Sanskrit quote nr. 1813 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अन्यास्ता गुणरत्नरोहणभुवो धन्या मृदन्यैव सा संभाराः खलु तेऽन्य एव विधिना यैरेष सृष्टो युवा ।
श्रीमत्कान्तिजुषां द्विषां करतलात् स्त्रीणां नितम्बस्थलाद् दृष्टे यत्र पतन्ति मूढमनसामस्त्राणि वस्त्राणि च ॥

anyāstā guṇaratnarohaṇabhuvo dhanyā mṛdanyaiva sā saṃbhārāḥ khalu te'nya eva vidhinā yaireṣa sṛṣṭo yuvā |
śrīmatkāntijuṣāṃ dviṣāṃ karatalāt strīṇāṃ nitambasthalād dṛṣṭe yatra patanti mūḍhamanasāmastrāṇi vastrāṇi ca ||

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.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tas (तस्): defined in 4 categories.
Gunaratna (guṇaratna, गुणरत्न): defined in 4 categories.
Rohana (rohaṇa, रोहण): defined in 9 categories.
Bhuvah (bhuvaḥ, भुवः): defined in 1 categories.
Bhuva (भुव): defined in 4 categories.
Bhu (bhū, भू): defined in 16 categories.
Dhanya (धन्य, dhanyā, धन्या): defined in 13 categories.
Mrid (mrd, mṛd, मृद्): defined in 9 categories.
Mridh (mrdh, mṛdh, मृध्): defined in 1 categories.
Sambhara (sambhāra, सम्भार): defined in 13 categories.
Khalu (खलु): defined in 6 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Eva (एव): defined in 6 categories.
Vidhi (विधि): defined in 15 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Srishta (srsta, sṛṣṭa, सृष्ट): defined in 5 categories.
Yu (yū, यू): defined in 6 categories.
Yuva (yuvā, युवा): defined in 10 categories.
Yuvan (युवन्): defined in 6 categories.
Shrimat (srimat, śrīmat, श्रीमत्): defined in 6 categories.
Kanti (kāntī, कान्ती): defined in 16 categories.
Jusha (jusa, juṣā, जुषा): defined in 2 categories.
Dvisha (dvisa, dviṣā, द्विषा): defined in 4 categories.
Karatala (करतल): defined in 10 categories.
Stri (strī, स्त्री): defined in 20 categories.
Nitambasthala (नितम्बस्थल): defined in 1 categories.
Drishta (drsta, dṛṣṭa, दृष्ट, dṛṣṭā, दृष्टा): defined in 13 categories.
Drishti (drsti, dṛṣṭi, दृष्टि): defined in 19 categories.
Yatra (यत्र): defined in 12 categories.
Patanti (patantī, पतन्ती): defined in 1 categories.
Patat (पतत्): defined in 5 categories.
Mudhamanas (mūḍhamanas, मूढमनस्): defined in 1 categories.
Astra (अस्त्र): defined in 10 categories.
Vastra (वस्त्र): defined in 17 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 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), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Yoga (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Dharmashastra (religious law), Hinduism, Shilpashastra (iconography), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Buddhism, Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Kavya (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: “anyāstā guṇaratnarohaṇabhuvo dhanyā mṛdanyaiva sā saṃbhārāḥ khalu te'nya eva vidhinā yaireṣa sṛṣṭo yuvā”
anyās -
anī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√an (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
tā* -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
guṇaratna -
guṇaratna (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

rohaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhuvo* -
bhuvaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhuva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bhū (noun, masculine)

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

bhū (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
dhanyā* -
dhanya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dhanyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mṛd -
mṛd (noun, feminine)

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

mṛdh (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
anyai -
ani (noun, masculine)

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

anī (noun, feminine)

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

anya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√an -> anya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √an]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sambhārāḥ -
sambhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
khalu -
khalu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
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]
anya* -
anī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidhinā -
vidhi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
yair -
ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sṛṣṭo* -
sṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sṛj -> sṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sṛj class 6 verb]
yuvā -
yū (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yuvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yuvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śrīmatkāntijuṣāṃ dviṣāṃ karatalāt strīṇāṃ nitambasthalād dṛṣṭe yatra patanti mūḍhamanasāmastrāṇi vastrāṇi ca”
śrīmat -
śrīmat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

śrīmat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kānti -
kānti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kāntī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
juṣām -
juṣ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

juṣ (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

juṣā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
dviṣām -
dviṣā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

dviṣ (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
karatalāt -
karatala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
nitambasthalād -
nitambasthala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
dṛṣṭe -
dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

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

dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [locative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
patanti -
patantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

patat (noun, neuter)

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

√pat -> patat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat -> patantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
mūḍhamanasām -
mūḍhamanas (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

mūḍhamanas (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

mūḍhamanasā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
astrāṇi -
astra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vastrāṇi -
vastra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative 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 1813 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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