Sanskrit quote nr. 257 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अङ्केकृत्वोत्तमाङ्गं प्लवगबलपतेः पादमक्षस्य हन्तुर् दत्वोत्सङ्गे सलीलं त्वचि कनकमृगस्याङ्गशेषं निधाय ।
बाणं रक्षः कुलघनं प्रगुणितमनुजेनादरात्तीक्ष्णमक्ष्णः कोणेनावेक्षमाणस्त्वदनुजवचने दत्तकर्णोऽयमास्ते ॥

aṅkekṛtvottamāṅgaṃ plavagabalapateḥ pādamakṣasya hantur datvotsaṅge salīlaṃ tvaci kanakamṛgasyāṅgaśeṣaṃ nidhāya |
bāṇaṃ rakṣaḥ kulaghanaṃ praguṇitamanujenādarāttīkṣṇamakṣṇaḥ koṇenāvekṣamāṇastvadanujavacane dattakarṇo'yamāste ||

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.

Anka (aṅka, अङ्क): defined in 14 categories.
Kritva (krtva, kṛtvā, कृत्वा): defined in 3 categories.
Kritvan (krtvan, kṛtvan, कृत्वन्): defined in 1 categories.
Uttamanga (uttamāṅga, उत्तमाङ्ग): defined in 10 categories.
Plavaga (प्लवग): defined in 1 categories.
Balapati (बलपति): defined in 1 categories.
Pada (pāda, पाद): defined in 28 categories.
Aksha (aksa, akṣa, अक्ष): defined in 15 categories.
Hantri (hantr, hantṛ, हन्तृ): defined in 3 categories.
Hantu (हन्तु): defined in 3 categories.
Dad (दद्): defined in 2 categories.
Va (vā, वा): defined in 11 categories.
Utsanga (utsaṅga, उत्सङ्ग): defined in 11 categories.
Salila (salīla, सलील): defined in 12 categories.
Tvac (त्वच्): defined in 9 categories.
Kanaka (कनक): defined in 20 categories.
Ric (rc, ṛc, ऋच्): defined in 2 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Ga (ग): defined in 9 categories.
Shesha (sesa, śeṣa, शेष): defined in 19 categories.
Nidhaya (nidhāya, निधाय): defined in 4 categories.
Bana (bāṇa, बाण): defined in 22 categories.
Raksha (raksa, rakṣa, रक्ष): defined in 12 categories.
Rakshas (raksas, rakṣas, रक्षस्): defined in 5 categories.
Kula (कुल): defined in 22 categories.
Ghanam (घनम्): defined in 1 categories.
Ghana (घन): defined in 21 categories.
Pragunita (praguṇita, प्रगुणित): defined in 2 categories.
Anuja (अनुज): defined in 10 categories.
Adara (अदर): defined in 7 categories.
Tikshna (tiksna, tīkṣṇa, तीक्ष्ण): defined in 15 categories.
Akshan (aksan, akṣan, अक्षन्): defined in 2 categories.
Kona (koṇa, कोण): defined in 15 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Vacana (वचन, vacanā, वचना): defined in 12 categories.
Dattakarna (dattakarṇa, दत्तकर्ण): defined in 2 categories.
Aya (अय): defined in 14 categories.

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

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: “aṅkekṛtvottamāṅgaṃ plavagabalapateḥ pādamakṣasya hantur datvotsaṅge salīlaṃ tvaci kanakamṛgasyāṅgaśeṣaṃ nidhāya”
aṅke -
aṅka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√aṅk (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
kṛtvo -
kṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṛtvan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kṛtvan (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]
uttamāṅgam -
uttamāṅga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
plavaga -
plavaga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

plavaga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
balapateḥ -
balapati (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
pādam -
pāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
akṣasya -
akṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

akṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
hantur -
hantṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hantu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dat -
dad (noun, masculine)

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

dad (noun, neuter)

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

dat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
vo -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

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

[locative single]

utsaṅga (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
salīlam -
salīla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

salīla (noun, neuter)

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

salīlā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tvaci -
tvac (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
kanakam -
kanaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kanaka (noun, neuter)

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

kanakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ṛg -
ṛc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
asyāṅ -
idam (pronoun, feminine)

[locative single]
ga -
ga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śeṣam -
śeṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śeṣa (noun, neuter)

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

śeṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nidhāya -
nidhāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “bāṇaṃ rakṣaḥ kulaghanaṃ praguṇitamanujenādarāttīkṣṇamakṣṇaḥ koṇenāvekṣamāṇastvadanujavacane dattakarṇo'yamāste”
bāṇam -
bāṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bāṇa (noun, neuter)

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

bāṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
rakṣaḥ -
rakṣas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rakṣas (noun, neuter)

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

rakṣa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kula (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghanam -
ghanam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ghana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

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

ghanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
praguṇitam -
praguṇita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

praguṇita (noun, neuter)

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

praguṇitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anujenā -
anuja (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

anuja (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
adarāt -
adara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

adara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tīkṣṇam -
tīkṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tīkṣṇa (noun, neuter)

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

tīkṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
akṣṇaḥ -
akṣan (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
koṇenā -
koṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
avekṣam -
avekṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āṇas -
√aṇ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
tvad -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[ablative single]
anuja -
anuja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anuja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vacane -
vacana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vacana (noun, neuter)

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

vacanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dattakarṇo' -
dattakarṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
āste -
√ās (verb class 2)

[present middle third single]

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 257 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