Sanskrit quote nr. 1803 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अन्या या वसनोत्तमं तदधुना संगृह्य मान्यं पुनर् यन्मां दर्शयसि प्रियं प्रियतमं तोषाय रोषाय नो ।
सर्वसैव सतश्च रीतिरियती पूर्वं श्रुता वृद्धतः प्रायः प्राप्य निजप्रकर्षमखिलं मित्रं मुदादर्शयत् ॥

anyā yā vasanottamaṃ tadadhunā saṃgṛhya mānyaṃ punar yanmāṃ darśayasi priyaṃ priyatamaṃ toṣāya roṣāya no |
sarvasaiva sataśca rītiriyatī pūrvaṃ śrutā vṛddhataḥ prāyaḥ prāpya nijaprakarṣamakhilaṃ mitraṃ mudādarśayat ||

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.

Ani (anī, अनी): defined in 12 categories.
Anya (anyā, अन्या): defined in 8 categories.
Ya (yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Vasana (वसन): defined in 20 categories.
Uttamam (उत्तमम्): defined in 3 categories.
Uttama (उत्तम): defined in 21 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Adhuna (adhunā, अधुना): defined in 8 categories.
Grihya (grhya, gṛhya, गृह्य): defined in 6 categories.
Manya (mānya, मान्य): defined in 8 categories.
Punar (पुनर्): defined in 4 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Ma (mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Priyam (प्रियम्): defined in 1 categories.
Pri (prī, प्री): defined in 2 categories.
Priya (प्रिय): defined in 11 categories.
Priyatama (प्रियतम): defined in 7 categories.
Tosha (tosa, toṣa, तोष): defined in 8 categories.
Nu (नु): defined in 1 categories.
Saru (सरु): defined in 6 categories.
Sat (सत्): defined in 7 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Riti (rīti, रीति): defined in 12 categories.
Iyat (इयत्): defined in 2 categories.
Purvam (pūrvam, पूर्वम्): defined in 4 categories.
Purva (pūrva, पूर्व): defined in 13 categories.
Shruta (sruta, śruta, श्रुत, śrutā, श्रुता): defined in 10 categories.
Vriddha (vrddha, vṛddha, वृद्ध): defined in 17 categories.
Ta (त): defined in 11 categories.
Tas (तस्): defined in 4 categories.
Praya (prāya, प्राय): defined in 8 categories.
Prayas (prāyas, प्रायस्): defined in 4 categories.
Prapya (prāpya, प्राप्य): defined in 8 categories.
Nija (निज): defined in 10 categories.
Prakarsha (prakarsa, prakarṣa, प्रकर्ष): defined in 5 categories.
Akhila (अखिल): defined in 13 categories.
Mitra (मित्र): defined in 17 categories.
Muda (मुद): defined in 12 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Nepali, Jainism, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Yoga (school of philosophy), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Kavya (poetry), Vastushastra (architecture), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Shilpashastra (iconography), Arthashastra (politics and welfare)

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: “anyā yā vasanottamaṃ tadadhunā saṃgṛhya mānyaṃ punar yanmāṃ darśayasi priyaṃ priyatamaṃ toṣāya roṣāya no”
anyā* -
anī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√an (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
yā* -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
vasano -
vasana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
uttamam -
uttamam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uttama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

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

uttamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
adhunā -
adhunā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
saṅ -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
gṛhya -
gṛhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gṛhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√grah -> gṛhya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √grah]

√grah -> gṛhya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]

√grah -> gṛhya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]
mānyam -
mānya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mānya (noun, neuter)

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

mānyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√man -> mānya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √man]

√man -> mānya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √man]

√man -> mānyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √man]

√mān -> mānya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √mān class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mān class 10 verb]

√mān -> mānya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mān class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mān class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mān class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mān class 10 verb]

√man -> mānya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man]

√man -> mānya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb], [nominative single from √man], [accusative single from √man]
punar -
punar (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

punar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yan -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

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

√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]
mām -
mā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
darśayasi -
√dṛś (verb class 0)

[present active second single]
priyam -
priyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

priya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

priya (noun, neuter)

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

priyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

prī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

prī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
priyatamam -
priyatama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

priyatama (noun, neuter)

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

priyatamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
toṣāya -
toṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
roṣāya -
roṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
no -
nu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “sarvasaiva sataśca rītiriyatī pūrvaṃ śrutā vṛddhataḥ prāyaḥ prāpya nijaprakarṣamakhilaṃ mitraṃ mudādarśayat”
sarva -
saru (noun, masculine)

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

saru (noun, neuter)

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

saru (noun, feminine)

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

sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
asai -
asan (noun, neuter)

[compound]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
sataś -
sataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rītir -
rīti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
iyatī -
iyat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
śrutā* -
śruta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śrutā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śru class 5 verb]

√śru -> śrutā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √śru class 5 verb]
vṛddha -
vṛddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vṛddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]

√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prāyaḥ -
prāyas (noun, neuter)

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

prāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prāpya -
prāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nija -
nija (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nija (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prakarṣam -
prakarṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
akhilam -
akhila (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akhila (noun, neuter)

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

akhilā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mitram -
mitra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mitra (noun, neuter)

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

mitrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mudād -
muda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

muda (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
arśa -
arśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
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]

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 1803 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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