Sanskrit quote nr. 7873 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
एतस्मिन् विपुले प्लवंगमकुले जातो गुणैरग्रणीर् ।
एकः क्वापि कपिः स कोऽपि मरुतां वन्द्यो मरुन्नन्दनः ॥etasmin vipule plavaṃgamakule jāto guṇairagraṇīr |
ekaḥ kvāpi kapiḥ sa ko'pi marutāṃ vandyo marunnandanaḥ ||
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.
Vipula (विपुल, vipulā, विपुला): defined in 14 categories.
Plavangama (plavaṅgama, प्लवङ्गम): defined in 4 categories.
Kula (कुल, kulā, कुला): defined in 22 categories.
Kuli (कुलि): defined in 7 categories.
Eka (एक): defined in 16 categories.
Ku (कु, kū, कू): defined in 11 categories.
Kva (क्व): defined in 2 categories.
Api (āpi, आपि, āpī, आपी): defined in 4 categories.
Kapi (कपि): defined in 11 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Marut (मरुत्): defined in 11 categories.
Vandya (वन्द्य): defined in 5 categories.
Nandana (नन्दन): defined in 18 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Purana (epic history), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Marathi, Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Hindi, Kannada, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Buddhism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
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: “etasmin vipule plavaṃgamakule jāto guṇairagraṇīr”
- etasmin -
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etad (noun, neuter)[locative single]eṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- vipule -
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vipula (noun, masculine)[locative single]vipula (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vipulā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- plavaṅgama -
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plavaṅgama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kule -
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kula (noun, masculine)[locative single]kula (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kulā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kuli (noun, feminine)[vocative single]kuli (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- jāto* -
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- Cannot analyse guṇairagraṇīr
- Line 2: “ekaḥ kvāpi kapiḥ sa ko'pi marutāṃ vandyo marunnandanaḥ”
- ekaḥ -
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eka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kvā -
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ku (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ku (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]kū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- āpi -
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āpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]āpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]āpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]āpī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]āpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kapiḥ -
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kapi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ko' -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ku (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- marutām -
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marut (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]marut (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- vandyo* -
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vandya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vand -> vandya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vand class 1 verb]
- marun -
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marut (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]marut (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- nandanaḥ -
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nandana (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 7873 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.