Sanskrit quote nr. 1821 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अन्ये ते सुमनोलिहः प्रहसदप्यम्भोजमुज्झन्ति ये वातान्दोलनकेलिचञ्चलदलप्रान्तैरपि त्रासिताः ।
अन्यः कोऽपि स एष षट्पदभटः संसह्य कर्णाहतीर् येनानेकपगण्डगण्डलमिलद्दानाम्बुनि क्रीडितम् ॥

anye te sumanolihaḥ prahasadapyambhojamujjhanti ye vātāndolanakelicañcaladalaprāntairapi trāsitāḥ |
anyaḥ ko'pi sa eṣa ṣaṭpadabhaṭaḥ saṃsahya karṇāhatīr yenānekapagaṇḍagaṇḍalamiladdānāmbuni krīḍitam ||

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 4 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Sumana (सुमन): defined in 17 categories.
Lih (लिह्): defined in 1 categories.
Prahasat (प्रहसत्): defined in 2 categories.
Apya (अप्य): defined in 8 categories.
Bhoj (भोज्): defined in 3 categories.
Bhoja (भोज): defined in 14 categories.
Ujjhat (उज्झत्): defined in 2 categories.
Ya (य, yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Vata (vāta, वात): defined in 21 categories.
Dola (दोल): defined in 10 categories.
Naka (नक): defined in 7 categories.
Ili (ilī, इली): defined in 7 categories.
Cancala (cañcala, चञ्चल): defined in 13 categories.
Dala (दल): defined in 15 categories.
Pranta (prānta, प्रान्त): defined in 7 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Trasita (trāsita, त्रासित, trāsitā, त्रासिता): defined in 4 categories.
Ani (anī, अनी): defined in 12 categories.
Ku (कु): defined in 11 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Sah (saḥ, सः): defined in 4 categories.
Shatpada (satpada, ṣaṭpada, षट्पद): defined in 9 categories.
Bhata (bhaṭa, भट): defined in 10 categories.
Sahya (सह्य): defined in 10 categories.
Karna (karṇa, कर्ण): defined in 22 categories.
Ahati (अहति): defined in 2 categories.
Yena (येन): defined in 2 categories.
Anekapa (अनेकप): defined in 2 categories.
Ganda (gaṇḍa, गण्ड): defined in 19 categories.
La (ल): defined in 10 categories.
Daman (dāman, दामन्): defined in 6 categories.
Dana (dāna, दान): defined in 23 categories.
Ambu (अम्बु): defined in 13 categories.
Kridita (krīḍita, क्रीडित): defined in 2 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), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Hinduism, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Vastushastra (architecture), Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Shilpashastra (iconography), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Nepali, Buddhism, Arthashastra (politics and welfare), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology)

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 sumanolihaḥ prahasadapyambhojamujjhanti ye vātāndolanakelicañcaladalaprāntairapi trāsitāḥ”
anye -
anya (noun, neuter)

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

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
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]
sumano -
sumanas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sumanas (noun, neuter)

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

sumana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
lihaḥ -
lih (noun, masculine)

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

lih (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
prahasad -
prahasat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

prahasat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
apyam -
apya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhojam -
bhoja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhoja (noun, neuter)

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

bhojā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√bhuj -> bhojam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhuj]

bhoj (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ujjhanti -
√ujjh -> ujjhat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √ujjh class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √ujjh class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √ujjh class 6 verb]

√ujjh -> ujjhantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √ujjh class 6 verb]

√ujjh (verb class 6)

[present active third plural]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
vātān -
vāta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√vā -> vāta (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √vā class 2 verb]
dola -
dola (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nake -
naka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

naka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
ili -
ilī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
cañcala -
cañcala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cañcala (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

dala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dal (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
prāntair -
prānta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

prānta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
trāsitāḥ -
√tras -> trāsita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √tras], [vocative plural from √tras]

√tras -> trāsitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √tras], [vocative plural from √tras], [accusative plural from √tras]
Line 2: “anyaḥ ko'pi sa eṣa ṣaṭpadabhaṭaḥ saṃsahya karṇāhatīr yenānekapagaṇḍagaṇḍalamiladdānāmbuni krīḍitam”
anyaḥ -
anī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ko' -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sa* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ṣaṭpada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaṭaḥ -
bhaṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
saṃ -
sa (noun, neuter)

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

sam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
sahya -
sahya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sahya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sah -> sahya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sah]

√sah -> sahya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sah]

√sah -> sahya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sah class 10 verb]

√sah -> sahya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sah class 10 verb]

√sah -> sahya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sah class 4 verb]

√sah -> sahya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sah class 4 verb]

√sah (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
karṇā -
karṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ahatīr -
ahati (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
yenā -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
anekapa -
anekapa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anekapa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

gaṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√gaṇḍ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
gaṇḍa -
gaṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gaṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√gaṇḍ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
lam -
la (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

lā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ilad -
√il -> ilat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √il class 6 verb], [vocative single from √il class 6 verb], [accusative single from √il class 6 verb]
dānā -
dāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dāman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

dāman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√dān (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ambuni -
ambu (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
krīḍitam -
krīḍita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

krīḍita (noun, neuter)

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

krīḍitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√krīḍ -> krīḍita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √krīḍ]

√krīḍ -> krīḍita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √krīḍ]

√krīḍ -> krīḍitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √krīḍ]

√krīḍ -> krīḍita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √krīḍ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √krīḍ]

√krīḍ -> krīḍita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √krīḍ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √krīḍ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √krīḍ], [accusative single from √krīḍ]

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 1821 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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