Sanskrit quote nr. 706 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अत्युन्नतोऽम्बुभिर्मेघश् चातकान् न धिनोति चेत् ।
मरुता हृतसर्वस्वः स पश्चात् किं करिश्यति ॥atyunnato'mbubhirmeghaś cātakān na dhinoti cet |
marutā hṛtasarvasvaḥ sa paścāt kiṃ kariśyati ||
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.
Unnata (उन्नत): defined in 18 categories.
Ambu (अम्बु): defined in 13 categories.
Megha (मेघ): defined in 18 categories.
Cataka (cātaka, चातक): defined in 12 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Maruta (मरुत): defined in 13 categories.
Hritasarvasva (hrtasarvasva, hṛtasarvasva, हृतसर्वस्व): defined in 2 categories.
Pashcat (pascat, paścāt, पश्चात्): defined in 4 categories.
Pashca (pasca, paśca, पश्च): defined in 4 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Karin (करिन्): defined in 16 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), Buddhism, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Nepali, Shilpashastra (iconography), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Prakrit, Hinduism, Vastushastra (architecture), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Dharmashastra (religious law), Tamil, Kavya (poetry), Yoga (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: “atyunnato'mbubhirmeghaś cātakān na dhinoti cet”
- atyu -
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ati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]ati (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- unnato' -
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unnata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ambubhir -
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ambu (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- meghaś -
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megha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cātakān -
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cātaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhinoti -
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√dhi (verb class 5)[present active third single]
- Cannot analyse cet
- Line 2: “marutā hṛtasarvasvaḥ sa paścāt kiṃ kariśyati”
- marutā* -
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maruta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- hṛtasarvasvaḥ -
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hṛtasarvasva (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- paścāt -
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paścāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paśca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]paśca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- kari -
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kari (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]kari (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]kari (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]karī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]karin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]karin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śyati -
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√śā -> śyat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √śā class 4 verb]√śā -> śyat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √śā class 4 verb]√śā (verb class 4)[present active third 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 706 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.