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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 3.27
नगरस्थो वनस्थो वा पापो वा यदि वा शुचिः ।
यासां स्त्रीणां प्रियो भर्ता तासां लोका महोदयाः ॥ २७ ॥
nagarastho vanastho vā pāpo vā yadi vā śuciḥ |
yāsāṃ strīṇāṃ priyo bhartā tāsāṃ lokā mahodayāḥ || 27 ||
The English translation of Hitopadesha Verse 3.27 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 (3.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nagarastha, Vanastha, Papa, Var, Yadi, Yad, Shuci, Yasa, Stri, Pri, Priya, Bhartri, Loka, Mahodaya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Hitopadesha Verse 3.27). 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: “nagarastho vanastho vā pāpo vā yadi vā śuciḥ ”
- nagarastho* -
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nagarastha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vanastho* -
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vanastha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- pāpo* -
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pāpa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- śuciḥ -
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śuci (noun, masculine)[nominative single]śuci (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “yāsāṃ strīṇāṃ priyo bhartā tāsāṃ lokā mahodayāḥ ”
- yāsām -
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yāsā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]yā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]yā (pronoun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- strīṇām -
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strī (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- priyo* -
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prī (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]prī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]priya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhartā -
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bhartṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√bhṛ (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]√bhṛ (verb class 2)[periphrastic-future active third single]√bhṛ (verb class 3)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- tāsām -
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sā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- lokā* -
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loka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- mahodayāḥ -
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mahodaya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mahodayā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Hitopadesha Verse 3.27
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 3.27 in Gujarati sript:
નગરસ્થો વનસ્થો વા પાપો વા યદિ વા શુચિઃ ।
યાસાં સ્ત્રીણાં પ્રિયો ભર્તા તાસાં લોકા મહોદયાઃ ॥ ૨૭ ॥