Sanskrit quote nr. 1857 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अन्योन्यस्य लयं भयादिव महाभूतेषु यातेष्वलं कल्पान्ते परमेक एव स तरुः स्कन्धोच्चयैर्जृम्भते ।
विन्यस्य त्रिजगन्ति कुक्षिकुर्हरे देवेन यस्यास्यते शाखाग्रे शिशुनेव सेवितजलक्रीडाविलासालसम् ॥

anyonyasya layaṃ bhayādiva mahābhūteṣu yāteṣvalaṃ kalpānte parameka eva sa taruḥ skandhoccayairjṛmbhate |
vinyasya trijaganti kukṣikurhare devena yasyāsyate śākhāgre śiśuneva sevitajalakrīḍāvilāsālasam ||

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.

Anyonya (अन्योन्य): defined in 10 categories.
Laya (लय): defined in 17 categories.
Bhayat (bhayāt, भयात्): defined in 1 categories.
Bhaya (भय): defined in 21 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Mahabhuta (mahābhūta, महाभूत): defined in 15 categories.
Yata (yāta, यात): defined in 7 categories.
Alam (अलम्): defined in 9 categories.
Ala (अल): defined in 12 categories.
Kalpanta (kalpānta, कल्पान्त): defined in 7 categories.
Parama (परम, paramā, परमा): defined in 16 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Eva (एव): defined in 6 categories.
Taru (तरु): defined in 14 categories.
Tarus (तरुस्): defined in 1 categories.
Skandha (स्कन्ध, skandhā, स्कन्धा): defined in 14 categories.
Uccaya (उच्चय): defined in 5 categories.
Vinyasya (विन्यस्य): defined in 1 categories.
Trijagat (त्रिजगत्): defined in 7 categories.
Kukshi (kuksi, kukṣī, कुक्षी): defined in 9 categories.
Ku (कु): defined in 11 categories.
Hara (हर, harā, हरा): defined in 18 categories.
Hari (हरि): defined in 25 categories.
Deva (देव): defined in 19 categories.
Yasya (यस्य, yasyā, यस्या): defined in 1 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Shakha (sakha, śākha, शाख, śākhā, शाखा): defined in 20 categories.
Agre (अग्रे): defined in 1 categories.
Agra (अग्र, agrā, अग्रा): defined in 15 categories.
Agri (अग्रि): defined in 2 categories.
Shishu (sisu, śiśu, शिशु): defined in 11 categories.
Sevita (सेवित): defined in 8 categories.
Jalakrida (jalakrīḍā, जलक्रीडा): defined in 3 categories.
Vilasa (vilāsa, विलास): defined in 17 categories.
Alas (अलस्): defined in 3 categories.
Alasa (अलस): defined in 16 categories.

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

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: “anyonyasya layaṃ bhayādiva mahābhūteṣu yāteṣvalaṃ kalpānte parameka eva sa taruḥ skandhoccayairjṛmbhate”
anyonyasya -
anyonya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

anyonya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
layam -
laya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

laya (noun, neuter)

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

layā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhayād -
bhayāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bhaya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mahābhūteṣu -
mahābhūta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

mahābhūta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
yāteṣva -
yāta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

yāta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√yā -> yāta (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √yā class 2 verb]

√yā -> yāta (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √yā class 2 verb]
alam -
alam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ala (noun, neuter)

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

[locative single]
parame -
parama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

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

paramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ka* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
taruḥ -
tarus (noun, neuter)

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

taru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

taru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
skandho -
skandha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

skandhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uccayair -
uccaya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
jṛmbhate -
√jṛmbh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
Line 2: “vinyasya trijaganti kukṣikurhare devena yasyāsyate śākhāgre śiśuneva sevitajalakrīḍāvilāsālasam”
vinyasya -
vinyasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vinyasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
trijaganti -
trijagat (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

kukṣi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

kukṣī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
kur -
ku (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
hare -
hara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

hara (noun, neuter)

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

harā (noun, feminine)

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

hari (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

hari (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√hṛ (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
devena -
deva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

deva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
yasyā -
yasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yas -> yasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yas]

yasyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
asyate -
√as (verb class 4)

[present passive third single]
śākhā -
śākha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śākha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śākhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śākh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
agre -
agre (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

agra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

agra (noun, neuter)

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

agrā (noun, feminine)

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

agri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
śiśune -
śiśu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śiśu (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sevita -
sevita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sevita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sīv -> sevita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √sīv]

√sīv -> sevita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √sīv]

√sev -> sevita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sev class 1 verb]

√sev -> sevita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sev class 1 verb]

√sīv -> sevita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sīv]

√sīv -> sevita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sīv]
jalakrīḍā -
jalakrīḍā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vilāsā -
vilāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vilāsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
alasam -
alasa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

alasa (noun, neuter)

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

alasā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

alas (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√las (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first 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 1857 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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Last Updated: 25 April, 2019