Sanskrit quote nr. 1597 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अन्तः प्रविश्य युवचिह्नमुरोऽबलानां येन क्रमेण बत लोडयते मनीषिन् ।
आश्रित्य तं हि नियमं तत उन्नयेते एतौ कुचौ सपदि हन्ति विदीर्णमध्यात् ॥antaḥ praviśya yuvacihnamuro'balānāṃ yena krameṇa bata loḍayate manīṣin |
āśritya taṃ hi niyamaṃ tata unnayete etau kucau sapadi hanti vidīrṇamadhyāt ||
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.
Anta (अन्त): defined in 16 categories.
Pra (प्र): defined in 6 categories.
Vishya (visya, viśya, विश्य): defined in 1 categories.
Cihna (चिह्न): defined in 11 categories.
Uras (उरस्): defined in 6 categories.
Uru (उरु): defined in 16 categories.
Abala (अबल, abalā, अबला): defined in 11 categories.
Yena (येन): defined in 2 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Kramena (krameṇa, क्रमेण): defined in 2 categories.
Krama (क्रम): defined in 14 categories.
Bata (बत): defined in 5 categories.
Yata (yatā, यता): defined in 7 categories.
Yati (यति): defined in 18 categories.
Manishin (manisin, manīṣin, मनीषिन्): defined in 7 categories.
Ashritya (asritya, āśritya, आश्रित्य): defined in 6 categories.
Ta (त): defined in 11 categories.
Hi (हि): defined in 7 categories.
Niyama (नियम): defined in 17 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Tata (तत): defined in 18 categories.
Unnaya (उन्नय): defined in 3 categories.
Ita (इत, itā, इता): defined in 6 categories.
Iti (इति): defined in 6 categories.
Eta (एत): defined in 5 categories.
Eti (एति): defined in 4 categories.
Kuca (कुच): defined in 10 categories.
Sapadi (सपदि): defined in 4 categories.
Vidirna (vidīrṇa, विदीर्ण): defined in 6 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Gitashastra (science of music), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Kavya (poetry), Hinduism, Vedanta (school of philosophy), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Nepali, Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)
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: “antaḥ praviśya yuvacihnamuro'balānāṃ yena krameṇa bata loḍayate manīṣin”
- antaḥ -
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anta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- viśya -
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viśya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]viśya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√viś -> viśya (absolutive)[absolutive from √viś]√viś -> viśya (absolutive)[absolutive from √viś]
- yuva -
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yuvan (noun, masculine)[compound]√yu (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- cihnam -
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cihna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- uro' -
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uras (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]uras (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]uru (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- abalānām -
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abala (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]abala (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]abalā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- krameṇa -
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krameṇa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]krama (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- bata -
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bata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- loḍa -
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√loḍ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]√luḍ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- yate -
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yat (noun, masculine)[dative single]yat (noun, neuter)[dative single]yatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]yati (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yata (noun, masculine)[locative single]yata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]yati (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √i class 2 verb]√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)[locative single from √yam class 1 verb]√yam -> yata (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [locative single from √yam class 1 verb]√yam -> yatā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yam class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yam class 1 verb]√yat (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- manīṣin -
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manīṣin (noun, masculine)[vocative single]manīṣin (noun, neuter)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “āśritya taṃ hi niyamaṃ tata unnayete etau kucau sapadi hanti vidīrṇamadhyāt”
- āśritya -
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āśritya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- niyamam -
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niyama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- tata* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- unnaye -
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unnaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]unnā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]√und -> unnā (participle, feminine)[instrumental single from √und class 6 verb], [instrumental single from √und class 7 verb]
- ite -
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ita (noun, masculine)[locative single]ita (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]itā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]iti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√i -> ita (participle, masculine)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> ita (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> itā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[present middle third single]
- etau -
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eta (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]eti (noun, feminine)[locative single]eṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- kucau -
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kuca (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sapadi -
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sapadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- hanti -
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hanti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]√han (verb class 2)[present active third single]
- vidīrṇam -
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vidīrṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vidīrṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vidīrṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- adhyāt -
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√dhyā (verb class 2)[imperfect active third 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 1597 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.