Sanskrit quote nr. 298 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अङ्गानि श्लथनिः सहानि नयते मुग्धालसे विभ्रमश्- वासोत्कम्पितकोमलस्तनमुरः सायाससुप्ते भ्रुवौ ।
किं चान्दोलनकौतुकव्युपरतावास्येषु वामभ्रुवां स्वेदाम्भः स्तपिताकुलालकलतेष्वावासितो मन्मथः ॥aṅgāni ślathaniḥ sahāni nayate mugdhālase vibhramaś- vāsotkampitakomalastanamuraḥ sāyāsasupte bhruvau |
kiṃ cāndolanakautukavyuparatāvāsyeṣu vāmabhruvāṃ svedāmbhaḥ stapitākulālakalateṣvāvāsito manmathaḥ ||
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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.
Anga (aṅga, अङ्ग): defined in 21 categories.
Saha (सह): defined in 12 categories.
Nayat (नयत्): defined in 2 categories.
Mugdha (मुग्ध, mugdhā, मुग्धा): defined in 6 categories.
Alas (अलस्): defined in 3 categories.
Alasa (अलस, alasā, अलसा): defined in 16 categories.
Vasu (vāsu, वासु): defined in 17 categories.
Vasa (vāsa, वास): defined in 24 categories.
Utkampin (उत्कम्पिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Taku (तकु): defined in 4 categories.
Mala (मल): defined in 29 categories.
Tana (तन): defined in 16 categories.
Uras (उरस्): defined in 6 categories.
Sayasa (sāyāsa, सायास): defined in 3 categories.
Supta (सुप्त, suptā, सुप्ता): defined in 13 categories.
Supti (सुप्ति): defined in 7 categories.
Bhru (bhrū, भ्रू): defined in 13 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Dola (दोल): defined in 10 categories.
Naka (नक): defined in 7 categories.
Kavi (कवि): defined in 15 categories.
Uparata (उपरत): defined in 5 categories.
Uparati (उपरति): defined in 5 categories.
Asya (āsya, आस्य): defined in 10 categories.
Vamabhru (vāmabhrū, वामभ्रू): defined in 1 categories.
Svedambhas (svedāmbhas, स्वेदाम्भस्): defined in 1 categories.
Pitri (pitr, pitṛ, पितृ): defined in 14 categories.
Kulala (kulāla, कुलाल): defined in 8 categories.
Kalata (कलत): defined in 3 categories.
Avasin (āvāsin, आवासिन्): defined in 2 categories.
Ta (त): defined in 11 categories.
Tas (तस्): defined in 4 categories.
Manmatha (मन्मथ): defined in 11 categories.
Manmathin (मन्मथिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Prakrit, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Nepali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Yoga (school of philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Shaiva philosophy, Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Gitashastra (science of music), Arthashastra (politics and welfare), 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: “aṅgāni ślathaniḥ sahāni nayate mugdhālase vibhramaś- vāsotkampitakomalastanamuraḥ sāyāsasupte bhruvau”
- aṅgāni -
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aṅga (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√aṅg (verb class 1)[imperative active first single]
- ślathan -
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√ślath -> ślathat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √ślath class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ślath class 1 verb]
- iḥ -
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i (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sahāni -
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saha (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√sah (verb class 1)[imperative active first single]
- nayate -
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nayat (noun, masculine)[dative single]nayat (noun, neuter)[dative single]√nay -> nayat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √nay class 1 verb]√nay -> nayat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √nay class 1 verb]√nī -> nayat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √nī class 1 verb]√nī -> nayat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √nī class 1 verb]√nay (verb class 1)[present middle third single]√nī (verb class 1)[present middle third single]
- mugdhā -
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mugdha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mugdha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]mugdhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√muh -> mugdha (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √muh class 4 verb]√muh -> mugdha (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √muh class 4 verb]√muh -> mugdhā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √muh class 4 verb]
- alase -
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alas (noun, masculine)[dative single]alas (noun, neuter)[dative single]alasa (noun, masculine)[locative single]alasa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]alasā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√al (verb class 1)[present middle second single]
- vibhramaś -
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- vāso -
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vāsa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vāsu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- utkampi -
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utkampin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]utkampin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tako -
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taku (noun, masculine)[vocative single]taku (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- malas -
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mala (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tanam -
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tana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- uraḥ -
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uras (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]uras (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sāyāsa -
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sāyāsa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sāyāsa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- supte -
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supta (noun, masculine)[locative single]supta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]suptā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]supti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√svap -> supta (participle, masculine)[locative single from √svap class 2 verb]√svap -> supta (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √svap class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √svap class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √svap class 2 verb], [locative single from √svap class 2 verb]√svap -> suptā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √svap class 2 verb], [vocative single from √svap class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √svap class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √svap class 2 verb]
- bhruvau -
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bhrū (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “kiṃ cāndolanakautukavyuparatāvāsyeṣu vāmabhruvāṃ svedāmbhaḥ stapitākulālakalateṣvāvāsito manmathaḥ”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- cān -
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ca (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- dola -
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dola (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nakau -
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naka (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]naka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- autu -
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√u (verb class 2)[imperative active third single]
- kavyu -
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kavi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kavi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]kavi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- uparatāvā -
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uparata (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]uparati (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- āsyeṣu -
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āsya (noun, masculine)[locative plural]āsya (noun, neuter)[locative plural]√ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)[locative plural from √ās]√ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)[locative plural from √ās]√as -> āsya (participle, masculine)[locative plural from √as]√as -> āsya (participle, neuter)[locative plural from √as]
- vāmabhruvām -
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vāmabhrū (noun, feminine)[genitive plural], [locative single]
- svedāmbhaḥ -
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svedāmbhas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sta -
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√as (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- pitā -
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pitṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]
- kulāla -
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kulāla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kalateṣvā -
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kalata (noun, masculine)[locative plural]kalata (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- āvāsi -
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āvāsin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āvāsin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- to* -
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tas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- manmathaḥ -
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manmatha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]manmathin (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive 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.
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