Sanskrit quote nr. 230 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अग्रे कुग्रामवर्गः पिशितरसलसच्चण्डचण्डायमानः पश्चाद्व्याधो वधार्थो निशितशरकरः पादमुद्रानपायी ।
विष्वग्दीप्तो वनाग्निर्वनमतिगहनं धूमवात्या च दृष्टेः सरोद्धी कान्दिशीको हरि हरि हरिणःकं शरण्यं प्रयातु ॥

agre kugrāmavargaḥ piśitarasalasaccaṇḍacaṇḍāyamānaḥ paścādvyādho vadhārtho niśitaśarakaraḥ pādamudrānapāyī |
viṣvagdīpto vanāgnirvanamatigahanaṃ dhūmavātyā ca dṛṣṭeḥ saroddhī kāndiśīko hari hari hariṇaḥkaṃ śaraṇyaṃ prayātu ||

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.

Agre (अग्रे): defined in 1 categories.
Agra (अग्र, agrā, अग्रा): defined in 15 categories.
Agri (अग्रि): defined in 2 categories.
Kugrama (kugrāma, कुग्राम): defined in 3 categories.
Varga (वर्ग): defined in 12 categories.
Vargas (वर्गस्): defined in 1 categories.
Rasa (रस): defined in 29 categories.
Lasat (लसत्): defined in 5 categories.
Canda (caṇḍa, चण्ड): defined in 17 categories.
Mana (māna, मान): defined in 24 categories.
Pashcat (pascat, paścāt, पश्चात्): defined in 4 categories.
Pashca (pasca, paśca, पश्च): defined in 4 categories.
Vyadha (vyādha, व्याध): defined in 9 categories.
Vadha (vadhā, वधा): defined in 12 categories.
Artha (अर्थ): defined in 23 categories.
Ra (र): defined in 11 categories.
Padamudra (pādamudrā, पादमुद्रा): defined in 1 categories.
Anapayin (anapāyin, अनपायिन्): defined in 3 categories.
Vishvak (visvak, viṣvak, विष्वक्): defined in 1 categories.
Dipta (dīpta, दीप्त): defined in 11 categories.
Vanagni (vanāgni, वनाग्नि): defined in 1 categories.
Vana (वन): defined in 20 categories.
Atigahana (अतिगहन): defined in 1 categories.
Dhuma (dhūma, धूम): defined in 17 categories.
Vatya (vātyā, वात्या): defined in 5 categories.
Vati (vātī, वाती): defined in 12 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 8 categories.
Drishti (drsti, dṛṣṭi, दृष्टि): defined in 19 categories.
Sara (सर, sarā, सरा): defined in 27 categories.
Saru (सरु): defined in 6 categories.
Uddhi (उद्धि): defined in 1 categories.
Kandishika (kandisika, kāndiśīka, कान्दिशीक): defined in 3 categories.
Hari (हरि, harī, हरी): defined in 25 categories.
Harina (hariṇa, हरिण): defined in 16 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Sharanya (saranya, śaraṇya, शरण्य): defined in 6 categories.
Pra (prā, प्रा): defined in 6 categories.
Praya (prayā, प्रया): defined in 8 categories.

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

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: “agre kugrāmavargaḥ piśitarasalasaccaṇḍacaṇḍāyamānaḥ paścādvyādho vadhārtho niśitaśarakaraḥ pādamudrānapāyī”
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]
kugrāma -
kugrāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vargaḥ -
vargas (noun, neuter)

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

varga (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

piśita (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

√ras (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
lasac -
√las -> lasat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √las class 1 verb], [vocative single from √las class 1 verb], [accusative single from √las class 1 verb]
caṇḍa -
caṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

caṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√caṇḍ (verb class 1)

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

[dative single]

caṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
mānaḥ -
māna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√man -> māna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb]
paścād -
paścāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paśca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

paśca (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vyādho* -
vyādha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vadhā -
vadhā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vadha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vadhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artho* -
artha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

niśita (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śaraka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
raḥ -
ra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pādamudrā -
pādamudrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anapāyī -
anapāyin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “viṣvagdīpto vanāgnirvanamatigahanaṃ dhūmavātyā ca dṛṣṭeḥ saroddhī kāndiśīko hari hari hariṇaḥkaṃ śaraṇyaṃ prayātu”
viṣvag -
viṣvak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dīpto* -
dīpta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vanāgnir -
vanāgni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vanam -
vana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
atigahanam -
atigahana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

atigahana (noun, neuter)

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

atigahanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dhūma -
dhūma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vātyā -
vātyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā -> vātī (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √vā class 2 verb]

√vāt -> vātyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vāt class 10 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛṣṭeḥ -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
saro -
sara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

saru (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

saru (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√sṛ (verb class 1)

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

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kāndiśīko* -
kāndiśīka (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

hari (noun, neuter)

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

hari (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

harī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

harin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
hari -
hari (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

hari (noun, neuter)

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

hari (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

harī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

harin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
hariṇaḥ -
hariṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

hari (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

harin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
kam -
ka (noun, neuter)

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

ka (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
śaraṇyam -
śaraṇya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śaraṇya (noun, neuter)

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

śaraṇyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prayā -
prā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

prayā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

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 230 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: 22 April, 2019