Sanskrit quote nr. 899 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्यापि तां जगति वर्णयितुं न कश्चिच् छक्नोत्यदृष्टसदृशीं च परिग्रहं मे ।
दृष्टं द्वयोः सदृशयोः खलु येन रूपं शक्तो भवेद्यदि स एव नरो न चान्यः ॥adyāpi tāṃ jagati varṇayituṃ na kaścic chaknotyadṛṣṭasadṛśīṃ ca parigrahaṃ me |
dṛṣṭaṃ dvayoḥ sadṛśayoḥ khalu yena rūpaṃ śakto bhavedyadi sa eva naro na cānyaḥ ||
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.
Adyapi (adyāpi, अद्यापि): defined in 4 categories.
Ta (tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Jagat (जगत्): defined in 9 categories.
Jagati (jagatī, जगती): defined in 16 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Parigraha (परिग्रह): defined in 11 categories.
Ma (म, mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Drishta (drsta, dṛṣṭa, दृष्ट): defined in 13 categories.
Dva (द्व, dvā, द्वा): defined in 2 categories.
Dvayu (द्वयु): defined in 1 categories.
Sadrisha (sadrsa, sadṛśa, सदृश, sadṛśā, सदृशा): defined in 12 categories.
Khalu (खलु): defined in 6 categories.
Yena (येन): defined in 2 categories.
Ya (य): defined in 10 categories.
Yah (yaḥ, यः): defined in 1 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Rupa (rūpa, रूप): defined in 25 categories.
Shakta (sakta, śakta, शक्त): defined in 9 categories.
Yadi (यदि): defined in 6 categories.
Yad (यद्): defined in 3 categories.
Sah (saḥ, सः): defined in 4 categories.
Eva (एव): defined in 6 categories.
Nara (नर): defined in 18 categories.
Nri (nr, nṛ, नृ): defined in 6 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Pali, Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Prakrit, Hindi, Tamil, Jainism, Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Yoga (school of philosophy), Ayurveda (science of life), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Biology (plants and animals), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Kavya (poetry), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Buddhism, Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Hinduism
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: “adyāpi tāṃ jagati varṇayituṃ na kaścic chaknotyadṛṣṭasadṛśīṃ ca parigrahaṃ me”
- adyāpi -
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adyāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tām -
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tā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]sā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- jagati -
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jagatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]jagat (noun, masculine)[locative single]jagat (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- varṇayitum -
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√varṇ -> varṇayitum (infinitive)[infinitive from √varṇ]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kaś -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cic -
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- Cannot analyse chaknotyadṛṣṭasadṛśīm*ca
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- parigraham -
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parigraha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative 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]
- Line 2: “dṛṣṭaṃ dvayoḥ sadṛśayoḥ khalu yena rūpaṃ śakto bhavedyadi sa eva naro na cānyaḥ”
- dṛṣṭam -
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dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[adverb from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)[adverb from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √dṛś]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
- dvayoḥ -
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dva (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]dva (noun, neuter)[genitive dual], [locative dual]dvā (noun, feminine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]dvayu (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]dvayu (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- sadṛśayoḥ -
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sadṛśa (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]sadṛśa (noun, neuter)[genitive dual], [locative dual]sadṛśā (noun, feminine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]
- khalu -
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khalu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- rūpam -
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rūpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rūpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rūpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śakto* -
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śakta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śac class 1 verb]√śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb]
- bhaved -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- sa* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (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]
- naro* -
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nara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cānya -
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√cam -> cānya (absolutive)[absolutive from √cam]√cam -> cānya (absolutive)[absolutive from √cam]ca (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- aḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative 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 899 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.