Sanskrit quote nr. 1862 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अन्योन्याहतदन्तनादमुखरं प्रह्वं मुखं कुर्वता नेत्रे साश्रुकणे निमील्य पुलकव्यासङ्गि कण्डूयता ।
हा हा हेति सुनिष्ठुरं विवदता बाहू प्रसार्य क्षणं पुण्याग्निः पथिकेन पीयत इव ज्वालाहतश्मश्रुणा ॥anyonyāhatadantanādamukharaṃ prahvaṃ mukhaṃ kurvatā netre sāśrukaṇe nimīlya pulakavyāsaṅgi kaṇḍūyatā |
hā hā heti suniṣṭhuraṃ vivadatā bāhū prasārya kṣaṇaṃ puṇyāgniḥ pathikena pīyata iva jvālāhataśmaśruṇā ||
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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.
Anyonya (अन्योन्य, anyonyā, अन्योन्या): defined in 10 categories.
Ahata (अहत): defined in 10 categories.
Danta (दन्त): defined in 20 categories.
Nada (nāda, नाद): defined in 18 categories.
Ukha (उख): defined in 4 categories.
Ra (र): defined in 11 categories.
Prahva (प्रह्व): defined in 2 categories.
Mukha (मुख): defined in 17 categories.
Netri (netr, netṛ, नेतृ): defined in 5 categories.
Netra (नेत्र): defined in 16 categories.
Sashru (sasru, sāśru, साश्रु): defined in 1 categories.
Kane (kaṇe, कणे): defined in 3 categories.
Kana (kaṇa, कण, kaṇā, कणा): defined in 17 categories.
Pulaka (पुलक): defined in 10 categories.
Vyasangin (vyāsaṅgin, व्यासङ्गिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Kandu (kaṇḍu, कण्डु, kaṇḍū, कण्डू): defined in 10 categories.
Ha (ह, hā, हा): defined in 8 categories.
Sunishthura (sunisthura, suniṣṭhura, सुनिष्ठुर): defined in 1 categories.
Vivat (विवत्): defined in 1 categories.
Vivas (विवस्): defined in 1 categories.
Bahu (bāhu, बाहु): defined in 22 categories.
Prasarya (prasārya, प्रसार्य): defined in 3 categories.
Kshanam (ksanam, kṣaṇam, क्षणम्): defined in 2 categories.
Kshana (ksana, kṣaṇa, क्षण): defined in 13 categories.
Punyagni (puṇyāgni, पुण्याग्नि): defined in 1 categories.
Pathika (पथिक): defined in 8 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Jvala (jvāla, ज्वाल, jvālā, ज्वाला): defined in 14 categories.
Shmashruna (smasruna, śmaśruṇā, श्मश्रुणा): defined in 1 categories.
Shmashru (smasru, śmaśru, श्मश्रु): defined in 8 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, Hinduism, Pali, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Gitashastra (science of music), Vastushastra (architecture), Shiksha (linguistics: phonetics, phonology etc.), Tamil, Jainism, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Nepali
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: “anyonyāhatadantanādamukharaṃ prahvaṃ mukhaṃ kurvatā netre sāśrukaṇe nimīlya pulakavyāsaṅgi kaṇḍūyatā”
- anyonyā -
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anyonya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anyonya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]anyonyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ahata -
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ahata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ahata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√han (verb class 2)[imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
- danta -
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danta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nādam -
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nāda (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- ukha -
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ukha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ram -
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ra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prahvam -
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prahva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prahva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prahvā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- mukham -
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mukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kurvatā* -
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kurvatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- netre -
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netṛ (noun, masculine)[dative single]netra (noun, masculine)[locative single]netra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- sāśru -
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sāśru (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sāśru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sāśru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sāśru (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- kaṇe -
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kaṇe (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kaṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]kaṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kaṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√kaṇ (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- nimīlya -
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- pulaka -
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pulaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pulaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vyāsaṅgi -
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vyāsaṅgin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vyāsaṅgin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kaṇḍū -
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kaṇḍu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kaṇḍu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kaṇḍū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- ūyatā -
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√ūy -> ūyat (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √ūy class 1 verb]√ūy -> ūyat (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √ūy class 1 verb]
- Line 2: “hā hā heti suniṣṭhuraṃ vivadatā bāhū prasārya kṣaṇaṃ puṇyāgniḥ pathikena pīyata iva jvālāhataśmaśruṇā”
- hā* -
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ha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]hā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- hā* -
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ha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]hā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- heti -
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heti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]heti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- suniṣṭhuram -
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suniṣṭhura (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]suniṣṭhura (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]suniṣṭhurā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vivad -
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vivat (noun, masculine)[compound]vivat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√u -> vivas (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb], [nominative single from √u class 2 verb], [vocative single from √u class 2 verb], [accusative single from √u class 2 verb], [nominative single from √u class 5 verb], [vocative single from √u class 5 verb], [accusative single from √u class 5 verb]
- atā -
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- bāhū -
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bāhu (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- prasārya -
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prasārya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]prasārya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prasārya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣaṇam -
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kṣaṇam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- puṇyāgniḥ -
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puṇyāgni (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pathikena -
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pathika (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]pathika (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- pīyata* -
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√pī -> pīyat (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √pī class 4 verb], [ablative single from √pī class 4 verb], [genitive single from √pī class 4 verb]√pī -> pīyat (participle, neuter)[ablative single from √pī class 4 verb], [genitive single from √pī class 4 verb]√pīy -> pīyat (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √pīy class 1 verb], [ablative single from √pīy class 1 verb], [genitive single from √pīy class 1 verb]√pīy -> pīyat (participle, neuter)[ablative single from √pīy class 1 verb], [genitive single from √pīy class 1 verb]√pī (verb class 4)[present active third dual]√pīy (verb class 1)[present active third dual]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- jvālā -
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jvāla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jvāla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]jvālā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ahata -
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ahata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ahata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√han (verb class 2)[imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
- śmaśruṇā -
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śmaśruṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]śmaśru (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
buy this bookThis 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 1862 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.