Sanskrit quote nr. 979 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)

Sanskrit text:

अद्यापि श्रवसी न कुण्डलचले केलिक्वणत्कङ्कणौ बाहू नापि न हारिहारवलयालुण्ठा च कण्ठावनिः ।
अस्याः पश्य तथापि पङ्कजदृशो विश्वं प्रियं भावुकं पश्यामः स्फुटताविभूषणकराभोगं वपुर्वैभवम् ॥

adyāpi śravasī na kuṇḍalacale kelikvaṇatkaṅkaṇau bāhū nāpi na hārihāravalayāluṇṭhā ca kaṇṭhāvaniḥ |
asyāḥ paśya tathāpi paṅkajadṛśo viśvaṃ priyaṃ bhāvukaṃ paśyāmaḥ sphuṭatāvibhūṣaṇakarābhogaṃ vapurvaibhavam ||

Index

  1. Introduction
  2. Glossary of terms
  3. Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
  4. About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

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 3 categories.
Shravas (sravas, śravas, श्रवस्): defined in 1 categories.
Na (न, nā, ना): defined in 12 categories.
Kundala (kuṇḍala, कुण्डल): defined in 19 categories.
Cala (चल, calā, चला): defined in 21 categories.
Cali (चलि): defined in 8 categories.
Keli (kelī, केली): defined in 11 categories.
Kvanat (kvaṇat, क्वणत्): defined in 2 categories.
Kankana (kaṅkaṇa, कङ्कण): defined in 10 categories.
Bahu (bāhu, बाहु): defined in 22 categories.
Nri (nr, nṛ, नृ): defined in 6 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Hari (hāri, हारि, hārī, हारी): defined in 25 categories.
Harava (hārava, हारव): defined in 3 categories.
La (lā, ला): defined in 10 categories.
Laya (layā, लया): defined in 17 categories.
Luntha (luṇṭhā, लुण्ठा): defined in 1 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 8 categories.
Kantha (kaṇṭha, कण्ठ): defined in 19 categories.
Ani (अनि): defined in 12 categories.
Asi (असि, asī, असी): defined in 16 categories.
Iyam (इयम्): defined in 3 categories.
Idam (इदम्): defined in 3 categories.
Pashya (pasya, paśya, पश्य, paśyā, पश्या): defined in 5 categories.
Tatha (tathā, तथा): defined in 6 categories.
Pankaja (paṅkaja, पङ्कज): defined in 10 categories.
Drisha (drsa, dṛśa, दृश): defined in 3 categories.
Drish (drs, dṛś, दृश्): defined in 4 categories.
Vishva (visva, viśva, विश्व): defined in 15 categories.
Priyam (प्रियम्): defined in 1 categories.
Pri (prī, प्री): defined in 2 categories.
Priya (प्रिय): defined in 11 categories.
Bhavuka (bhāvuka, भावुक): defined in 5 categories.
Sphutata (sphuṭatā, स्फुटता): defined in 1 categories.
Sphutat (sphuṭat, स्फुटत्): defined in 1 categories.
Kara (कर): defined in 20 categories.
Abhoga (अभोग): defined in 8 categories.
Vapu (वपु): defined in 8 categories.
Vapus (वपुस्): defined in 7 categories.
Vaibhava (वैभव): defined in 8 categories.

Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Purana (epic history), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Prakrit, Hindi, Biology (plants and animals), Tamil, Jainism, Pali, Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Ayurveda (science of life), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Nepali, Hinduism, Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Kavya (poetry), Yoga (school of philosophy), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Vedanta (school of philosophy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Jain philosophy, Gitashastra (science of music), Dhanurveda (science of warfare), Kamashastra (the science of Love-making)

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 śravasī na kuṇḍalacale kelikvaṇatkaṅkaṇau bāhū nāpi na hārihāravalayāluṇṭhā ca kaṇṭhāvaniḥ
  • adyāpi -
  • adyāpi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śravasī -
  • śravas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kuṇḍala -
  • kuṇḍala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kuṇḍala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cale -
  • cala (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    cala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    calā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cali (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • keli -
  • keli (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kelī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • kvaṇat -
  • kvaṇ -> kvaṇat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kvaṇ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kvaṇ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kvaṇ class 1 verb]
  • kaṅkaṇau -
  • kaṅkaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bāhū -
  • bāhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hāri -
  • hāri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    hāri (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    hāri (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    hārī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    hārin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    hārin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • hārava -
  • hārava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • layā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    layā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • luṇṭhā -
  • luṇṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaṇṭhāva -
  • kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kaṇṭh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first dual]
  • aniḥ -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “asyāḥ paśya tathāpi paṅkajadṛśo viśvaṃ priyaṃ bhāvukaṃ paśyāmaḥ sphuṭatāvibhūṣaṇakarābhogaṃ vapurvaibhavam
  • asyāḥ -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    iyam (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • paśya -
  • paśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • paṅkaja -
  • paṅkaja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paṅkaja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dṛśo* -
  • dṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dṛś (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dṛś (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • viśvam -
  • viśva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    viśva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • priyam -
  • priyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    priya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    priya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    priyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    prī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhāvukam -
  • bhāvuka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhāvuka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhāvukā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • paśyām -
  • paśyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √paś class 10 verb]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • sphuṭatā -
  • sphuṭatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sphuṭ -> sphuṭat (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √sphuṭ class 6 verb]
    sphuṭ -> sphuṭat (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √sphuṭ class 6 verb]
  • vibhūṣaṇa -
  • vibhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vibhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karā -
  • kara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • abhogam -
  • abhoga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • vapur -
  • vapus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vapus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vapu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vapu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vaibhavam -
  • vaibhava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha

This 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 979 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.

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