Sanskrit quote nr. 9195 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
कस् त्वं तासु यदृच्छया कितव यास्तिष्ठन्ति गोपाङ्गनाः ।
प्रेमाणं न विदन्ति यास् तव हरे किं तासु ते कैतवम् ॥kas tvaṃ tāsu yadṛcchayā kitava yāstiṣṭhanti gopāṅganāḥ |
premāṇaṃ na vidanti yās tava hare kiṃ tāsu te kaitavam ||
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.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Tva (त्व): defined in 3 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Ta (tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Yadriccha (yadrccha, yadṛcchā, यदृच्छा): defined in 6 categories.
Kitava (कितव): defined in 9 categories.
Ya (yā, या): defined in 10 categories.
Tishthat (tisthat, tiṣṭhat, तिष्ठत्): defined in 3 categories.
Tishthanti (tisthanti, tiṣṭhantī, तिष्ठन्ती): defined in 1 categories.
Gopa (gopā, गोपा): defined in 12 categories.
Angana (aṅganā, अङ्गना): defined in 14 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Vidat (विदत्): defined in 1 categories.
Hara (हर, harā, हरा): defined in 18 categories.
Hari (हरि): defined in 25 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 4 categories.
Kaitava (कैतव): defined in 4 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Prakrit, Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Ayurveda (science of life), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Yoga (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Jainism, Vastushastra (architecture), Kavya (poetry), Shilpashastra (iconography), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Hinduism, Vedanta (school of philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Jain philosophy, 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: “kas tvaṃ tāsu yadṛcchayā kitava yāstiṣṭhanti gopāṅganāḥ”
- kas -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tvam -
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tva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tva (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- tāsu -
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tā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- yadṛcchayā -
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yadṛcchā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- kitava -
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kitava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yās -
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yā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- tiṣṭhanti -
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√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā -> tiṣṭhantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- gopā -
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gopa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]gopā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]gopā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- aṅganāḥ -
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aṅganā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “premāṇaṃ na vidanti yās tava hare kiṃ tāsu te kaitavam”
- premāṇam -
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preman (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vidanti -
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√vid -> vidat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vid class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √vid class 2 verb]√vid (verb class 2)[present active third plural]
- yās -
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yā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- tava -
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yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]
- hare -
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hara (noun, masculine)[locative single]hara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]harā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]hari (noun, masculine)[vocative single]hari (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√hṛ (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- tāsu -
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tā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- kaitavam -
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kaitava (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kaitava (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative 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 9195 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.