Sanskrit quote nr. 349 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अचिन्त्यमतिदुःसहं त्रिविधदुःखमेनोऽर्जितं चतुर्विधगतिश्रितं भवभृता न किं प्राप्यते ।
शरीरमसुखाकरं जगति गृह्णता मुञ्चता तनोति न तथाप्ययं विरतिमूर्जितां पापतः ॥

acintyamatiduḥsahaṃ trividhaduḥkhameno'rjitaṃ caturvidhagatiśritaṃ bhavabhṛtā na kiṃ prāpyate |
śarīramasukhākaraṃ jagati gṛhṇatā muñcatā tanoti na tathāpyayaṃ viratimūrjitāṃ pāpataḥ ||

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.

Acintya (अचिन्त्य): defined in 10 categories.
Atiduhsaha (atiduḥsaha, अतिदुःसह): defined in 2 categories.
Trividha (त्रिविध): defined in 6 categories.
Duhkham (duḥkham, दुःखम्): defined in 1 categories.
Duhkha (duḥkha, दुःख): defined in 17 categories.
Enas (एनस्): defined in 1 categories.
Arjita (अर्जित): defined in 3 categories.
Caturvidha (चतुर्विध): defined in 8 categories.
Gat (गत्): defined in 3 categories.
Gati (gatī, गती): defined in 22 categories.
Shrit (srit, śrit, श्रित्): defined in 1 categories.
Shrita (srita, śrita, श्रित): defined in 5 categories.
Bhava (भव): defined in 31 categories.
Bhrita (bhrta, bhṛta, भृत, bhṛtā, भृता): defined in 5 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Prapya (prāpya, प्राप्य): defined in 8 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Sharira (sarira, śarīra, शरीर): defined in 18 categories.
Asukha (असुख, asukhā, असुखा): defined in 7 categories.
Akara (अकर): defined in 20 categories.
Jagat (जगत्): defined in 9 categories.
Jagati (jagatī, जगती): defined in 16 categories.
Muncat (muñcat, मुञ्चत्): defined in 1 categories.
Tatha (tathā, तथा): defined in 6 categories.
Apyaya (अप्यय): defined in 4 categories.
Virati (विरति): defined in 10 categories.
Urjita (ūrjitā, ऊर्जिता): defined in 6 categories.
Papa (pāpa, पाप): defined in 13 categories.
Tas (तस्): defined in 4 categories.

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

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: “acintyamatiduḥsahaṃ trividhaduḥkhameno'rjitaṃ caturvidhagatiśritaṃ bhavabhṛtā na kiṃ prāpyate”
acintyam -
acintya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

acintya (noun, neuter)

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

acintyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
atiduḥsaham -
atiduḥsaha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

atiduḥsaha (noun, neuter)

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

atiduḥsahā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
trividha -
trividha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

trividha (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eno' -
enas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
arjitam -
arjita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arjita (noun, neuter)

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

arjitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √ṛj]

√ṛj -> arjita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √ṛj], [accusative single from √ṛj]
caturvidha -
caturvidha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

caturvidha (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

gati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

gatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

gat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śritam -
śrita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śrita (noun, neuter)

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

śritā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śrit (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√śri -> śrita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śri -> śrita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śri class 1 verb]
bhava -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhṛtā* -
bhṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
prāpya -
prāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
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]
Line 2: “śarīramasukhākaraṃ jagati gṛhṇatā muñcatā tanoti na tathāpyayaṃ viratimūrjitāṃ pāpataḥ”
śarīram -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

asukha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

asukhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akaram -
akara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akara (noun, neuter)

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

akarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[aorist active first single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[aorist active first single]
jagati -
jagatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

jagat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
gṛhṇatā* -
gṛhṇatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
muñcatā -
√muc -> muñcat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> muñcat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muñc -> muñcat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √muñc class 1 verb]

√muñc -> muñcat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √muñc class 1 verb]
tanoti -
√tan (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
apyayam -
apyaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
viratim -
virati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ūrjitām -
ūrjitā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√ūrj -> ūrjitā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √ūrj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ūrj class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ūrj class 7 verb]
pāpa -
pāpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pāpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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 349 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: 23 April, 2019