Sanskrit quote nr. 709 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अत्युष्णा ज्वरितेव भास्करकरैरापीतसारा मही यक्ष्मार्ता इव पादपाः प्रमुषितच्छाया दवाग्न्याश्रयात् ।
विक्रोशन्त्यवशादिवोच्छ्रितगुहाव्यात्ताननाः पर्वता लोकोऽयं रविपाकनष्टहृदयः संयाति मूर्छामिव ॥

atyuṣṇā jvariteva bhāskarakarairāpītasārā mahī yakṣmārtā iva pādapāḥ pramuṣitacchāyā davāgnyāśrayāt |
vikrośantyavaśādivocchritaguhāvyāttānanāḥ parvatā loko'yaṃ ravipākanaṣṭahṛdayaḥ saṃyāti mūrchāmiva ||

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.

Atyushna (atyusna, atyuṣṇa, अत्युष्ण, atyuṣṇā, अत्युष्णा): defined in 4 categories.
Jvarita (ज्वरित, jvaritā, ज्वरिता): defined in 4 categories.
Iva (इव): defined in 4 categories.
Bhaskara (bhāskara, भास्कर): defined in 14 categories.
Kara (कर): defined in 21 categories.
Apita (āpīta, आपीत): defined in 4 categories.
Sara (sāra, सार, sārā, सारा): defined in 27 categories.
Mahi (mahī, मही): defined in 16 categories.
Mahin (महिन्): defined in 3 categories.
Yakshma (yaksma, yakṣma, यक्ष्म): defined in 6 categories.
Yakshman (yaksman, yakṣman, यक्ष्मन्): defined in 1 categories.
Arta (ārta, आर्त, ārtā, आर्ता): defined in 9 categories.
Padapa (pādapa, पादप, pādapā, पादपा): defined in 9 categories.
Pram (प्रम्): defined in 1 categories.
Pra (प्र): defined in 6 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Davagni (davāgni, दवाग्नि): defined in 6 categories.
Ashraya (asraya, āśraya, आश्रय): defined in 12 categories.
Vij (विज्): defined in 1 categories.
Ra (र, rā, रा): defined in 11 categories.
Ru (रु): defined in 8 categories.
Ushat (usat, uśat, उशत्): defined in 1 categories.
Ucchrita (उच्छ्रित): defined in 6 categories.
Guha (guhā, गुहा): defined in 19 categories.
Guh (गुह्): defined in 1 categories.
Vyattanana (vyāttānana, व्यात्तानन, vyāttānanā, व्यात्तानना): defined in 1 categories.
Parvata (पर्वत, parvatā, पर्वता): defined in 16 categories.
Loka (लोक): defined in 22 categories.
Aya (अय): defined in 14 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Paka (pāka, पाक): defined in 18 categories.
Nashta (nasta, naṣṭa, नष्ट): defined in 13 categories.
Hridaya (hrdaya, hṛdaya, हृदय): defined in 16 categories.
Va (व): defined in 11 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Yoga (school of philosophy), Marathi, Kannada, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Pali, Prakrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Jain philosophy, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tamil, Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Hinduism, Shilpashastra (iconography), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Kavya (poetry), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Dharmashastra (religious law), Nepali, Buddhism, Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Nyaya (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: “atyuṣṇā jvariteva bhāskarakarairāpītasārā mahī yakṣmārtā iva pādapāḥ pramuṣitacchāyā davāgnyāśrayāt”
atyuṣṇā* -
atyuṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

atyuṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
jvarite -
jvarita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

jvarita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

jvaritā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√jvar (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhāskara -
bhāskara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāskara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
karair -
kara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

kara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
āpīta -
āpīta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āpīta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sārā* -
sāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mahī -
mahī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

mahi (noun, masculine)

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

mahi (noun, feminine)

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

mahin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yakṣmā -
yakṣma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yakṣman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
ārtā* -
ārta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ārtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pādapāḥ -
pādapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pādapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
pram -
pram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
uṣi -
uṣ (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
tacch -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śāyā* -
śāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śāyā (noun, feminine)

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

√śā -> śāya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √śā class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √śā class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śā class 4 verb]

√śā -> śāyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √śā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √śā class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √śā class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √śā class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śā class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śā class 4 verb]
davāgnyā -
davāgni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
āśrayāt -
āśraya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

āśraya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “vikrośantyavaśādivocchritaguhāvyāttānanāḥ parvatā loko'yaṃ ravipākanaṣṭahṛdayaḥ saṃyāti mūrchāmiva”
vik -
vij (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
ro -
ra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ru (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uśantya -
uśat (noun, neuter)

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

√vaś -> uśat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vaś class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √vaś class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √vaś class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vaś class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √vaś class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √vaś class 2 verb]

√vaś (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
avaśād -
avaśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

avaśa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ucchrita -
ucchrita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ucchrita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
guhā -
guhā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

guh (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

guhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vyāttānanāḥ -
vyāttānana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vyāttānanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
parvatā* -
parvata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

parvatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
loko' -
loka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
pāka -
pāka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pāka (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

naṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √naś class 1 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √naś class 1 verb]
hṛdayaḥ -
hṛdaya (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
mūrchāmi -
√mūrch (verb class 1)

[present active first single]
va -
va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

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 709 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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