Sanskrit quote nr. 220 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अग्न्याकारं कलयसि पुरश्चक्रवाकीव चन्द्रं बद्धोत्कम्पं शिशिरमरुता दह्यते पद्मिनीव ।
प्राणान् धत्से कथमपि बलाद्गच्छतः शल्यतुल्यांस् तत् केनासौ सुतनु जनितो माम्मथस्ते विकारः ॥agnyākāraṃ kalayasi puraścakravākīva candraṃ baddhotkampaṃ śiśiramarutā dahyate padminīva |
prāṇān dhatse kathamapi balādgacchataḥ śalyatulyāṃs tat kenāsau sutanu janito māmmathaste vikāraḥ ||
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.
Agni (अग्नि): defined in 24 categories.
Akara (ākāra, आकार): defined in 20 categories.
Purah (puraḥ, पुरः): defined in 3 categories.
Pur (पुर्): defined in 5 categories.
Pura (पुर): defined in 18 categories.
Cakravaki (cakravākī, चक्रवाकी): defined in 3 categories.
Cakravakin (cakravākin, चक्रवाकिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Candra (चन्द्र): defined in 23 categories.
Baddha (बद्ध, baddhā, बद्धा): defined in 15 categories.
Utkampa (उत्कम्प): defined in 3 categories.
Shishira (sisira, śiśira, शिशिर): defined in 12 categories.
Padmin (पद्मिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Padmini (padminī, पद्मिनी): defined in 12 categories.
Prana (prāṇa, प्राण): defined in 16 categories.
Katham (कथम्): defined in 2 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Balat (balāt, बलात्): defined in 3 categories.
Bala (बल): defined in 30 categories.
Gacchat (गच्छत्): defined in 2 categories.
Shali (sali, śalī, शली): defined in 19 categories.
Shalya (salya, śalya, शल्य): defined in 17 categories.
Atulya (अतुल्य): defined in 6 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Kena (केन): defined in 5 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Asi (असि): defined in 16 categories.
Asu (असु): defined in 9 categories.
Adah (adaḥ, अदः): defined in 1 categories.
Sutanu (सुतनु): defined in 8 categories.
Janitri (janitr, janitṛ, जनितृ): defined in 1 categories.
Janita (जनित): defined in 8 categories.
Ma (mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Matha (मथ): defined in 10 categories.
Mathin (मथिन्): defined in 2 categories.
Math (मथ्): defined in 3 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Vikara (vikāra, विकार): defined in 17 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Pali, Kavya (poetry), Prakrit, Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Tamil, Dharmashastra (religious law), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Nepali, Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
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: “agnyākāraṃ kalayasi puraścakravākīva candraṃ baddhotkampaṃ śiśiramarutā dahyate padminīva”
- agnyā -
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agni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ākāram -
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ākāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- kalayasi -
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√kal (verb class 10)[present active second single]
- puraś -
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puraḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]puraḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pur (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]pura (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cakravākī -
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cakravākī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cakravākin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]cakravākin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- candram -
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candra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]candra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]candrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- baddho -
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baddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]baddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]baddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- utkampam -
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utkampa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]utkampa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]utkampā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śiśiram -
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śiśira (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śiśira (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śiśirā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- arutā -
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- dahyate -
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√dah (verb class 1)[present passive third single]
- padminī -
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padminī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]padmin (noun, masculine)[locative single]padmin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “prāṇān dhatse kathamapi balādgacchataḥ śalyatulyāṃs tat kenāsau sutanu janito māmmathaste vikāraḥ”
- prāṇān -
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prāṇa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- dhatse -
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√dhā (verb class 3)[present middle second single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- balād -
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balāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]bala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- gacchataḥ -
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gacchat (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]gacchat (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]√gam (verb class 1)[present active third dual]
- śalya -
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śalī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]śalya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śalya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śal -> śalya (absolutive)[absolutive from √śal]√śal -> śalya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √śal class 10 verb]√śal -> śalya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √śal class 10 verb]
- atulyāṃs -
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atulya (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kenā -
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kena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ka (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ka (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- asau -
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asi (noun, feminine)[locative single]asi (noun, masculine)[locative single]asu (noun, masculine)[locative single]adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- sutanu -
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sutanu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sutanu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sutanu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- janito* -
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janitṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]janita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√jan -> janita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √jan class 10 verb], [nominative single from √jan]
- mām -
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mā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- mathas -
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matha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]mathin (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]math (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]math (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- 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]
- vikāraḥ -
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vikāra (noun, masculine)[nominative 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 220 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
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