Sanskrit quote nr. 1051 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अधरमधरे कण्ठं कण्ठे निधाय भुजं भुजे हृदि च हृदयं मध्ये मध्यं सरोजदृशो दृढम् ।
सरभसमहो चोरावूरुं पदं च पदे बलाद् गमयति जनो धन्यः कश्चित् समां शिशिरे निशाम् ॥adharamadhare kaṇṭhaṃ kaṇṭhe nidhāya bhujaṃ bhuje hṛdi ca hṛdayaṃ madhye madhyaṃ sarojadṛśo dṛḍham |
sarabhasamaho corāvūruṃ padaṃ ca pade balād gamayati jano dhanyaḥ kaścit samāṃ śiśire niśām ||
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.
Adhara (अधर, adharā, अधरा): defined in 17 categories.
Kantha (kaṇṭha, कण्ठ): defined in 20 categories.
Nidhaya (nidhāya, निधाय): defined in 4 categories.
Bhuj (भुज्): defined in 6 categories.
Bhuja (भुज, bhujā, भुजा): defined in 10 categories.
Bhuji (भुजि): defined in 1 categories.
Hrid (hrd, hṛd, हृद्): defined in 14 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Hridaya (hrdaya, hṛdaya, हृदय): defined in 16 categories.
Madhye (मध्ये): defined in 2 categories.
Madhya (मध्य, madhyā, मध्या): defined in 23 categories.
Madhyam (मध्यम्): defined in 2 categories.
Sarojadrish (sarojadrs, sarojadṛś, सरोजदृश्): defined in 1 categories.
Dridha (drdha, dṛḍha, दृढ): defined in 13 categories.
Sarabhasa (सरभस): defined in 2 categories.
Ahu (अहु): defined in 4 categories.
Cora (चोर): defined in 9 categories.
Uru (ūru, ऊरु): defined in 16 categories.
Pada (पद): defined in 28 categories.
Padi (पदि): defined in 7 categories.
Pad (पद्): defined in 4 categories.
Balat (balāt, बलात्): defined in 3 categories.
Bala (बल): defined in 30 categories.
Gamayat (गमयत्): defined in 1 categories.
Jana (जन): defined in 14 categories.
Janas (जनस्): defined in 1 categories.
Dhanya (धन्य): defined in 13 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Cit (चित्): defined in 11 categories.
Sama (samā, समा): defined in 28 categories.
Shishira (sisira, śiśira, शिशिर, śiśirā, शिशिरा): defined in 12 categories.
Nish (nis, niś, निश्): defined in 10 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Sanskrit, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Gitashastra (science of music), Nepali, Biology (plants and animals), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Kavya (poetry), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Dharmashastra (religious law), Buddhism, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaiva philosophy, Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Jain philosophy, Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha)
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: “adharamadhare kaṇṭhaṃ kaṇṭhe nidhāya bhujaṃ bhuje hṛdi ca hṛdayaṃ madhye madhyaṃ sarojadṛśo dṛḍham”
- adharam -
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adhara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]adhara (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]√dhṛ (verb class 1)[imperfect active first single]
- adhare -
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adhara (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]adhara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]adharā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√dhṛ (verb class 1)[imperfect middle first single]
- kaṇṭham -
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kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- kaṇṭhe -
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kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)[locative single]√kaṇṭh (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- nidhāya -
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nidhāya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bhujam -
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bhuja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bhujā (noun, feminine)[adverb]bhuj (noun, feminine)[accusative single]bhuj (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- bhuje -
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bhuj (noun, feminine)[dative single]bhuj (noun, masculine)[dative single]bhuja (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhujā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]bhuji (noun, feminine)[vocative single]bhuji (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√bhuj (verb class 6)[present middle first single]
- hṛdi -
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hṛd (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hṛdayam -
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hṛdaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]hṛdaya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hṛdayā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- madhye -
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madhye (indeclinable)[indeclinable]madhya (noun, masculine)[locative single]madhya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]madhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- madhyam -
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madhyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]madhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]madhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]madhyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sarojadṛśo* -
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sarojadṛś (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- dṛḍham -
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dṛḍha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dṛḍha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dṛḍhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “sarabhasamaho corāvūruṃ padaṃ ca pade balād gamayati jano dhanyaḥ kaścit samāṃ śiśire niśām”
- sarabhasam -
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sarabhasa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sarabhasa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sarabhasā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- aho -
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ahu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ahu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- corāvū -
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cora (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ūrum -
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ūru (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- padam -
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pada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pade -
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pada (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]padi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]pad (noun, masculine)[dative single]√pad (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- balād -
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balāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]bala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- gamayati -
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√gam -> gamayat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √gam]√gam -> gamayat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √gam]√gam (verb class 0)[present active third single]
- jano* -
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janas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]jana (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dhanyaḥ -
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dhanya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kaś -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cit -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- samām -
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samā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- śiśire -
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śiśira (noun, masculine)[locative single]śiśira (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]śiśirā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- niśām -
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niś (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]niśā (noun, feminine)[accusative 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 1051 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.