Sanskrit quote nr. 7794 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
एतत् तद् दुर्जयं लोके पुत्रदारमयं विषम् ।
जायन्ते च म्रियन्ते च यत् पीत्वा मोहिताः प्रजाः ॥etat tad durjayaṃ loke putradāramayaṃ viṣam |
jāyante ca mriyante ca yat pītvā mohitāḥ prajāḥ ||
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.
Etad (एतद्): defined in 2 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Durjaya (दुर्जय): defined in 12 categories.
Loka (लोक): defined in 22 categories.
Putradara (putradāra, पुत्रदार): defined in 2 categories.
Aya (अय): defined in 14 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Vish (vis, viṣ, विष्): defined in 8 categories.
Visha (visa, viṣa, विष): defined in 19 categories.
Jayanta (jāyanta, जायन्त): defined in 15 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 8 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Pitva (pītvā, पीत्वा): defined in 3 categories.
Mohita (मोहित, mohitā, मोहिता): defined in 9 categories.
Praja (प्रज, prajā, प्रजा): defined in 7 categories.
Prajas (प्रजस्): defined in 1 categories.
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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: “etat tad durjayaṃ loke putradāramayaṃ viṣam”
- etat -
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etad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]etad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative 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]
- durjayam -
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durjaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]durjaya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]durjayā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- loke -
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loka (noun, masculine)[locative single]√lok (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- putradāram -
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putradāra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- viṣam -
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viṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]viṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]viṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]viṣ (noun, feminine)[accusative single]viṣ (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “jāyante ca mriyante ca yat pītvā mohitāḥ prajāḥ”
- jāyante -
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jāyanta (noun, masculine)[locative single]√jai (verb class 1)[present middle third plural]√jan (verb class 4)[present middle third plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mriyante -
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√mṛ (verb class 1)[present passive third plural]√mṛ (verb class 6)[present middle third plural], [present passive third plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yat -
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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]
- pītvā -
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pītvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√pā -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pā]√pā -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pā]√pā -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pā]√pai -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pai]√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pi]√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pi]√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pi]√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pi]√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pī]√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pī]√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pī]√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pī]
- mohitāḥ -
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mohita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mohitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√muh -> mohita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √muh], [vocative plural from √muh]√muh -> mohitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √muh], [vocative plural from √muh], [accusative plural from √muh]
- prajāḥ -
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praja (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]prajā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]prajas (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 7794 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.