Sanskrit quote nr. 1820 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अन्ये ते विहगाः पयोद परितो धावन्ति तृष्णातुरा वापीकूपतडागसागरजले मज्जन्ति दत्तादराः ।
मामद्यापि न वेत्सि चातकशिशुं यच्छुष्ककण्ठोऽपि सन् नान्यं वाञ्छति नोपसर्पति न च प्रस्तौति न ध्यायति ॥anye te vihagāḥ payoda parito dhāvanti tṛṣṇāturā vāpīkūpataḍāgasāgarajale majjanti dattādarāḥ |
māmadyāpi na vetsi cātakaśiśuṃ yacchuṣkakaṇṭho'pi san nānyaṃ vāñchati nopasarpati na ca prastauti na dhyāyati ||
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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, anyā, अन्या): defined in 8 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Vihaga (विहग): defined in 8 categories.
Payoda (पयोद): defined in 3 categories.
Dhavanti (dhāvantī, धावन्ती): defined in 1 categories.
Dhavat (dhāvat, धावत्): defined in 3 categories.
Trishna (trsna, tṛṣṇā, तृष्णा): defined in 11 categories.
Atura (अतुर, aturā, अतुरा): defined in 10 categories.
Vapi (vāpi, वापि, vāpī, वापी): defined in 11 categories.
Vapin (vāpin, वापिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Kupat (kūpat, कूपत्): defined in 2 categories.
Agas (āgas, आगस्): defined in 3 categories.
Agara (āgara, आगर): defined in 11 categories.
Jala (जल, jalā, जला): defined in 24 categories.
Majjat (मज्जत्): defined in 4 categories.
Dattadara (dattādara, दत्तादर, dattādarā, दत्तादरा): defined in 1 categories.
Mama (māma, माम): defined in 9 categories.
Da (dā, दा): defined in 7 categories.
Api (āpi, आपि, āpī, आपी): defined in 4 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Cataka (cātaka, चातक): defined in 12 categories.
Shishu (sisu, śiśu, शिशु): defined in 11 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Shushka (suska, śuṣka, शुष्क): defined in 9 categories.
Kantha (kaṇṭha, कण्ठ): defined in 20 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Sat (सत्): defined in 7 categories.
Vanchat (vāñchat, वाञ्छत्): defined in 1 categories.
Nu (नु): defined in 1 categories.
Pa (प): defined in 12 categories.
Sarpat (सर्पत्): defined in 4 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Dhyayat (dhyāyat, ध्यायत्): defined in 4 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, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Prakrit, Tamil, Biology (plants and animals), Nepali, Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Yoga (school of philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Vastushastra (architecture), Hinduism, Shilpashastra (iconography), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Gitashastra (science of music), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
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: “anye te vihagāḥ payoda parito dhāvanti tṛṣṇāturā vāpīkūpataḍāgasāgarajale majjanti dattādarāḥ”
- anye -
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anya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]anyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- 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]
- vihagāḥ -
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vihaga (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- payoda -
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payoda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]payoda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- parito* -
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paritaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- dhāvanti -
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dhāvantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]dhāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√dhāv (verb class 1)[present active third plural]√dhāv (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- tṛṣṇā -
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tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aturā* -
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atura (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]aturā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vāpī -
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vāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]vāpi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vāpin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kūpat -
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kūpat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- aḍā -
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√aḍ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- āgasā -
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āgas (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- āgara -
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āgara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- jale -
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jala (noun, masculine)[locative single]jala (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]jalā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√jal (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- majjanti -
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√majj -> majjat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √majj class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √majj class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √majj class 6 verb]√majj -> majjantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √majj class 6 verb]√majj (verb class 6)[present active third plural]
- dattādarāḥ -
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dattādara (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]dattādarā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “māmadyāpi na vetsi cātakaśiśuṃ yacchuṣkakaṇṭho'pi san nānyaṃ vāñchati nopasarpati na ca prastauti na dhyāyati”
- māma -
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māma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√mā (verb class 2)[imperative active first plural]
- dyā -
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dī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]dā (noun, masculine)[locative single]√dā (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- āpi -
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āpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]āpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]āpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]āpī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]āpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vetsi -
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√vid (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- cātaka -
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cātaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- śiśum -
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śiśu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]śiśu (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- yacch -
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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]
- śuṣka -
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śuṣka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śuṣka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]
- kaṇṭho' -
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kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- san -
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sat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sat (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- nānya -
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na (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- vāñchati -
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√vāñch -> vāñchat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √vāñch class 1 verb]√vāñch -> vāñchat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √vāñch class 1 verb]√vāñch (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- no -
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nu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- pa -
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pa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sarpati -
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sarpat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√sṛp -> sarpat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √sṛp class 1 verb]√sṛp -> sarpat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √sṛp class 1 verb]√sṛp (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prastau -
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√pras -> prasta (participle, masculine)[nominative dual from √pras class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pras class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √pras class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √pras class 1 verb]√pras -> prasta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pras class 1 verb]√pras -> prastā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √pras class 1 verb]
- auti -
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√u (verb class 2)[present active third single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhyāyati -
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dhyāyati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dhyāyat (noun, masculine)[locative single]dhyāyat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√dhyā (verb class 1)[present active third single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
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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.