Sanskrit quote nr. 1641 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अन्तर्मलिनदेहेन बहिराह्लादकारिणा ।
महाकालफलेनेव कः खलेन न वञ्चितः ॥antarmalinadehena bahirāhlādakāriṇā |
mahākālaphaleneva kaḥ khalena na vañcitaḥ ||
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.
Antar (अन्तर्): defined in 5 categories.
Malina (मलिन): defined in 13 categories.
Deha (देह): defined in 12 categories.
Ahladakarin (āhlādakārin, आह्लादकारिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Mahakala (mahākāla, महाकाल): defined in 14 categories.
Phala (फल): defined in 25 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Khala (खल): defined in 13 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Vancita (vañcita, वञ्चित): defined in 8 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Hindi, Nepali, Jainism, Pali, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Ayurveda (science of life), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Kavya (poetry), Hinduism, Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, 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: “antarmalinadehena bahirāhlādakāriṇā”
- antar -
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antar (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]antar (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- malina -
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malina (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]malina (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dehena -
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deha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]deha (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- bahir -
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bahiḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- āhlādakāriṇā -
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āhlādakārin (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]āhlādakārin (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- Line 2: “mahākālaphaleneva kaḥ khalena na vañcitaḥ”
- mahākāla -
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mahākāla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mahākāla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- phalene -
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phala (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]phala (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- kaḥ -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- khalena -
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khala (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vañcitaḥ -
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vañcita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vañc -> vañcita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vañc]
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 1641 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.