Sanskrit quote nr. 7520 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
एकमप्यत्र यो बिन्दुं भक्षयेन् मधुनो नरः ।
सोऽपि दुःखवृषाकीर्णे पतते भवसागरे ॥ekamapyatra yo binduṃ bhakṣayen madhuno naraḥ |
so'pi duḥkhavṛṣākīrṇe patate bhavasāgare ||
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.
Eka (एक): defined in 16 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Apya (अप्य): defined in 8 categories.
Atra (अत्र): defined in 5 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Bindu (बिन्दु): defined in 20 categories.
Madhu (मधु): defined in 19 categories.
Nara (नर): defined in 18 categories.
Nri (nr, nṛ, नृ): defined in 6 categories.
Sah (saḥ, सः): defined in 4 categories.
Duhkha (duḥkha, दुःख): defined in 17 categories.
Vrisha (vrsa, vṛṣa, वृष, vṛṣā, वृषा): defined in 14 categories.
Vrishan (vrsan, vṛṣan, वृषन्): defined in 2 categories.
Akirne (ākīrṇe, आकीर्णे): defined in 1 categories.
Akirna (ākīrṇa, आकीर्ण, ākīrṇā, आकीर्णा): defined in 9 categories.
Patat (पतत्): defined in 5 categories.
Bhavasagara (bhavasāgara, भवसागर): defined in 3 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Buddhism, Jainism, Sanskrit, Pali, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Nepali, Tamil, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Prakrit, Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), India history, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), 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: “ekamapyatra yo binduṃ bhakṣayen madhuno naraḥ”
- ekam -
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eka (noun, masculine)[accusative single]eka (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- apya -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]apya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ap (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- atra -
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atra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]atra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yo* -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bindum -
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bindu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- bhakṣayen -
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√bhakṣ (verb class 10)[optative active third single]√bhakṣ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- madhuno* -
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madhu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- naraḥ -
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nara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “so'pi duḥkhavṛṣākīrṇe patate bhavasāgare”
- so' -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]so (noun, feminine)[compound]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- duḥkha -
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duḥkha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]duḥkha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vṛṣā -
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vṛṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vṛṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vṛṣan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]vṛṣan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vṛṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ākīrṇe -
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ākīrṇe (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ākīrṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]ākīrṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ākīrṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- patate -
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patat (noun, masculine)[dative single]patat (noun, neuter)[dative single]√pat -> patat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √pat class 1 verb]√pat -> patat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √pat class 1 verb]
- bhavasāgare -
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bhavasāgara (noun, masculine)[locative 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 7520 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.