Sanskrit quote nr. 974 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्यापि मे वरतनोर्मधुराणि तस्या यान्यर्थवन्ति न च यानि निरर्थकानि ।
निद्रानिमीलितदृशो मदमन्थरायास् तान्यक्षराणि हृदये किमपि ध्वनन्ति ॥adyāpi me varatanormadhurāṇi tasyā yānyarthavanti na ca yāni nirarthakāni |
nidrānimīlitadṛśo madamantharāyās tānyakṣarāṇi hṛdaye kimapi dhvananti ||
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.
Ma (म, mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Varatanu (वरतनु): defined in 5 categories.
Madhura (मधुर): defined in 18 categories.
Yani (yānī, यानी): defined in 4 categories.
Yat (यत्): defined in 2 categories.
Arthavat (अर्थवत्): defined in 2 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Nirarthaka (निरर्थक): defined in 8 categories.
Nidrat (nidrāt, निद्रात्): defined in 1 categories.
Ili (īlī, ईली): defined in 7 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Tat (तत्): defined in 7 categories.
Risha (rsa, ṛśa, ऋश): defined in 4 categories.
Mada (मद): defined in 20 categories.
Manthara (mantharā, मन्थरा): defined in 7 categories.
Ta (त): defined in 11 categories.
Tanya (tānya, तान्य): defined in 1 categories.
Akshara (aksara, akṣara, अक्षर): defined in 17 categories.
Hridaya (hrdaya, hṛdaya, हृदय, hṛdayā, हृदया): defined in 16 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Buddhism, Jainism, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Buddhist philosophy, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Dharmashastra (religious law), Yoga (school of philosophy), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaisheshika (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: “adyāpi me varatanormadhurāṇi tasyā yānyarthavanti na ca yāni nirarthakāni”
- adyāpi -
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adyāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- 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]
- varatanor -
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varatanu (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- madhurāṇi -
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madhura (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tasyā* -
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sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- yānya -
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yānī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]√yā (verb class 2)[imperative active first single]
- arthavanti -
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arthavat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yāni -
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yānī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]√yā (verb class 2)[imperative active first single]
- nirarthakāni -
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nirarthaka (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “nidrānimīlitadṛśo madamantharāyās tānyakṣarāṇi hṛdaye kimapi dhvananti”
- nidrān -
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nidrāt (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]
- im -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- īli -
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īli (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]īlī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ṛśo* -
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ṛśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mada -
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mada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√mad (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- mantharāyās -
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mantharā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- tānya -
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ta (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]√tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √tan class 8 verb]√tan -> tānya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √tan class 8 verb]√tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √tan class 4 verb]√tan -> tānya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √tan class 4 verb]√tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √tan class 1 verb]√tan -> tānya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √tan class 1 verb]
- akṣarāṇi -
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akṣara (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- hṛdaye -
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hṛdaya (noun, masculine)[locative single]hṛdaya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]hṛdayā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- dhvananti -
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√dhvan (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
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 974 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.