Sanskrit quote nr. 662 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अत्यन्तव्यवधानलब्धजनुषो जात्यापि भिन्नक्रमाः सांनिध्यं विधिना कुतूहलवता कुत्रापि संप्रापिताः ।
गच्छन्त्यामरणं गुणव्यतिकृता भेदं न भूमीरुहस् ते काष्ठादपि निष्ठुरा गुणगणैर्ये नैकतां प्रापिताः ॥

atyantavyavadhānalabdhajanuṣo jātyāpi bhinnakramāḥ sāṃnidhyaṃ vidhinā kutūhalavatā kutrāpi saṃprāpitāḥ |
gacchantyāmaraṇaṃ guṇavyatikṛtā bhedaṃ na bhūmīruhas te kāṣṭhādapi niṣṭhurā guṇagaṇairye naikatāṃ prāpitāḥ ||

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.

Atyanta (अत्यन्त): defined in 9 categories.
Vyavadhana (vyavadhāna, व्यवधान): defined in 5 categories.
Labdha (लब्ध): defined in 10 categories.
Janus (जनुस्): defined in 1 categories.
Jati (jāti, जाति, jātī, जाती): defined in 28 categories.
Jatya (jātya, जात्य, jātyā, जात्या): defined in 7 categories.
Api (āpi, आपि, āpī, आपी): defined in 4 categories.
Bhinnakrama (भिन्नक्रम, bhinnakramā, भिन्नक्रमा): defined in 1 categories.
Samnidhya (sāṃnidhya, सांनिध्य): defined in 2 categories.
Vidhi (विधि): defined in 15 categories.
Kutuhalavat (kutūhalavat, कुतूहलवत्): defined in 1 categories.
Kutrapi (kutrāpi, कुत्रापि): defined in 2 categories.
Prapita (prāpita, प्रापित, prāpitā, प्रापिता): defined in 3 categories.
Gacchat (गच्छत्): defined in 2 categories.
Amaranam (āmaraṇam, आमरणम्): defined in 1 categories.
Guna (guṇa, गुण): defined in 26 categories.
Vyatikrita (vyatikrta, vyatikṛta, व्यतिकृत, vyatikṛtā, व्यतिकृता): defined in 1 categories.
Bheda (भेद): defined in 19 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Bhumiruh (bhūmīruh, भूमीरुह्): defined in 2 categories.
Bhumiruha (bhūmīruha, भूमीरुह): defined in 2 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Kashtha (kastha, kāṣṭha, काष्ठ): defined in 14 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Nishthura (nisthura, niṣṭhura, निष्ठुर, niṣṭhurā, निष्ठुरा): defined in 7 categories.
Gunagana (guṇagaṇa, गुणगण): defined in 7 categories.
Ya (य, yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Naikata (naikatā, नैकता): defined in 1 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Buddhism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Purana (epic history), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Marathi, Buddhist philosophy, Jain philosophy, Kannada, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Hindi, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Hinduism, Pali, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Biology (plants and animals), Gitashastra (science of music), Vastushastra (architecture), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Prakrit, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric 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: “atyantavyavadhānalabdhajanuṣo jātyāpi bhinnakramāḥ sāṃnidhyaṃ vidhinā kutūhalavatā kutrāpi saṃprāpitāḥ”
atyanta -
atyanta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atyanta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vyavadhāna -
vyavadhāna (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

labdha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]

√labh -> labdha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]
januṣo* -
janus (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
jātyā -
jāti (noun, feminine)

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

jātī (noun, feminine)

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

jātya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jātya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jātyā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

āpi (noun, neuter)

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

āpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

āpī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

āpī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

āpī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhinnakramāḥ -
bhinnakrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhinnakramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sāṃnidhyam -
sāṃnidhya (noun, neuter)

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

[instrumental single]
kutūhalavatā -
kutūhalavat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kutūhalavat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kutūhalavatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kutrāpi -
kutrāpi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

kutrāpi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prāpitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “gacchantyāmaraṇaṃ guṇavyatikṛtā bhedaṃ na bhūmīruhas te kāṣṭhādapi niṣṭhurā guṇagaṇairye naikatāṃ prāpitāḥ”
gacchantyā -
gacchat (noun, neuter)

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

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
āmaraṇam -
āmaraṇam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
guṇa -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vyatikṛtā* -
vyatikṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vyatikṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhedam -
bheda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhūmīruhas -
bhūmīruh (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

bhūmīruha (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
kāṣṭhād -
kāṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kāṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
niṣṭhurā* -
niṣṭhura (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

niṣṭhurā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
guṇagaṇair -
guṇagaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
naikatām -
naikatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
prāpitāḥ -
prāpita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prāpitā (noun, feminine)

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

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 662 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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