Sanskrit quote nr. 1793 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अन्यान्योपमितं युगं निरुपमं तेऽयुग्ममङ्गेषु यत् सोऽयं सिक्थकमास्यकान्तिमधुनस्तन्वङ्गि चन्द्रस्तव ।
त्वद्वाचां स्वरमात्रिकां मदकलः पुंस्कोकिलो घोषयत्य् अभ्यासस्य किमस्त्यगोचरमिति प्रत्याशया मोहितः ॥

anyānyopamitaṃ yugaṃ nirupamaṃ te'yugmamaṅgeṣu yat so'yaṃ sikthakamāsyakāntimadhunastanvaṅgi candrastava |
tvadvācāṃ svaramātrikāṃ madakalaḥ puṃskokilo ghoṣayaty abhyāsasya kimastyagocaramiti pratyāśayā mohitaḥ ||

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.
Mit (मित्): defined in 4 categories.
Mita (मित): defined in 11 categories.
Yuga (युग): defined in 15 categories.
Nirupama (निरुपम): defined in 8 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Ayugma (अयुग्म): defined in 1 categories.
Anga (aṅga, अङ्ग): defined in 21 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Sah (saḥ, सः): defined in 4 categories.
Aya (अय): defined in 14 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Sikthaka (सिक्थक): defined in 3 categories.
Asya (āsya, आस्य): defined in 10 categories.
Kanti (kānti, कान्ति): defined in 16 categories.
Dhuna (धुन): defined in 7 categories.
Tanvangi (tanvaṅgī, तन्वङ्गी): defined in 6 categories.
Candra (चन्द्र): defined in 23 categories.
Vac (vāc, वाच्): defined in 12 categories.
Vaca (vācā, वाचा): defined in 16 categories.
Svara (स्वर): defined in 21 categories.
At (āt, आत्): defined in 4 categories.
Kam (kām, काम्): defined in 10 categories.
Ka (kā, का): defined in 15 categories.
Madakala (मदकल): defined in 4 categories.
Abhyasa (abhyāsa, अभ्यास): defined in 16 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Asti (अस्ति): defined in 11 categories.
Astya (अस्त्य): defined in 1 categories.
Agocara (अगोचर): defined in 9 categories.
Iti (इति): defined in 6 categories.
Pratyasha (pratyasa, pratyāśā, प्रत्याशा): defined in 3 categories.
Mohita (मोहित): defined in 9 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, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Biology (plants and animals), Pali, Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Tamil, Buddhism, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Yoga (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Dharmashastra (religious law), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Prakrit, Vastushastra (architecture), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Shilpashastra (iconography), Gitashastra (science of music), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Nepali, Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

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: “anyānyopamitaṃ yugaṃ nirupamaṃ te'yugmamaṅgeṣu yat so'yaṃ sikthakamāsyakāntimadhunastanvaṅgi candrastava”
anyānyo -
anya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
opa -
mitam -
mita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

mitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

mit (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√mā -> mita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √mā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √mā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √mā class 4 verb]

√mā -> mita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √mā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √mā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √mā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √mā class 4 verb], [accusative single from √mā class 4 verb]

√mi -> mita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √mi class 5 verb]

√mi -> mita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mi class 5 verb], [accusative single from √mi class 5 verb]
yugam -
yuga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
nirupamam -
nirupama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nirupama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

nirupamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
te' -
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]
ayugmam -
ayugma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ayugma (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

ayugmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
aṅgeṣu -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sikthakam -
sikthaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sikthaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āsya -
āsya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āsya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √ās]

√ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √ās]

√as -> āsya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √as]

√as -> āsya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √as]

√ās -> āsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ās]

√ās -> āsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ās]

√as -> āsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

√ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √ās]

√ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √ās]

√as -> āsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √as]

√as -> āsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √as]
kāntim -
kānti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhunas -
dhuna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tanvaṅgi -
tanvaṅgī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
candras -
candra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
Line 2: “tvadvācāṃ svaramātrikāṃ madakalaḥ puṃskokilo ghoṣayaty abhyāsasya kimastyagocaramiti pratyāśayā mohitaḥ”
tvad -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[ablative single]
vācām -
vāc (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

vācā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
svaram -
svara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

svarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āt -
āt (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ri -
rī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
kām -
kām (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[accusative single]
madakalaḥ -
madakala (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
puṃskokilo* -
Cannot analyse ghoṣayaty*ab
abhyāsasya -
abhyāsa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
astya -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

astya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
agocaram -
agocara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

agocara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

agocarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
pratyāśayā -
pratyāśā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
mohitaḥ -
mohita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√muh -> mohita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muh]

About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

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This 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 1793 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.

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