Sanskrit quote nr. 592 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अतिमृदु नवनीताच्चन्द्रकाच्चातिरम्यं बहुललितसुधायाः स्वादतः सद्रसाढ्यम् ।
सकलललितभोगागारभाग्यैकयोग्यं परिलसति हविष्यं कस्य गल्लच्छलेन ॥atimṛdu navanītāccandrakāccātiramyaṃ bahulalitasudhāyāḥ svādataḥ sadrasāḍhyam |
sakalalalitabhogāgārabhāgyaikayogyaṃ parilasati haviṣyaṃ kasya gallacchalena ||
Index
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.
Ati (अति): defined in 9 categories.
Mridu (mrdu, mṛdu, मृदु, mṛdū, मृदू): defined in 14 categories.
Navanita (navanīta, नवनीत): defined in 9 categories.
Candraka (चन्द्रक): defined in 4 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 8 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Bahu (बहु): defined in 22 categories.
Lalita (ललित): defined in 17 categories.
Sudha (sudhā, सुधा): defined in 18 categories.
Sudhaya (sudhāya, सुधाय): defined in 1 categories.
Sat (सत्): defined in 7 categories.
Rasadhya (rasāḍhya, रसाढ्य): defined in 2 categories.
Bhoga (भोग, bhogā, भोगा): defined in 16 categories.
Agara (agāra, अगार): defined in 11 categories.
Bhagin (bhāgin, भागिन्): defined in 9 categories.
Bhagya (bhāgya, भाग्य, bhāgyā, भाग्या): defined in 9 categories.
Aika (aikā, ऐका): defined in 2 categories.
Uksh (uks, ukṣ, उक्ष्): defined in 1 categories.
Parila (परिल): defined in 2 categories.
Havishya (havisya, haviṣya, हविष्य): defined in 8 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Nepali, Jainism, Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Kavya (poetry), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Prakrit, Shilpashastra (iconography), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Samkhya (school of 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: “atimṛdu navanītāccandrakāccātiramyaṃ bahulalitasudhāyāḥ svādataḥ sadrasāḍhyam”
- ati -
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ati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]ati (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- mṛdu -
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mṛdu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]mṛdu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]mṛdū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- navanītāc -
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navanīta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- candrakāc -
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candraka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]candraka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- cāt -
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ca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]ca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- iram -
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irā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yam -
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ya (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- bahu -
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bahu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bahu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]bahu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bahu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- lalita -
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lalita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lalita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√lal -> lalita (participle, masculine)[compound from √lal]√lal -> lalita (participle, neuter)[compound from √lal]√lal -> lalita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √lal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lal]√lal -> lalita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √lal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lal]
- sudhāyāḥ -
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sudhā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]sudhāya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- svādataḥ -
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√svād -> svādat (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √svād class 1 verb], [ablative single from √svād class 1 verb], [genitive single from √svād class 1 verb]√svād -> svādat (participle, neuter)[ablative single from √svād class 1 verb], [genitive single from √svād class 1 verb]√svād (verb class 1)[present active third dual]
- sad -
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sat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sat (noun, masculine)[compound]sad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- rasāḍhyam -
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rasāḍhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rasāḍhyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “sakalalalitabhogāgārabhāgyaikayogyaṃ parilasati haviṣyaṃ kasya gallacchalena”
- sakala -
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sakala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sakala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lalita -
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lalita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lalita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√lal -> lalita (participle, masculine)[compound from √lal]√lal -> lalita (participle, neuter)[compound from √lal]√lal -> lalita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √lal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lal]√lal -> lalita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √lal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lal]
- bhogā -
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bhoga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhoga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhogā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- agāra -
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agāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhāgyai -
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bhāgin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]bhāgin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]bhāgya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhāgya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhāgyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aikayo -
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aikā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ug -
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ukṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ukṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- yam -
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ya (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- parila -
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parila (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- sati -
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satī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]sati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]sat (noun, masculine)[locative single]sat (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- haviṣyam -
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haviṣya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]haviṣya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]haviṣyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kasya -
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√kas -> kasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √kas]ka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ka (noun, neuter)[genitive single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]
- Cannot analyse gallacchalena
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.
It has serial number 592 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.