Sanskrit quote nr. 1528 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अनृतपटुता क्रौर्ये चित्तं सतामवमानिता मतिरविनये धर्मे शाठ्यं गुरुष्वपि वञ्चनम् ।
ललितमधुरा वाक्प्रत्यक्षे परोक्षविभाषिणी कलियुगमहाराजस्यैताः स्फुरन्ति विभूतयः ॥anṛtapaṭutā kraurye cittaṃ satāmavamānitā matiravinaye dharme śāṭhyaṃ guruṣvapi vañcanam |
lalitamadhurā vākpratyakṣe parokṣavibhāṣiṇī kaliyugamahārājasyaitāḥ sphuranti vibhūtayaḥ ||
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.
Anrita (anrta, anṛta, अनृत): defined in 7 categories.
Patuta (paṭutā, पटुता): defined in 2 categories.
Kraurya (क्रौर्य): defined in 5 categories.
Citta (चित्त): defined in 22 categories.
Sat (सत्): defined in 7 categories.
Avamanita (avamānita, अवमानित, avamānitā, अवमानिता): defined in 3 categories.
Mati (मति): defined in 16 categories.
Avinaya (अविनय, avinayā, अविनया): defined in 5 categories.
Dharma (धर्म): defined in 25 categories.
Shathya (sathya, śāṭhya, शाठ्य): defined in 7 categories.
Guru (गुरु): defined in 25 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Lalitam (ललितम्): defined in 2 categories.
Lalita (ललित): defined in 17 categories.
Adhura (अधुर, adhurā, अधुरा): defined in 4 categories.
Vac (vāc, वाच्): defined in 12 categories.
Pratyakshe (pratyakse, pratyakṣe, प्रत्यक्षे): defined in 1 categories.
Pratyaksha (pratyaksa, pratyakṣa, प्रत्यक्ष, pratyakṣā, प्रत्यक्षा): defined in 18 categories.
Paroksha (paroksa, parokṣa, परोक्ष): defined in 12 categories.
Vi (वि, vī, वी): defined in 8 categories.
Bhashini (bhasini, bhāṣiṇī, भाषिणी): defined in 1 categories.
Kaliyuga (कलियुग): defined in 13 categories.
Aha (अह): defined in 16 categories.
Sya (स्य, syā, स्या): defined in 3 categories.
Sphurat (स्फुरत्): defined in 6 categories.
Sphuranti (sphurantī, स्फुरन्ती): defined in 1 categories.
Vibhuti (vibhūti, विभूति): defined in 13 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Buddhist philosophy, Shaiva philosophy, Biology (plants and animals), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Tamil, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Kavya (poetry), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Dharmashastra (religious law), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Shilpashastra (iconography), Nepali, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
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: “anṛtapaṭutā kraurye cittaṃ satāmavamānitā matiravinaye dharme śāṭhyaṃ guruṣvapi vañcanam”
- anṛta -
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anṛta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anṛta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- paṭutā -
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paṭutā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kraurye -
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kraurya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- cittam -
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citta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]citta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cittā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√cit (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- satām -
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sat (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]sat (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- avamānitā* -
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avamānita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]avamānitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- matir -
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mati (noun, feminine)[nominative single]mati (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- avinaye -
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avinaya (noun, masculine)[locative single]avinaya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]avinayā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- dharme -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- śāṭhyam -
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śāṭhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√śaṭh -> śāṭhya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śaṭh class 1 verb]√śaṭh -> śāṭhya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śaṭh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śaṭh class 1 verb]
- guruṣva -
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guru (noun, masculine)[locative plural]guru (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- vañcanam -
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vañcanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “lalitamadhurā vākpratyakṣe parokṣavibhāṣiṇī kaliyugamahārājasyaitāḥ sphuranti vibhūtayaḥ”
- lalitam -
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lalitam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]lalita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lalita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lalitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√lal -> lalita (participle, masculine)[adverb from √lal]√lal -> lalita (participle, neuter)[adverb from √lal]√lal -> lalitā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √lal]√lal -> lalita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √lal class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lal]√lal -> lalita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √lal class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lal class 1 verb], [nominative single from √lal], [accusative single from √lal]
- adhurā* -
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adhura (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]adhurā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vāk -
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vāc (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- pratyakṣe -
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pratyakṣe (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pratyakṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]pratyakṣa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pratyakṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- parokṣa -
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parokṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]parokṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative 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]
- bhāṣiṇī -
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bhāṣiṇī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]bhāṣin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kaliyugam -
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kaliyuga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ahā -
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aha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- arāja -
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arājan (noun, masculine)[compound]
- syai -
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si (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single], [dative single]sya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]syā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√sā (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- aitā -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
- aḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- sphuranti -
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sphurat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√sphur -> sphurat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √sphur class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √sphur class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √sphur class 6 verb]√sphur -> sphurantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √sphur class 6 verb]√sphur (verb class 6)[present active third plural]
- vibhūtayaḥ -
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vibhūti (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vibhūti (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
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 1528 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.