Sanskrit quote nr. 862 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्य मे सफलमायतनेत्रे जीवितं मदनसंश्रयभावम् ।
आगतासि भवनं मम यस्मात् स्वागतं तव वरोरु निषीद ॥adya me saphalamāyatanetre jīvitaṃ madanasaṃśrayabhāvam |
āgatāsi bhavanaṃ mama yasmāt svāgataṃ tava varoru niṣīda ||
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.
Adya (अद्य): defined in 11 categories.
Ma (म, mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Saphala (सफल): defined in 10 categories.
Ayatana (āyatana, आयतन): defined in 14 categories.
Tra (त्र, trā, त्रा): defined in 4 categories.
Tri (त्रि): defined in 10 categories.
Jivita (jīvita, जीवित): defined in 16 categories.
Madana (मदन): defined in 17 categories.
Samshraya (samsraya, saṃśraya, संश्रय): defined in 5 categories.
Bhava (bhāva, भाव): defined in 31 categories.
Agata (āgata, आगत, āgatā, आगता): defined in 12 categories.
Asi (asī, असी): defined in 16 categories.
Bhavana (भवन): defined in 27 categories.
Yasmat (yasmāt, यस्मात्): defined in 1 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Svagata (svāgata, स्वागत): defined in 10 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Varoru (वरोरु, varorū, वरोरू): defined in 1 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), India history, Tamil, Pali, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Prakrit, Buddhism, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Nepali, Jainism, Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Hinduism, Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology), Buddhist philosophy, Jain philosophy, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Dharmashastra (religious law), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), 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: “adya me saphalamāyatanetre jīvitaṃ madanasaṃśrayabhāvam”
- adya -
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adya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]adya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- saphalam -
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saphala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]saphala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]saphalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- āyatane -
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āyatana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- tre -
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tra (noun, masculine)[locative single]tra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]trā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- jīvitam -
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jīvita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jīvita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jīvitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
- madana -
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madana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]madana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saṃśraya -
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saṃśraya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhāvam -
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bhāva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]√bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhū]
- Line 2: “āgatāsi bhavanaṃ mama yasmāt svāgataṃ tava varoru niṣīda”
- āgatā -
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āgata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]āgata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]āgatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√ag (verb class 1)[imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
- asi -
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asi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]asi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]asī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- bhavanam -
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bhavana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bhavana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- mama -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]√mā (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- yasmāt -
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yasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[ablative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[ablative single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[ablative single]
- svāgatam -
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svāgata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]svāgata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]svāgatā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tava -
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yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]
- varoru -
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varoru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]varoru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]varorū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse niṣīda
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 862 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.