Sanskrit quote nr. 121 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अक्रोधं शिक्षयन्त्यन्यैः क्रोधना ये तपोधनाः ।
निर्धनास्ते धनायैव धातुवादोपदेशिनः ॥

akrodhaṃ śikṣayantyanyaiḥ krodhanā ye tapodhanāḥ |
nirdhanāste dhanāyaiva dhātuvādopadeśinaḥ ||

Index

  1. Introduction
  2. Glossary of terms
  3. Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
  4. About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

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.

Akrodha (अक्रोध): defined in 4 categories.
Anya (अन्य): defined in 8 categories.
Krodhana (क्रोधन, krodhanā, क्रोधना): defined in 8 categories.
Ya (य, yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Tapodhana (तपोधन, tapodhanā, तपोधना): defined in 9 categories.
Nirdhana (निर्धन, nirdhanā, निर्धना): defined in 5 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Dhana (धन): defined in 16 categories.
Dhanaya (dhanāyā, धनाया): defined in 1 categories.
Dhatuvada (dhātuvāda, धातुवाद): defined in 7 categories.
Upadeshin (upadesin, upadeśin, उपदेशिन्): defined in 2 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Marathi, Kannada, Jainism, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hindi, Shilpashastra (iconography), Kavya (poetry), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Pali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Ayurveda (science of life), India history, Prakrit, Hinduism, Vastushastra (architecture), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Nepali, Kamashastra (the science of Love-making)

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: “akrodhaṃ śikṣayantyanyaiḥ krodhanā ye tapodhanāḥ
  • akrodham -
  • akrodha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akrodha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akrodhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śikṣayantya -
  • śikṣ -> śikṣayantī (participle, feminine)
    [compound from √śikṣ], [adverb from √śikṣ]
    śikṣ -> śikṣayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √śikṣ], [nominative plural from √śikṣ], [vocative dual from √śikṣ], [vocative plural from √śikṣ], [accusative dual from √śikṣ], [accusative plural from √śikṣ]
    śikṣ -> śikṣayantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śikṣ], [vocative single from √śikṣ]
    śikṣ (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]
  • anyaiḥ -
  • anya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • krodhanā* -
  • krodhana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    krodhanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tapodhanāḥ -
  • tapodhana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    tapodhanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “nirdhanāste dhanāyaiva dhātuvādopadeśinaḥ
  • nirdhanās -
  • nirdhana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nirdhanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • dhanāyai -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    dhanāyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • dhātuvādo -
  • dhātuvāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upadeśinaḥ -
  • upadeśin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    upadeśin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]

About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

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 121 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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