Sanskrit quote nr. 1703 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अन्नं किंशुकपुष्पपुञ्जसदृशं पाषाणजालैर्युतं धूम्यं गन्धयुतं च जालमखिलं भग्नाश्च दन्तालयः ।
आज्यं दूरतरं न चापि लवणं न श्रूयते तिन्त्रिणी भक्ष्याणां वचनं च नास्ति हि सखे तद्भोजनं वर्णये ॥annaṃ kiṃśukapuṣpapuñjasadṛśaṃ pāṣāṇajālairyutaṃ dhūmyaṃ gandhayutaṃ ca jālamakhilaṃ bhagnāśca dantālayaḥ |
ājyaṃ dūrataraṃ na cāpi lavaṇaṃ na śrūyate tintriṇī bhakṣyāṇāṃ vacanaṃ ca nāsti hi sakhe tadbhojanaṃ varṇaye ||
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.
Anna (अन्न): defined in 18 categories.
Kimshuka (kimsuka, kiṃśuka, किंशुक): defined in 12 categories.
Pushpa (puspa, puṣpa, पुष्प): defined in 16 categories.
Punja (puñja, पुञ्ज): defined in 10 categories.
Sadrisham (sadrsam, sadṛśam, सदृशम्): defined in 1 categories.
Sadrish (sadrs, sadṛś, सदृश्): defined in 1 categories.
Sadrisha (sadrsa, sadṛśa, सदृश): defined in 12 categories.
Jala (jāla, जाल): defined in 24 categories.
Yut (युत्): defined in 4 categories.
Yuta (युत): defined in 11 categories.
Gandha (गन्ध): defined in 25 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Akhila (अखिल): defined in 13 categories.
Bhagna (भग्न, bhagnā, भग्ना): defined in 12 categories.
Dantalaya (dantālaya, दन्तालय): defined in 1 categories.
Dantali (dantāli, दन्तालि): defined in 2 categories.
Ajya (ājya, आज्य): defined in 8 categories.
Dura (dūra, दूर): defined in 13 categories.
Tara (तर): defined in 26 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Capin (cāpin, चापिन्): defined in 3 categories.
Lavana (lavaṇa, लवण): defined in 16 categories.
Bhakshya (bhaksya, bhakṣya, भक्ष्य, bhakṣyā, भक्ष्या): defined in 11 categories.
Vacana (वचन): defined in 12 categories.
Nasti (nāsti, नास्ति): defined in 5 categories.
Hi (हि): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Bhojana (भोजन): defined in 17 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Dharmashastra (religious law), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Biology (plants and animals), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Nepali, Samkhya (school of philosophy), Buddhism, Shilpashastra (iconography), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Kavya (poetry), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Gitashastra (science of music), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making)
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: “annaṃ kiṃśukapuṣpapuñjasadṛśaṃ pāṣāṇajālairyutaṃ dhūmyaṃ gandhayutaṃ ca jālamakhilaṃ bhagnāśca dantālayaḥ”
- annam -
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anna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]anna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]annā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kiṃśuka -
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kiṃśuka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kiṃśuka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- puṣpa -
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puṣpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]puṣpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- puñja -
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puñja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- sadṛśam -
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sadṛśam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sadṛśa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sadṛśa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sadṛśā (noun, feminine)[adverb]sadṛś (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- pāṣāṇa -
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pāṣāṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- jālair -
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jāla (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]jāla (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- yutam -
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yuta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]yuta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]yutā (noun, feminine)[adverb]yut (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√yu -> yuta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 9 verb]√yu -> yuta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 2 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 6 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 9 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 9 verb]√yu -> yuta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √yu class 3 verb]√yu -> yuta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √yu class 3 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 3 verb]√yu (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- dhūmyam -
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dhūmyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- gandha -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]gandha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yutam -
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yuta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]yuta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]yutā (noun, feminine)[adverb]yut (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√yu -> yuta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 9 verb]√yu -> yuta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 2 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 6 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 9 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 9 verb]√yu -> yuta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √yu class 3 verb]√yu -> yuta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √yu class 3 verb], [accusative single from √yu class 3 verb]√yu (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jālam -
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jāla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jāla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jālā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- akhilam -
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akhila (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]akhila (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]akhilā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhagnāś -
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bhagna (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bhagnā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dantālayaḥ -
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dantālaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]dantāli (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “ājyaṃ dūrataraṃ na cāpi lavaṇaṃ na śrūyate tintriṇī bhakṣyāṇāṃ vacanaṃ ca nāsti hi sakhe tadbhojanaṃ varṇaye”
- ājyam -
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ājya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ājya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dūra -
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dūra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dūra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- taram -
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tara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- lavaṇam -
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lavaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lavaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lavaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śrūyate -
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√śru (verb class 5)[present passive third single]
- Cannot analyse tintriṇī*bh
- bhakṣyāṇām -
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bhakṣya (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]bhakṣya (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]bhakṣyā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]√bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, masculine)[genitive plural from √bhakṣ]√bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, neuter)[genitive plural from √bhakṣ]√bhakṣ -> bhakṣyā (participle, feminine)[genitive plural from √bhakṣ]
- vacanam -
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vacana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vacana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vacanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nāsti -
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nāsti (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- sakhe -
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sakha (noun, masculine)[locative single]sakhi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bhojanam -
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bhojana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bhojana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- varṇaye -
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varṇi (noun, masculine)[dative single]√varṇ (verb class 10)[present middle first 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 1703 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.