Sanskrit quote nr. 725 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अत्रावासपरिग्रहं गृहपतेराचक्ष्व चण्डोद्यमैः चण्डालैरुपसेविताः सखि धनुर्हस्तैः पुरस्तादिमाः ।
उत्कालाकुलसारमेयरसनालेलिह्यमानोन्नत- द्वाराग्रत्वगवास्थिसास्रशकलस्रग्वल्लयः पल्लयः ॥atrāvāsaparigrahaṃ gṛhapaterācakṣva caṇḍodyamaiḥ caṇḍālairupasevitāḥ sakhi dhanurhastaiḥ purastādimāḥ |
utkālākulasārameyarasanālelihyamānonnata- dvārāgratvagavāsthisāsraśakalasragvallayaḥ pallayaḥ ||
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.
Atri (अत्रि): defined in 11 categories.
Atra (अत्र): defined in 5 categories.
Parigraha (परिग्रह): defined in 11 categories.
Grihapati (grhapati, gṛhapati, गृहपति): defined in 7 categories.
Aca (āca, आच): defined in 4 categories.
Canda (caṇḍa, चण्ड, caṇḍā, चण्डा): defined in 17 categories.
Candu (caṇḍu, चण्डु): defined in 2 categories.
Udyama (उद्यम): defined in 8 categories.
Candala (caṇḍāla, चण्डाल): defined in 11 categories.
Upasevin (उपसेविन्): defined in 2 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tas (तस्): defined in 4 categories.
Purastat (purastāt, पुरस्तात्): defined in 4 categories.
Iyam (इयम्): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Utka (उत्क, utkā, उत्का): defined in 3 categories.
Ala (अल): defined in 12 categories.
Akula (अकुल): defined in 8 categories.
Sarameya (sārameya, सारमेय): defined in 5 categories.
Rasana (रसन, rasanā, रसना): defined in 15 categories.
Ali (अलि): defined in 16 categories.
Unnata (उन्नत): defined in 18 categories.
Dvara (dvāra, द्वार): defined in 15 categories.
Agra (अग्र): defined in 15 categories.
Tvac (त्वच्): defined in 9 categories.
Ava (अव): defined in 7 categories.
Asthi (अस्थि): defined in 17 categories.
Shakala (sakala, śakala, शकल): defined in 14 categories.
Sragvat (स्रग्वत्): defined in 1 categories.
Laya (लय): defined in 17 categories.
Li (लि): defined in 7 categories.
Palli (पल्लि): defined in 8 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Hinduism, Sanskrit, Vastushastra (architecture), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), India history, Marathi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Pali, Hindi, Nepali, Jainism, Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Dharmashastra (religious law), Tamil, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Shilpashastra (iconography), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons), Buddhism, Arts (wordly enjoyments), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Vedanta (school of philosophy), 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: “atrāvāsaparigrahaṃ gṛhapaterācakṣva caṇḍodyamaiḥ caṇḍālairupasevitāḥ sakhi dhanurhastaiḥ purastādimāḥ”
- atrāvā -
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atri (noun, masculine)[locative single]atra (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- āsa -
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āsa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]āsa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]āsan (noun, neuter)[compound]√as (verb class 2)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]√as (verb class 4)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- parigraham -
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parigraha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- gṛhapater -
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gṛhapati (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- āca -
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āca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√ac (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- kṣva -
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- caṇḍo -
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caṇḍa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]caṇḍa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]caṇḍā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]caṇḍu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√caṇḍ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- udyamaiḥ -
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udyama (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- caṇḍālair -
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caṇḍāla (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- upasevi -
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upasevin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]upasevin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tāḥ -
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ta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- sakhi -
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sakhi (noun, masculine)[adverb]sakhī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- dhanurhastaiḥ -
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dhanurhasta (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]dhanurhasta (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- purastād -
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purastāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- imāḥ -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “utkālākulasārameyarasanālelihyamānonnata- dvārāgratvagavāsthisāsraśakalasragvallayaḥ pallayaḥ”
- utkā -
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utka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]utka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]utkā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- alā -
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ala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√al (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- akula -
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akula (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]akula (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sārameya -
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sārameya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- rasanā -
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rasana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rasana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]rasanā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ale -
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ala (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ali (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√al (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- lihyamāno -
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√lih -> lihyamāna (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √lih class 2 verb]√lih -> lihyamāna (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √lih class 2 verb]√lih -> lihyamānā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √lih class 2 verb]
- unnata -
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unnata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]unnata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dvārā -
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dvāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dvāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- agra -
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agra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]agra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tvag -
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tvac (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- avā -
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ava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[compound], [instrumental single]√av (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]√u (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- asthi -
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asthi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sāsra -
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sāsra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sāsra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śakala -
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śakala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śakala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sragval -
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sragvat (noun, masculine)[compound]sragvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- layaḥ -
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laya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]li (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- pallayaḥ -
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palli (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
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 725 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.