Sanskrit quote nr. 1172 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अध्वन्यैर्मकरन्दशीकरसुरामत्तक्वणत्कोकिले मार्गे मार्गनिरोधिनी परिहृता शङ्केऽशुभाशङ्कया ।
पान्थस्त्रीवधपातकादुपगतं चण्डालचिह्नं मधोर् एषा किङ्किणिकेव षट्पदमयी झंकारिणी संहतिः ॥

adhvanyairmakarandaśīkarasurāmattakvaṇatkokile mārge mārganirodhinī parihṛtā śaṅke'śubhāśaṅkayā |
pānthastrīvadhapātakādupagataṃ caṇḍālacihnaṃ madhor eṣā kiṅkiṇikeva ṣaṭpadamayī jhaṃkāriṇī saṃhatiḥ ||

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.

Adhvanya (अध्वन्य): defined in 2 categories.
Makaranda (मकरन्द): defined in 9 categories.
Shikara (sikara, śīkara, शीकर): defined in 8 categories.
Suramatta (surāmatta, सुरामत्त): defined in 1 categories.
Kvanat (kvaṇat, क्वणत्): defined in 2 categories.
Kokila (कोकिल, kokilā, कोकिला): defined in 14 categories.
Marga (mārga, मार्ग): defined in 21 categories.
Iras (इरस्): defined in 1 categories.
Dha (dhā, धा): defined in 8 categories.
Ni (नि): defined in 9 categories.
Parihrita (parihrta, parihṛtā, परिहृता): defined in 3 categories.
Shanka (sanka, śaṅka, शङ्क, śaṅkā, शङ्का): defined in 13 categories.
Ashubha (asubha, aśubha, अशुभ, aśubhā, अशुभा): defined in 13 categories.
Pantha (pāntha, पान्थ): defined in 5 categories.
Tri (त्रि): defined in 10 categories.
Vadha (वध): defined in 12 categories.
Pataka (pātaka, पातक): defined in 15 categories.
Upagata (उपगत): defined in 7 categories.
Candala (caṇḍāla, चण्डाल): defined in 11 categories.
Cihna (चिह्न): defined in 11 categories.
Madhu (मधु): defined in 19 categories.
Kinkinika (kiṅkiṇikā, किङ्किणिका): defined in 3 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Shatpada (satpada, ṣaṭpada, षट्पद): defined in 9 categories.
Ayin (अयिन्): defined in 2 categories.
Jhankarini (jhaṅkāriṇī, झङ्कारिणी): defined in 1 categories.
Samhati (saṃhati, संहति): defined in 5 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Kannada, Pali, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Marathi, Biology (plants and animals), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Hindi, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Purana (epic history), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Buddhism, Jainism, Yoga (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Buddhist philosophy, Gitashastra (science of music), Prakrit, Tamil, Shilpashastra (iconography), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Hinduism, Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Nepali

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: “adhvanyairmakarandaśīkarasurāmattakvaṇatkokile mārge mārganirodhinī parihṛtā śaṅke'śubhāśaṅkayā”
adhvanyair -
adhvanya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
makaranda -
makaranda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

makaranda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śīkara -
śīkara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śīkara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
surāmatta -
surāmatta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

surāmatta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kvaṇat -
√kvaṇ -> kvaṇat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kvaṇ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kvaṇ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kvaṇ class 1 verb]
kokile -
kokila (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kokilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
mārge -
mārga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mārga (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
mārgan -
√mārg -> mārgat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √mārg class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mārg class 1 verb]
iro -
iras (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dhi -
dhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

dhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
nī -
nī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

nī (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
parihṛtā -
parihṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śaṅke' -
śaṅka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śaṅkā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√śaṅk (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
aśubhā -
aśubha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśubha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśubhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśaṅkayā -
aśaṅkā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “pānthastrīvadhapātakādupagataṃ caṇḍālacihnaṃ madhor eṣā kiṅkiṇikeva ṣaṭpadamayī jhaṃkāriṇī saṃhatiḥ”
pānthas -
pāntha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
trī -
tri (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vadha -
vadha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pātakād -
pātaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pātaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
upagatam -
upagata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

upagata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

upagatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
caṇḍāla -
caṇḍāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
cihnam -
cihna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
madhor -
madhu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
eṣā -
eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kiṅkiṇike -
kiṅkiṇikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ṣaṭpadam -
ṣaṭpada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ṣaṭpada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

ṣaṭpadā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ayī -
ayin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jhaṅkāriṇī -
jhaṅkāriṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

jhaṅkārin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
saṃhatiḥ -
saṃhati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

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This 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 1172 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.

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Last Updated: 24 April, 2019