Sanskrit quote nr. 1950 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अपवादो भवेद् येन येन विप्रत्ययो भवेत् ।
नरके गम्यते येन तद् बुधः कथमाचरेत् ॥apavādo bhaved yena yena vipratyayo bhavet |
narake gamyate yena tad budhaḥ kathamācaret ||
Index
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.
Apavada (apavāda, अपवाद): defined in 11 categories.
Yena (येन): defined in 2 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Vipratyaya (विप्रत्यय): defined in 1 categories.
Naraka (नरक): defined in 14 categories.
Gamyata (gamyatā, गम्यता): defined in 1 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Budha (बुध): defined in 15 categories.
Budh (बुध्): defined in 4 categories.
Katham (कथम्): defined in 2 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Marathi, Hindi, Buddhist philosophy, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Hinduism, Nepali, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Kavya (poetry), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
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: “apavādo bhaved yena yena vipratyayo bhavet”
- apavādo* -
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apavāda (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhaved -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- vipratyayo* -
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vipratyaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “narake gamyate yena tad budhaḥ kathamācaret”
- narake -
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naraka (noun, masculine)[locative single]naraka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- gamyate -
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gamyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√gam (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√gam (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√gam (verb class 3)[present passive third single]√gam (verb class 0)[present passive third single]
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- budhaḥ -
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budha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]budh (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]budh (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- caret -
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√car (verb class 1)[optative active third 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 1950 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.