Sanskrit quote nr. 1736 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अन्यं काननमाशु गच्छ तरसा वन्यं फलं भुङ्क्ष्व रे धन्यं धाम विभाति ते न हि तथा पुण्यं जघन्यं कुरु ।
एतस्मिन्करिशाव मा व्रज वने जल्पामि तथ्यं वचो जानास्येव करीन्द्रदर्पदलनो निद्राति पञ्चाननः ॥anyaṃ kānanamāśu gaccha tarasā vanyaṃ phalaṃ bhuṅkṣva re dhanyaṃ dhāma vibhāti te na hi tathā puṇyaṃ jaghanyaṃ kuru |
etasminkariśāva mā vraja vane jalpāmi tathyaṃ vaco jānāsyeva karīndradarpadalano nidrāti pañcānanaḥ ||
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.
Anya (अन्य): defined in 8 categories.
Kanana (kānana, कानन): defined in 10 categories.
Gaccha (गच्छ): defined in 9 categories.
Tarasa (तरस, tarasā, तरसा): defined in 7 categories.
Vanya (वन्य): defined in 7 categories.
Phala (फल): defined in 25 categories.
Ra (र, rā, रा): defined in 11 categories.
Dhanya (धन्य): defined in 13 categories.
Dhama (dhāma, धाम): defined in 13 categories.
Vibhat (vibhāt, विभात्): defined in 2 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Hi (हि): defined in 7 categories.
Tatha (tathā, तथा): defined in 6 categories.
Jaghanyam (जघन्यम्): defined in 1 categories.
Jaghanya (जघन्य): defined in 5 categories.
Etad (एतद्): defined in 2 categories.
Karin (करिन्): defined in 16 categories.
Shava (sava, śāva, शाव): defined in 15 categories.
Ma (म, mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Vraja (व्रज): defined in 8 categories.
Vana (वन, vanā, वना): defined in 20 categories.
Vani (वनि): defined in 15 categories.
Tathya (तथ्य): defined in 5 categories.
Vaca (वच): defined in 16 categories.
Vacas (वचस्): defined in 2 categories.
Eva (एव): defined in 6 categories.
Karindra (karīndra, करीन्द्र): defined in 2 categories.
Darpada (दर्पद): defined in 1 categories.
La (ल): defined in 10 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Nidrat (nidrāt, निद्रात्): defined in 1 categories.
Pancanana (pañcānana, पञ्चानन): defined in 10 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hindi, Kannada, Pali, Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Prakrit, Nepali, India history, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Tamil, Dharmashastra (religious law), Yoga (school of philosophy), Kavya (poetry), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy)
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: “anyaṃ kānanamāśu gaccha tarasā vanyaṃ phalaṃ bhuṅkṣva re dhanyaṃ dhāma vibhāti te na hi tathā puṇyaṃ jaghanyaṃ kuru”
- anyam -
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anya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kānanam -
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kānana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- āśu -
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āśu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]āśu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]āśu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āśu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]āśu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- gaccha -
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gaccha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√gam (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- tarasā* -
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tarasa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]tarasā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vanyam -
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vanya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vanya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vanyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- phalam -
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phala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]phala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]phalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhuṅkṣva -
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√bhuj (verb class 7)[imperative middle second single]
- re -
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ṛ (noun, feminine)[dative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[dative single]ra (noun, masculine)[locative single]ra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]rā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- dhanyam -
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dhanya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhanya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhanyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dhāma -
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dhāma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dhāma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dhāman (noun, masculine)[compound]dhāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√dhā (verb class 2)[imperative active first plural]
- vibhāti -
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vibhāt (noun, masculine)[locative single]vibhāt (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- puṇyam -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puṇya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puṇyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- jaghanyam -
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jaghanyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]jaghanya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jaghanya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jaghanyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kuru -
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kuru (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]kuru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]√kṛ (verb class 8)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “etasminkariśāva mā vraja vane jalpāmi tathyaṃ vaco jānāsyeva karīndradarpadalano nidrāti pañcānanaḥ”
- etasmin -
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etad (noun, neuter)[locative single]eṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- kari -
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kari (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]kari (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]kari (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]karī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]karin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]karin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śāva -
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śāva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śāva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mā* -
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ma (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]mās (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vraja -
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vraja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vraja (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vraj (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- vane -
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vana (noun, masculine)[locative single]vana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vani (noun, feminine)[vocative single]vani (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- jalpāmi -
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√jalp (verb class 1)[present active first single]
- tathyam -
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tathya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tathya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tathyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vaco* -
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vacas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vacas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vaca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jānāsye -
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√jñā (verb class 9)[present active second single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- karīndra -
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karīndra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- darpada -
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darpada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- la -
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la (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- no* -
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na (noun, masculine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
- nidrāti -
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nidrāt (noun, masculine)[locative single]nidrāt (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- pañcānanaḥ -
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pañcānana (noun, masculine)[nominative 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 1736 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
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