Panchatantra [sanskrit]

by Dr. Naveen Kumar Jha | 2016 | 13,828 words | ISBN-13: 9788193077962

The Sanskrit edition of the Panchatantra referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. Written by Vishnu Sharma and possibly dating as early as 1200 BCE, the Panchatantra (or Pancatantra) represents a collection of short stories teaching basic ethical values and moral conduct that was commonly practiced in ancient Indian. Alternative titles: Śrīviṣṇuśarman Pañcatantra (श्रीविष्णुशर्मन् पञ्चतन्त्र, Śrī-viṣṇuśarman pancatantra, श्री-विष्णुशर्मन्, Sri-visnusarman)

यज् जीव्यते क्षणम् अपि प्रथितं मनुष्यैर् विज्ञान-शौर्य-विभवार्य-गुणैः समेतम् ।
तन् नाम जीवितम् इह प्रवदन्ति तज्-ज्ञाः काको ऽपि जीवति चिराय बलिं च भुङ्क्ते ॥ २४ ॥

yaj jīvyate kṣaṇam api prathitaṃ manuṣyair vijñāna-śaurya-vibhavārya-guṇaiḥ sametam |
tan nāma jīvitam iha pravadanti taj-jñāḥ kāko 'pi jīvati cirāya baliṃ ca bhuṅkte || 24 ||

The English translation of Panchatantra Verse 1.24 is contained in the book The Complete Pancatantra: Sanskrit Text with English Translation by Dr. Naveen Kumar Jha. 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 (1.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshanam, Kshana, Api, Prathita, Manushya, Vijnana, Shaurya, Vibhava, Arya, Guna, Sameta, Tat, Tad, Tan, Naman, Jivita, Iha, Pravat, Anti, Jna, Kaka, Kaku, Jivat, Cira, Bali,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Panchatantra Verse 1.24). 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: “yaj jīvyate kṣaṇam api prathitaṃ manuṣyair vijñāna-śaurya-vibhavārya-guṇaiḥ sametam
  • Cannot analyse yaj*jī
  • jīvyate -
  • jīv (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
  • kṣaṇam -
  • kṣaṇam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • prathitam -
  • prathita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prathita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prathitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prath -> prathita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √prath]
    prath -> prathita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √prath]
    prath -> prathitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √prath]
    prath -> prathita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √prath class 1 verb], [accusative single from √prath class 10 verb], [accusative single from √prath]
    prath -> prathita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √prath class 1 verb], [accusative single from √prath class 1 verb], [nominative single from √prath class 10 verb], [accusative single from √prath class 10 verb], [nominative single from √prath], [accusative single from √prath]
  • manuṣyair -
  • manuṣya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    manuṣya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vijñāna -
  • vijñāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaurya -
  • śaurya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vibhavā -
  • vibhava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vibhava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vibhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arya -
  • arya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • guṇaiḥ -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sametam -
  • sameta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sameta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sametā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [optative active second dual]
  • Line 2: “tan nāma jīvitam iha pravadanti taj-jñāḥ kāko 'pi jīvati cirāya baliṃ ca bhuṅkte
  • tan -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • jīvitam -
  • jīvita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jīvita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīvitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pravad -
  • pravat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pravat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pravat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • anti -
  • anti (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    antī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse taj*jñ
  • jñāḥ -
  • jña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jñā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kāko' -
  • kāka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kāku (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • jīvati -
  • jīvat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jīvat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • cirāya -
  • cira (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    cira (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • balim -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhuṅkte -
  • bhuj (verb class 7)
    [present middle third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Panchatantra Verse 1.24

Cover of edition (2015)

Pancatantra of Visnusarman
by M. R. Kale (2015)

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Cover of edition (2016)

Panchatantra in Simple Sanskrit
by Dr. Vishwas (2016)

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Cover of edition (2020)

Panchatantram (Telugu)
by Tadanki Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (2020)

Published by J. P. Publications, Vijayawada; Throughout black & white Illustrations; 9788192053851.

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Preview of verse 1.24 in Telugu sript:
యజ్ జీవ్యతే క్షణమ్ అపి ప్రథితం మనుష్యైర్ విజ్ఞాన-శౌర్య-విభవార్య-గుణైః సమేతమ్ ।
తన్ నామ జీవితమ్ ఇహ ప్రవదన్తి తజ్-జ్ఞాః కాకో ఽపి జీవతి చిరాయ బలిం చ భుఙ్క్తే ॥ ౨౪ ॥

Cover of edition (2010)

Panchatantram Bhashavyakhyanam (Malayalam)
by Dr. K.G. Sreelekha (2010)

Published by the University of Kerala.

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Preview of verse 1.24 in Malayalam sript:
യജ് ജീവ്യതേ ക്ഷണമ് അപി പ്രഥിതം മനുഷ്യൈര് വിജ്ഞാന-ശൌര്യ-വിഭവാര്യ-ഗുണൈഃ സമേതമ് ।
തന് നാമ ജീവിതമ് ഇഹ പ്രവദന്തി തജ്-ജ്ഞാഃ കാകോ ഽപി ജീവതി ചിരായ ബലിം ച ഭുങ്ക്തേ ॥ ൨൪ ॥

Cover of edition (2017)

The Panchatantra Stories (Tamil)
by P. S. Aacharya (2017)

Published by Narmadha Pathippagam, Chennai.

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Cover of Bengali edition

Panchatantrer Galpa (Bengali)
by Children's Book Trust (2014)

Throughout color Illustration; 9788170112730

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Preview of verse 1.24 in Bengali sript:
যজ্ জীব্যতে ক্ষণম্ অপি প্রথিতং মনুষ্যৈর্ বিজ্ঞান-শৌর্য-বিভবার্য-গুণৈঃ সমেতম্ ।
তন্ নাম জীবিতম্ ইহ প্রবদন্তি তজ্-জ্ঞাঃ কাকো ঽপি জীবতি চিরায বলিং চ ভুঙ্ক্তে ॥ ২৪ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Panchatantra in Gujarati (Comic)
by Anant Pai (2013)

[શિયાળા અને રણશિંગ પંચતંત્ર] Published by Amar Chitra Katha; Throughout Color Illustrations; 9789350853115

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Preview of verse 1.24 in Gujarati sript:
યજ્ જીવ્યતે ક્ષણમ્ અપિ પ્રથિતં મનુષ્યૈર્ વિજ્ઞાન-શૌર્ય-વિભવાર્ય-ગુણૈઃ સમેતમ્ ।
તન્ નામ જીવિતમ્ ઇહ પ્રવદન્તિ તજ્-જ્ઞાઃ કાકો ઽપિ જીવતિ ચિરાય બલિં ચ ભુઙ્ક્તે ॥ ૨૪ ॥

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