Sanskrit quote nr. 1002 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्यैव यत् प्रतिपदुद्गतचन्द्रलेखा- सख्यं त्वया तनुरियं गमिता वराक्याः ।
कान्ते गते कुसुमसायक तत् प्रभाते बाणावलीं कथय कुत्र विमोक्ष्यसि त्वम् ॥adyaiva yat pratipadudgatacandralekhā- sakhyaṃ tvayā tanuriyaṃ gamitā varākyāḥ |
kānte gate kusumasāyaka tat prabhāte bāṇāvalīṃ kathaya kutra vimokṣyasi tvam ||
Index
Presented above is a Sanskrit aphorism, also known as a subhāṣita, which is at the very least, a literary piece of art. This page provides critical research material such as an anlaysis on the poetic meter used, an English translation, a glossary explaining technical terms, and a list of resources including print editions and digital links.
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: Consider this as an approximate extraction of glossary words based on an experimental segmentation of the Sanskrit verse. Some could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned.
Adyaiva (अद्यैव): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Pratipad (प्रतिपद्): defined in 5 categories.
Udgata (उद्गत): defined in 9 categories.
Candralekha (candralekhā, चन्द्रलेखा): defined in 6 categories.
Tva (tvā, त्वा): defined in 3 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Tanu (तनु): defined in 16 categories.
Tanus (तनुस्): defined in 2 categories.
Iyam (इयम्): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Gamita (गमित, gamitā, गमिता): defined in 3 categories.
Varaki (varākī, वराकी): defined in 3 categories.
Kanta (kānta, कान्त, kāntā, कान्ता): defined in 16 categories.
Kanti (kānti, कान्ति): defined in 16 categories.
Gat (गत्): defined in 3 categories.
Gata (गत, gatā, गता): defined in 10 categories.
Gati (गति): defined in 22 categories.
Kusumasayaka (kusumasāyaka, कुसुमसायक): defined in 2 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Prabhata (prabhāta, प्रभात, prabhātā, प्रभाता): defined in 7 categories.
Banavali (bāṇāvalī, बाणावली): defined in 2 categories.
Kutra (कुत्र): defined in 4 categories.
Vimokshin (vimoksin, vimokṣin, विमोक्षिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Asi (asī, असी): defined in 16 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Pali, Marathi, Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Kannada, Gitashastra (science of music), Jainism, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Prakrit, Hindi, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Nepali, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Buddhism, Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Jain philosophy, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit verse. 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: “adyaiva yat pratipadudgatacandralekhā- sakhyaṃ tvayā tanuriyaṃ gamitā varākyāḥ”
- adyaiva -
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adyaiva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- 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]
- pratipad -
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pratipad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pratipad (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- udgata -
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udgata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]udgata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- candralekhā -
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candralekhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- sakhyam -
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sakhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tvayā -
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tvā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental single]
- tanur -
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tanus (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]tanus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]tanu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- iyam -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]ī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- gamitā* -
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gamita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]gamitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√gam -> gamita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √gam], [vocative plural from √gam]√gam -> gamitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √gam], [vocative plural from √gam], [accusative plural from √gam]
- varākyāḥ -
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varākī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “kānte gate kusumasāyaka tat prabhāte bāṇāvalīṃ kathaya kutra vimokṣyasi tvam”
- kānte -
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kānta (noun, masculine)[locative single]kānta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kāntā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kānti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√kam -> kānta (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kam class 1 verb]√kam -> kānta (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kam class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kam class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kam class 1 verb], [locative single from √kam class 1 verb]√kam -> kāntā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kam class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kam class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kam class 1 verb]
- gate -
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gat (noun, masculine)[dative single]gat (noun, neuter)[dative single]gata (noun, masculine)[locative single]gata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]gatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]gati (noun, feminine)[vocative single]gati (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- kusumasāyaka -
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kusumasāyaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- prabhāte -
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prabhāta (noun, masculine)[locative single]prabhāta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]prabhātā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- bāṇāvalīm -
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bāṇāvalī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- kathaya -
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√kath (verb class 10)[imperative active second single]
- kutra -
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kutra (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kutra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vimokṣya -
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vimokṣin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]vimokṣin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- asi -
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asi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]asi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]asī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- tvam -
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tva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tva (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
buy this bookThis quote is included within the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha (महासुभाषितसंग्रह, maha-subhashita-samgraha / subhasita-sangraha), which is a compendium of Sanskrit aphorisms (subhāṣita), collected from various sources. Subhāṣita is a genre of Sanskrit literature, exposing the vast and rich cultural heritage of ancient India.
It has serial number 1002 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
Sanskrit is the oldest living language and bears testimony to the intellectual past of ancient India. Three major religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) share this language, which is used for many of their holy books. Besides religious manuscripts, much of India’s ancient culture has been preserved in Sanskrit, covering topics such as Architecture, Music, Botany, Surgery, Ethics, Philosophy, Dance and much more.