Sanskrit quote nr. 689 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अत्युक्तौ यदि न प्रकुप्यसि मृषावादं न चेन्मन्यसे तद्ब्रूमोऽद्भुतकीर्तनाय रसना केषां न कण्डूयते ।
देव त्वत्तरुणप्रतापदहनज्वालावलीशोषिताः सर्वे वारिधयस्ततो रिपुवधूनेत्राम्बुभिः पूरिताः ॥atyuktau yadi na prakupyasi mṛṣāvādaṃ na cenmanyase tadbrūmo'dbhutakīrtanāya rasanā keṣāṃ na kaṇḍūyate |
deva tvattaruṇapratāpadahanajvālāvalīśoṣitāḥ sarve vāridhayastato ripuvadhūnetrāmbubhiḥ pūritāḥ ||
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.
Atyukti (अत्युक्ति): defined in 5 categories.
Yadi (यदि): defined in 6 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Pra (प्र): defined in 6 categories.
Mrishavada (mrsavada, mṛṣāvāda, मृषावाद): defined in 4 categories.
Ca (च, cā, चा): defined in 9 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Adbhuta (अद्भुत): defined in 16 categories.
Kirtana (kīrtana, कीर्तन): defined in 9 categories.
Rasana (rasanā, रसना): defined in 15 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Kandu (kaṇḍu, कण्डु, kaṇḍū, कण्डू): defined in 10 categories.
Deva (देव): defined in 19 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Taruna (taruṇa, तरुण): defined in 12 categories.
Pratapa (pratāpa, प्रताप): defined in 9 categories.
Dahana (दहन): defined in 18 categories.
Jvala (jvāla, ज्वाल): defined in 14 categories.
Ali (अलि): defined in 16 categories.
Alin (अलिन्): defined in 3 categories.
Varidhi (vāridhi, वारिधि): defined in 5 categories.
Tata (तत): defined in 18 categories.
Ripu (रिपु): defined in 13 categories.
Vadhu (वधु): defined in 9 categories.
Netrambu (netrāmbu, नेत्राम्बु): defined in 3 categories.
Purita (pūrita, पूरित, pūritā, पूरिता): defined in 9 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Kannada, Pali, Biology (plants and animals), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Tamil, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Buddhism, Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Nepali, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Ayurveda (science of life), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Jain philosophy, Kavya (poetry), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Gitashastra (science of music)
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: “atyuktau yadi na prakupyasi mṛṣāvādaṃ na cenmanyase tadbrūmo'dbhutakīrtanāya rasanā keṣāṃ na kaṇḍūyate”
- atyuktau -
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atyukti (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- kupyasi -
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√kup (verb class 4)[present active second single]
- mṛṣāvādam -
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mṛṣāvāda (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mṛṣāvāda (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mṛṣāvādā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ce -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- īn -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- manyase -
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√man (verb class 4)[present middle second single], [present passive second single]√man (verb class 8)[present passive second single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- brūmo' -
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√brū (verb class 2)[present active first plural]
- adbhuta -
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adbhuta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adbhuta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kīrtanāya -
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kīrtana (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- rasanā -
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rasanā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- keṣām -
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ka (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kaṇḍū -
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kaṇḍu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kaṇḍu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kaṇḍū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- ūyate -
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√ūy -> ūyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √ūy class 1 verb]√ūy -> ūyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √ūy class 1 verb]√u (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√u (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√u (verb class 5)[present passive third single]√ūy (verb class 1)[present middle third single]√vā (verb class 1)[present passive third single]
- Line 2: “deva tvattaruṇapratāpadahanajvālāvalīśoṣitāḥ sarve vāridhayastato ripuvadhūnetrāmbubhiḥ pūritāḥ”
- deva -
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deva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]deva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]devan (noun, masculine)[compound]√div (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- tvat -
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yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[ablative single]
- taruṇa -
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taruṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]taruṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pratāpa -
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pratāpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- dahana -
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dahana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dahana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jvālāva -
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jvāla (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- alī -
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ali (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]alin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śoṣitāḥ -
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śoṣita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śoṣitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√śuṣ -> śoṣita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √śuṣ], [vocative plural from √śuṣ]√śuṣ -> śoṣitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √śuṣ], [vocative plural from √śuṣ], [accusative plural from √śuṣ]
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vāridhayas -
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vāridhi (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- tato* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- ripu -
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ripu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ripu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ripu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- vadhū -
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vadhū (noun, feminine)[compound]vadhu (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- netrāmbubhiḥ -
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netrāmbu (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- pūritāḥ -
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pūrita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]pūritā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√pṝ -> pūrita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √pṝ], [vocative plural from √pṝ]√pṝ -> pūritā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √pṝ], [vocative plural from √pṝ], [accusative plural from √pṝ]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
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It has serial number 689 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
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