Sanskrit quote nr. 1338 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अनारब्धाक्षेपं परमकृतवाष्पव्यतिकरं निगूढान्तस्तापं हृदयविनिपीतं व्यवसितम् ।
कृशाङ्ग्या यत्पापे व्रजति मयि नैराश्यपिशुनं श्लथैरङ्गैरुक्तं हृदयमिदमुन्मूलयति तत् ॥anārabdhākṣepaṃ paramakṛtavāṣpavyatikaraṃ nigūḍhāntastāpaṃ hṛdayavinipītaṃ vyavasitam |
kṛśāṅgyā yatpāpe vrajati mayi nairāśyapiśunaṃ ślathairaṅgairuktaṃ hṛdayamidamunmūlayati tat ||
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.
Ana (anā, अना): defined in 12 categories.
Arabdha (ārabdha, आरब्ध, ārabdhā, आरब्धा): defined in 6 categories.
Akshepa (aksepa, ākṣepa, आक्षेप): defined in 10 categories.
Nigudha (nigūḍha, निगूढ): defined in 8 categories.
Hridaya (hrdaya, hṛdaya, हृदय): defined in 16 categories.
Vi (वि, vī, वी): defined in 8 categories.
Pita (pīta, पीत): defined in 21 categories.
Vyavasita (व्यवसित): defined in 3 categories.
Krishangi (krsangi, kṛśāṅgī, कृशाङ्गी): defined in 3 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Papa (pāpa, पाप, pāpā, पापा): defined in 13 categories.
Vrajat (व्रजत्): defined in 2 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Nairashya (nairasya, nairāśya, नैराश्य): defined in 5 categories.
Pishuna (pisuna, piśuna, पिशुन): defined in 11 categories.
Shlatha (slatha, ślatha, श्लथ): defined in 7 categories.
Anga (aṅga, अङ्ग): defined in 21 categories.
Ukta (उक्त): defined in 10 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Unmula (unmūla, उन्मूल): defined in 4 categories.
Yati (yatī, यती): defined in 18 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Nepali, Jainism, Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Vastushastra (architecture), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Dharmashastra (religious law), India history, Buddhism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Yoga (school of philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Hinduism, Kavya (poetry), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
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: “anārabdhākṣepaṃ paramakṛtavāṣpavyatikaraṃ nigūḍhāntastāpaṃ hṛdayavinipītaṃ vyavasitam”
- anā -
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anā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ārabdhā -
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ārabdha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ārabdha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ārabdhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ākṣepam -
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ākṣepa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse paramakṛtavāṣpavyatikaram*ni
- nigūḍhān -
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nigūḍha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- tastā -
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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]√tas -> tastā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √tas class 4 verb]√stai (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- apam -
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ap (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hṛdaya -
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hṛdaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]hṛdaya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vini -
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vi (noun, neuter)[locative single]vī (noun, neuter)[locative single]vini (Preverb)[Preverb]
- pītam -
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pīta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pīta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pītā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√pā -> pīta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √pā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 2 verb]√pā -> pīta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √pā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 2 verb]√pā -> pīta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √pā class 3 verb]√pā -> pīta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √pā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pā class 3 verb]√pai -> pīta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √pai class 1 verb]√pai -> pīta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √pai class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pai class 1 verb]√pi -> pīta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √pi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 3 verb]√pi -> pīta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √pi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pi class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 2 verb], [nominative single from √pi class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 3 verb]√pī -> pīta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √pī class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 4 verb]√pī -> pīta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √pī class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pī class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 2 verb], [nominative single from √pī class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 3 verb], [nominative single from √pī class 4 verb], [accusative single from √pī class 4 verb]√pī (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- vyavasitam -
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vyavasita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vyavasita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vyavasitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “kṛśāṅgyā yatpāpe vrajati mayi nairāśyapiśunaṃ ślathairaṅgairuktaṃ hṛdayamidamunmūlayati tat”
- kṛśāṅgyā* -
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kṛśāṅgī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- pāpe -
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pāpa (noun, masculine)[locative single]pāpa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pāpā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vrajati -
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√vraj -> vrajat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √vraj class 1 verb]√vraj -> vrajat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √vraj class 1 verb]√vraj (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- mayi -
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mayī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[locative single]
- nairāśya -
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nairāśya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- piśunam -
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piśuna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]piśuna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]piśunā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ślathair -
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ślatha (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]ślatha (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- aṅgair -
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aṅga (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]aṅga (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- uktam -
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ukta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ukta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uktā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]√vac -> ukta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
- hṛdayam -
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hṛdaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]hṛdaya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hṛdayā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- idam -
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idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- unmūla -
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unmūla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]unmūla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yati -
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yati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yatin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]yat (noun, masculine)[locative single]yat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [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 1338 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
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