Sanskrit quote nr. 1149 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अध्याक्रान्ता वसतिरमुनाप्याश्रमं सर्वभोग्ये रक्षायोगादयमपि तपः प्रत्यहं संचिनोति ।
अस्यापि द्यां स्पृशति वशिनश्चारणद्वन्द्वगीतः पुण्यः शब्दो मुनिरिति मुहुः केवलं राजपूर्वः ॥adhyākrāntā vasatiramunāpyāśramaṃ sarvabhogye rakṣāyogādayamapi tapaḥ pratyahaṃ saṃcinoti |
asyāpi dyāṃ spṛśati vaśinaścāraṇadvandvagītaḥ puṇyaḥ śabdo muniriti muhuḥ kevalaṃ rājapūrvaḥ ||
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.
Adhi (अधि): defined in 12 categories.
Akranta (ākrānta, आक्रान्त, ākrāntā, आक्रान्ता): defined in 10 categories.
Vasati (वसति): defined in 9 categories.
Adah (adaḥ, अदः): defined in 1 categories.
Api (अपि, āpi, आपि, āpī, आपी): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Apya (अप्य, apyā, अप्या): defined in 8 categories.
Ashrama (asrama, āśrama, आश्रम): defined in 17 categories.
Sarvabhogya (सर्वभोग्य, sarvabhogyā, सर्वभोग्या): defined in 1 categories.
Raksha (raksa, rakṣa, रक्ष): defined in 12 categories.
Uksh (uks, ukṣ, उक्ष्): defined in 1 categories.
Tap (तप्): defined in 4 categories.
Tapa (तप): defined in 13 categories.
Tapas (तपस्): defined in 11 categories.
Pratyaha (प्रत्यह): defined in 5 categories.
Asi (असि, asī, असी): defined in 16 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Div (दिव्): defined in 2 categories.
Sprishat (sprsat, spṛśat, स्पृशत्): defined in 4 categories.
Carana (cāraṇa, चारण): defined in 24 categories.
Dvandva (द्वन्द्व): defined in 10 categories.
Gita (gīta, गीत): defined in 14 categories.
Shabda (sabda, śabda, शब्द): defined in 24 categories.
Muni (मुनि): defined in 18 categories.
Iti (इति): defined in 6 categories.
Kevalam (केवलम्): defined in 3 categories.
Kevala (केवल): defined in 14 categories.
Raja (rāja, राज): defined in 16 categories.
Purva (pūrva, पूर्व): defined in 13 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Nepali, Vastushastra (architecture), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Hinduism, Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Tamil, Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Jain philosophy, Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Prakrit, Kavya (poetry), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Gitashastra (science of music)
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: “adhyākrāntā vasatiramunāpyāśramaṃ sarvabhogye rakṣāyogādayamapi tapaḥ pratyahaṃ saṃcinoti”
- adhyā -
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adhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]adhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√dhā (verb class 1)[aorist middle first single]√dhā (verb class 2)[aorist middle first single]√dhā (verb class 3)[aorist middle first single]√dhā (verb class 4)[aorist middle first single]
- ākrāntā* -
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ākrānta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ākrāntā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vasatir -
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vasati (noun, feminine)[nominative single]vasati (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- amunā -
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adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]adaḥ (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- apyā -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]apya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ap (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]apyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āśramam -
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āśrama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]āśrama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- sarvabhogye -
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sarvabhogya (noun, masculine)[locative single]sarvabhogya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvabhogyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- rakṣāyo -
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rakṣa (noun, masculine)[dative single]rakṣa (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- ug -
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ukṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ukṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ādayam -
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√ad (verb class 0)[imperfect active first single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- tapaḥ -
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tapas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]tap (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]tap (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]tapa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pratyaham -
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pratyaha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pratyaha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pratyahā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sañ -
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sa (noun, neuter)[adverb]sam (Preverb)[Preverb]
- cinoti -
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√ci (verb class 5)[present active third single]
- Line 2: “asyāpi dyāṃ spṛśati vaśinaścāraṇadvandvagītaḥ puṇyaḥ śabdo muniriti muhuḥ kevalaṃ rājapūrvaḥ”
- asyā -
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asi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]asi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]√as -> asya (absolutive)[absolutive from √as]a (noun, masculine)[genitive single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]idam (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second single]√as (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- āpi -
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āpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]āpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]āpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]āpī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]āpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dyām -
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div (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- spṛśati -
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√spṛś -> spṛśat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]√spṛś -> spṛśat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]√spṛś (verb class 6)[present active third single]
- vaśinaś -
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vaśi (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]vaśin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]vaśin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- cāraṇa -
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cāraṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]cāraṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dvandva -
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dvandva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dvandva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gītaḥ -
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gīta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- puṇyaḥ -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- śabdo* -
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śabda (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- munir -
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muni (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- Cannot analyse muhuḥ*ke
- kevalam -
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kevalam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kevala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kevala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kevalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- rāja -
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rāja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rājan (noun, masculine)[compound]√rāj (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- pūrvaḥ -
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pūrva (noun, masculine)[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 1149 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.