्यर्च्यते ।
सा श्रीर् या न मदं करोति स सुखी यस् तृष्णया मुच्यते तन् मित्रं यत् कृत्रिमं स पुरुषो यः खिद्यते नेन्द्रियैः ॥ १४१ ॥
snigdho 'kuśalān nivārayati yas tat karma yan nirmalaṃ sā strī yātu-vidhāyinī sa matimān yaḥ sadbhir abhyarcyate |
sā śrīr yā na madaṃ karoti sa sukhī yas tṛṣṇayā mucyate tan mitraṃ yat kṛtrimaṃ sa puruṣo yaḥ khidyate nendriyaiḥ || 141 ||
The English translation of Hitopadesha Verse 2.141 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 (2.141). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Snigdha, Akushala, Nivara, Yat, Yati, Yah, Tat, Tad, Karman, Yad, Nirmala, Stri, Yatu, Vidhayin, Vidhayini, Matimat, Sat, Sad, Abhyarcya, Yushmad, Shri, Mada, Karoti, Sukhi, Sukhin, Trishna, Tan, Mitra, Kritrima, Purusha, Khidyat, Nri, Indriya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Hitopadesha Verse 2.141). 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: “snigdho 'kuśalān nivārayati yas tat karma yan nirmalaṃ sā strī yātu-vidhāyinī sa matimān yaḥ sadbhir abhyarcyate ”
- snigdho' -
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snigdha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√snih -> snigdha (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √snih class 1 verb], [nominative single from √snih class 4 verb]
- akuśalān -
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akuśala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]akuśala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- nivāra -
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nivāra (noun, masculine)[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]
- yas -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- karma -
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karman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- yan -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- nirmalam -
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nirmala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nirmala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nirmalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sā -
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sā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- strī -
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strī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- yātu -
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yātu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yātu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√yā (verb class 2)[imperative active third single]
- vidhāyinī -
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vidhāyinī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]vidhāyin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- matimān -
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matimat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yaḥ -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sadbhir -
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sat (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]sat (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]sad (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]sad (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- abhyarcya -
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abhyarcya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]abhyarcya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “sā śrīr yā na madaṃ karoti sa sukhī yas tṛṣṇayā mucyate tan mitraṃ yat kṛtrimaṃ sa puruṣo yaḥ khidyate nendriyaiḥ ”
- sā -
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sā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śrīr -
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śrī (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative plural]śrī (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]
- yā* -
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yā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- madam -
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mada (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]madā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- karoti -
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karoti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]karoti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]karoti (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√kṛ (verb class 8)[present active third single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sukhī -
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sukhī (noun, masculine)[compound]sukhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]sukhin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yas -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tṛṣṇayā -
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tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- mucyate -
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√muc (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√muc (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√muñc (verb class 1)[present passive third single]
- tan -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]tan (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- mitram -
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mitra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mitra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mitrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- kṛtrimam -
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kṛtrima (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛtrima (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtrimā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- puruṣo* -
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puruṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yaḥ -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- khidyate -
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√khid -> khidyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √khid class 4 verb]√khid -> khidyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √khid class 4 verb]khidyat (noun, masculine)[dative single]khidyat (noun, feminine)[dative single]khidyat (noun, neuter)[dative single]√khid (verb class 4)[present passive third single]√khid (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√khid (verb class 7)[present passive third single]
- ne -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ni (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ni (noun, feminine)[vocative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- indriyaiḥ -
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indriya (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]indriya (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Hitopadesha Verse 2.141
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 2.141 in Gujarati sript:
સ્નિગ્ધો ઽકુશલાન્ નિવારયતિ યસ્ તત્ કર્મ યન્ નિર્મલં સા સ્ત્રી યાતુ-વિધાયિની સ મતિમાન્ યઃ સદ્ભિર્ અભ્યર્ચ્યતે ।
સા શ્રીર્ યા ન મદં કરોતિ સ સુખી યસ્ તૃષ્ણયા મુચ્યતે તન્ મિત્રં યત્ કૃત્રિમં સ પુરુષો યઃ ખિદ્યતે નેન્દ્રિયૈઃ ॥ ૧૪૧ ॥