Sanskrit quote nr. 128 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अक्लान्तद्युतिभिर्वसन्तकुसुमैरुत्तंसयन् कुन्तलान् अन्तः खेलति खञ्जरीटनयने कुञ्जेषु कञ्जेक्षणः ।
अस्मन्मन्दिरकर्मतस्तव करौ नाद्यापि विश्राम्यतः किं ब्रूमो रसिकाग्रणीरसि घटी नेयं विलम्बक्षमा ॥aklāntadyutibhirvasantakusumairuttaṃsayan kuntalān antaḥ khelati khañjarīṭanayane kuñjeṣu kañjekṣaṇaḥ |
asmanmandirakarmatastava karau nādyāpi viśrāmyataḥ kiṃ brūmo rasikāgraṇīrasi ghaṭī neyaṃ vilambakṣamā ||
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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.
Klanta (klānta, क्लान्त): defined in 6 categories.
Dyuti (द्युति): defined in 9 categories.
Vasanta (वसन्त): defined in 18 categories.
Kusuma (कुसुम): defined in 16 categories.
Uttamsa (uttaṃsa, उत्तंस): defined in 4 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Kuntala (कुन्तल): defined in 12 categories.
Anta (अन्त): defined in 16 categories.
Khanjarita (khañjarīṭa, खञ्जरीट): defined in 6 categories.
Nayana (नयन, nayanā, नयना): defined in 15 categories.
Kunja (kuñja, कुञ्ज): defined in 8 categories.
Kanja (kañja, कञ्ज): defined in 6 categories.
Kshana (ksana, kṣaṇa, क्षण): defined in 13 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Mandira (मन्दिर): defined in 12 categories.
Va (व): defined in 11 categories.
Kara (कर): defined in 21 categories.
Nadi (nādi, नादि): defined in 21 categories.
Nadya (nādya, नाद्य, nādyā, नाद्या): defined in 2 categories.
Api (āpi, आपि, āpī, आपी): defined in 4 categories.
Vi (वि, vī, वी): defined in 8 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Rasika (रसिक, rasikā, रसिका): defined in 10 categories.
Agrani (agraṇī, अग्रणी): defined in 6 categories.
Rasin (रसिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Ghatin (ghaṭin, घटिन्): defined in 11 categories.
Neya (नेय): defined in 6 categories.
Vilamba (विलम्ब): defined in 10 categories.
Ksham (ksam, kṣam, क्षम्): defined in 2 categories.
Kshama (ksama, kṣamā, क्षमा): defined in 14 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Marathi, Kannada, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Hindi, Hinduism, Pali, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Nepali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shilpashastra (iconography), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Dharmashastra (religious law), Vastushastra (architecture), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Jain philosophy, Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
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: “aklāntadyutibhirvasantakusumairuttaṃsayan kuntalān antaḥ khelati khañjarīṭanayane kuñjeṣu kañjekṣaṇaḥ”
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- klānta -
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klānta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]klānta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dyutibhir -
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dyuti (noun, feminine)[instrumental plural]dyuti (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- vasanta -
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vasanta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kusumair -
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kusuma (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]kusuma (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- uttaṃsa -
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uttaṃsa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yan -
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yat (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
- kuntalān -
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kuntala (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- antaḥ -
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anta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- khelati -
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√khel -> khelat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √khel class 1 verb]√khel -> khelat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √khel class 1 verb]√khel (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- khañjarīṭa -
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khañjarīṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nayane -
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nayana (noun, masculine)[locative single]nayana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]nayanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kuñjeṣu -
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kuñja (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- kañje -
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kañja (noun, masculine)[locative single]kañja (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- kṣaṇaḥ -
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kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “asmanmandirakarmatastava karau nādyāpi viśrāmyataḥ kiṃ brūmo rasikāgraṇīrasi ghaṭī neyaṃ vilambakṣamā”
- asman -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[ablative plural]
- mandira -
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mandira (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mandira (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- karma -
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karman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tasta -
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√tas -> tasta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √tas class 4 verb]√tas -> tasta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √tas class 4 verb]√stai (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- va -
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va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- karau -
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kari (noun, masculine)[locative single]kari (noun, feminine)[locative single]kara (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- nādyā -
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nādi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]nādi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nādi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]nādin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]nādin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nādya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nādya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√nad -> nādya (participle, masculine)[compound from √nad]√nad -> nādya (participle, neuter)[compound from √nad]√nad -> nādya (absolutive)[absolutive from √nad]nādyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√nad -> nādya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √nad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √nad]√nad -> nādya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √nad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √nad]√nad -> nādyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √nad class 1 verb], [nominative single from √nad]
- 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]
- vi -
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vi (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]vi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]vi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ve (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, feminine)[adverb]vī (noun, masculine)[adverb]vī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vi (Preverb)[Preverb]
- śrāmyataḥ -
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√śram -> śrāmyat (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √śram class 4 verb], [ablative single from √śram class 4 verb], [genitive single from √śram class 4 verb]√śram -> śrāmyat (participle, neuter)[ablative single from √śram class 4 verb], [genitive single from √śram class 4 verb]√śram (verb class 4)[present active third dual]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- brūmo* -
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√brū (verb class 2)[present active first plural]
- rasikā -
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rasika (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rasika (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]rasikā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- agraṇīr -
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agraṇī (noun, masculine)[nominative single]agraṇī (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- rasi -
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rasin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]rasin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ghaṭī -
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ghaṭī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]ghaṭi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ghaṭin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- neyam -
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neya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]neya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]neyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√nī -> neya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √nī class 1 verb]√nī -> neya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √nī class 1 verb], [accusative single from √nī class 1 verb]
- vilamba -
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vilamba (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vilamba (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣamā -
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kṣam (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]kṣamā (noun, feminine)[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 128 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
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