Sanskrit quote nr. 234 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अग्रे तिष्ठति दारुणाकृतिरसौ क्रोधोद्धतः केसरी पश्चादुद्भटदावदूषितधरासंक्रान्तचण्डानिलः ।
किं कुर्मः सहसा विहाय कलभानेतान् ब्रजामः कथं हंहो कूणितलोचनेति करिणी चिन्ताकुला ताभ्यति ॥

agre tiṣṭhati dāruṇākṛtirasau krodhoddhataḥ kesarī paścādudbhaṭadāvadūṣitadharāsaṃkrāntacaṇḍānilaḥ |
kiṃ kurmaḥ sahasā vihāya kalabhānetān brajāmaḥ kathaṃ haṃho kūṇitalocaneti kariṇī cintākulā tābhyati ||

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.
Tishthat (tisthat, tiṣṭhat, तिष्ठत्): defined in 3 categories.
Darunakriti (darunakrti, dāruṇākṛti, दारुणाकृति): defined in 1 categories.
Asi (असि): defined in 16 categories.
Asu (असु): defined in 9 categories.
Adah (adaḥ, अदः): defined in 1 categories.
Krodha (क्रोध, krodhā, क्रोधा): defined in 18 categories.
Uddhata (उद्धत): defined in 12 categories.
Kesarin (केसरिन्): defined in 5 categories.
Pashcat (pascat, paścāt, पश्चात्): defined in 4 categories.
Pashca (pasca, paśca, पश्च): defined in 4 categories.
Udbhata (udbhaṭa, उद्भट): defined in 6 categories.
Da (द, dā, दा): defined in 7 categories.
Dava (dāva, दाव): defined in 11 categories.
Davan (dāvan, दावन्): defined in 1 categories.
Adushita (adusita, adūṣita, अदूषित): defined in 2 categories.
Dhara (धर, dharā, धरा): defined in 18 categories.
Canda (caṇḍa, चण्ड): defined in 17 categories.
La (ल): defined in 10 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Sahasa (सहस, sahasā, सहसा): defined in 13 categories.
Vihaya (vihāya, विहाय): defined in 7 categories.
Kalabha (कलभ): defined in 7 categories.
Eta (एत): defined in 5 categories.
Katham (कथम्): defined in 2 categories.
Hamho (haṃho, हंहो): defined in 3 categories.
Locana (लोचन, locanā, लोचना): defined in 15 categories.
Iti (इति): defined in 6 categories.
Karini (kariṇī, करिणी): defined in 9 categories.
Karin (करिन्): defined in 16 categories.
Cintakula (cintākulā, चिन्ताकुला): defined in 3 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tan (तन्): 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), Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Prakrit, Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Dharmashastra (religious law), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Yoga (school of philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hinduism, Kavya (poetry), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Tamil, 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: “agre tiṣṭhati dāruṇākṛtirasau krodhoddhataḥ kesarī paścādudbhaṭadāvadūṣitadharāsaṃkrāntacaṇḍānilaḥ”
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]
tiṣṭhati -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
dāruṇākṛtir -
dāruṇākṛti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dāruṇākṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asau -
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]
krodho -
krodha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

krodha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

krodhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uddhataḥ -
uddhata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kesarī -
kesarin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paścād -
paścāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paśca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

paśca (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
udbhaṭa -
udbhaṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

udbhaṭa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

dāva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dāvan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

dāvan (noun, neuter)

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

da (noun, masculine)

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

dā (noun, masculine)

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

√dā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first dual]
adūṣita -
adūṣita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adūṣita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharā -
dhara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dharā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√dhṛ (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
caṇḍāni -
caṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√caṇḍ (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
laḥ -
las (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

las (noun, neuter)

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

la (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kiṃ kurmaḥ sahasā vihāya kalabhānetān brajāmaḥ kathaṃ haṃho kūṇitalocaneti kariṇī cintākulā tābhyati”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kurmaḥ -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active first plural]
sahasā* -
sahasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sahasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vihāya -
vihāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kalabhān -
kalabha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
etān -
eta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Cannot analyse brajāmaḥ*ka
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
haṃho -
haṃho (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kūṇita -
kūṇita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kūṇita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
locane -
locana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

locana (noun, neuter)

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

locanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kariṇī -
kariṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kari (noun, neuter)

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

karin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
cintākulā -
cintākulā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tā -
ta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhyati -
abhyati (Preverb)

[Preverb]

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 234 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