Sanskrit quote nr. 6857 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
उद्यतेत यथाशक्ति न प्रसज्येत जातुचित् ।
साध्यानां सिद्ध्यसिद्धी यन् नियत्या नियते कृते ॥udyateta yathāśakti na prasajyeta jātucit |
sādhyānāṃ siddhyasiddhī yan niyatyā niyate kṛte ||
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.
Udyat (उद्यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Udyata (udyatā, उद्यता): defined in 8 categories.
Udyati (उद्यति): defined in 1 categories.
Ita (इत): defined in 6 categories.
Yatha (yathā, यथा): defined in 6 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Prasajya (प्रसज्य, prasajyā, प्रसज्या): defined in 2 categories.
Jatu (jātu, जातु): defined in 6 categories.
Cit (चित्): defined in 11 categories.
Sadhya (sādhya, साध्य, sādhyā, साध्या): defined in 12 categories.
Siddhyasiddhi (सिद्ध्यसिद्धि): defined in 2 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Niyati (नियति, niyatī, नियती): defined in 11 categories.
Niyata (नियत, niyatā, नियता): defined in 12 categories.
Krite (krte, kṛte, कृते): defined in 1 categories.
Krit (krt, kṛt, कृत्): defined in 3 categories.
Krita (krta, kṛta, कृत, kṛtā, कृता): defined in 16 categories.
Kriti (krti, kṛti, कृति): defined in 14 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Hindi, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Marathi, Kannada, Pali, Biology (plants and animals), Nepali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Tamil, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Shaiva philosophy, Hinduism, Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Jain philosophy, Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Buddhism, Kavya (poetry), Dharmashastra (religious law), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
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: “udyateta yathāśakti na prasajyeta jātucit”
- udyate -
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udyata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]udyata (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]udyat (noun, masculine)[instrumental single], [dative single]udyat (noun, neuter)[instrumental single], [dative single]udyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]udyati (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√ud (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√ud (verb class 7)[present passive third single]√und (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√und (verb class 7)[present passive third single]√vad (verb class 1)[present passive third single]
- ita -
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ita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√i -> ita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> ita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- aśakti -
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aśakti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prasajye -
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prasajya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]prasajya (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]prasajyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ita -
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ita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√i -> ita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> ita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- jātu -
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jātu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- cit -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “sādhyānāṃ siddhyasiddhī yan niyatyā niyate kṛte”
- sādhyānām -
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sādhya (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]sādhya (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sādhyā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]√sādh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)[genitive plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [genitive plural from √sādh class 5 verb]√sādh -> sādhya (participle, neuter)[genitive plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [genitive plural from √sādh class 5 verb]√sādh -> sādhyā (participle, feminine)[genitive plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [genitive plural from √sādh class 5 verb]√sidh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)[genitive plural from √sidh]√sidh -> sādhya (participle, neuter)[genitive plural from √sidh]√sidh -> sādhyā (participle, feminine)[genitive plural from √sidh]
- siddhyasiddhī -
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siddhyasiddhi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- yan -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- niyatyā* -
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niyati (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]niyatī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- niyate -
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niyata (noun, masculine)[locative single]niyata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]niyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]niyati (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- kṛte -
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kṛte (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kṛte (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]kṛt (noun, masculine)[dative single]kṛt (noun, neuter)[dative single]kṛta (noun, masculine)[locative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kṛti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]kṛti (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[present middle third single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
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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.