Sanskrit quote nr. 700 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अत्युद्धृता वसुमती दलितोऽरिवर्गः क्रोडीकृता बलवता बलिराजलक्ष्मीः ।
एकत्र जन्मनि कृतं यदनेन यूना जन्मत्रये तदकरोत् पुरुषः पुराणः ॥atyuddhṛtā vasumatī dalito'rivargaḥ kroḍīkṛtā balavatā balirājalakṣmīḥ |
ekatra janmani kṛtaṃ yadanena yūnā janmatraye tadakarot puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ ||
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.
Uddhrita (uddhrta, uddhṛta, उद्धृत, uddhṛtā, उद्धृता): defined in 8 categories.
Vasumat (वसुमत्): defined in 2 categories.
Vasumati (वसुमति, vasumatī, वसुमती): defined in 12 categories.
Dalita (दलित): defined in 6 categories.
Ric (rc, ṛc, ऋच्): defined in 2 categories.
Krodi (kroḍī, क्रोडी): defined in 2 categories.
Krita (krta, kṛta, कृत, kṛtā, कृता): defined in 16 categories.
Balavata (balavatā, बलवता): defined in 1 categories.
Bali (बलि): defined in 22 categories.
Aja (āja, आज): defined in 22 categories.
Lakshmi (laksmi, lakṣmī, लक्ष्मी): defined in 20 categories.
Ekatra (एकत्र): defined in 4 categories.
Janman (जन्मन्): defined in 11 categories.
Krit (krt, kṛt, कृत्): defined in 3 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Ana (अन): defined in 12 categories.
Anena (अनेन): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Yuvan (युवन्): defined in 6 categories.
Traya (त्रय): defined in 5 categories.
Tri (त्रि): defined in 10 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Purusha (purusa, puruṣa, पुरुष): defined in 22 categories.
Purana (purāṇa, पुराण): defined in 25 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), Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Kavya (poetry), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Hinduism, Buddhism, Dharmashastra (religious law), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Prakrit, Shaiva philosophy, Nepali, Shilpashastra (iconography), Yoga (school of philosophy), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Tamil, Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
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: “atyuddhṛtā vasumatī dalito'rivargaḥ kroḍīkṛtā balavatā balirājalakṣmīḥ”
- atyu -
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ati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]ati (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- uddhṛtā* -
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uddhṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]uddhṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vasumatī -
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vasumatī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]vasumat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vasumati (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- dalito' -
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dalita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- arivar -
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√ṛ (verb class 1)[perfect active first dual]√ṛ (verb class 3)[perfect active first dual]√ṛ (verb class 5)[perfect active first dual]
- ṛg -
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ṛc (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- aḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- kroḍī -
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kroḍī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- kṛtā* -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
- balavatā* -
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balavatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- balir -
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bali (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- āja -
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āja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]āja (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√aj (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- lakṣmīḥ -
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lakṣmī (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “ekatra janmani kṛtaṃ yadanena yūnā janmatraye tadakarot puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ”
- ekatra -
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ekatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- janmani -
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janman (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- kṛtam -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- yad -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√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]
- anena -
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anena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anena (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ana (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]idam (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- yūnā -
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yuvan (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- janma -
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janma (indeclinable)[indeclinable]janma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]janman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- traye -
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traya (noun, masculine)[locative single]traya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tri (noun, masculine)[dative 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]
- akarot -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[imperfect active third single]
- puruṣaḥ -
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puruṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- purāṇaḥ -
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purāṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
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 700 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.