Sanskrit quote nr. 8474 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
कथमपि सखि क्रीडाकोपाद् व्रजेति मयोदिते ।
कठिनहृदयस्त्यक्त्वा शय्यां बलाद् गत एव सः ॥kathamapi sakhi krīḍākopād vrajeti mayodite |
kaṭhinahṛdayastyaktvā śayyāṃ balād gata eva saḥ ||
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.
Katham (कथम्): defined in 2 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Kridakopa (krīḍākopa, क्रीडाकोप): defined in 2 categories.
Vraja (व्रज): defined in 8 categories.
Iti (इति): defined in 6 categories.
Ma (mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Maya (मय, mayā, मया): defined in 29 categories.
Mayu (मयु): defined in 5 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Udita (उदित, uditā, उदिता): defined in 11 categories.
Uditi (उदिति): defined in 1 categories.
Kathinahridaya (kathinahrdaya, kaṭhinahṛdaya, कठिनहृदय): defined in 2 categories.
Shayya (sayya, śayyā, शय्या): defined in 10 categories.
Balat (balāt, बलात्): defined in 3 categories.
Bala (बल): defined in 30 categories.
Gat (गत्): defined in 3 categories.
Gata (गत): defined in 10 categories.
Eva (एव): defined in 6 categories.
Sah (saḥ, सः): defined in 4 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Hindi, Jainism, Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Marathi, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), India history, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Tamil, Buddhism, Sikhism, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Ayurveda (science of life), Nepali, Yoga (school of philosophy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Arts (wordly enjoyments)
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: “kathamapi sakhi krīḍākopād vrajeti mayodite”
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- sakhi -
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sakhi (noun, masculine)[adverb]sakhī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- krīḍākopād -
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krīḍākopa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- vraje -
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vraja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]vraja (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√vraj (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- mayo -
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maya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]mayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]mayu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental single]√mā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]√may (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]√mī (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- udite -
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udita (noun, masculine)[locative single]udita (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]uditā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]uditi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√vad -> udita (participle, masculine)[locative single from √vad class 1 verb]√vad -> udita (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [locative single from √vad class 1 verb]√vad -> uditā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vad class 1 verb]
- Line 2: “kaṭhinahṛdayastyaktvā śayyāṃ balād gata eva saḥ”
- kaṭhinahṛdayas -
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kaṭhinahṛdaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tyaktvā -
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√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √tyaj]
- śayyām -
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śayyā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- balād -
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balāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]bala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- gata* -
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gat (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]gat (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]gata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saḥ -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (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 8474 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.