Sanskrit quote nr. 990 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अद्याप्यहो जगति सुन्दरलक्षपूर्णे अन्यान्यमुत्तमगुणाधिकसंप्रपन्ने ।
अन्याभिरप्युपमितुं न मया च शक्यं रूपं तदीयमिति मे हृदये वितर्कः ॥adyāpyaho jagati sundaralakṣapūrṇe anyānyamuttamaguṇādhikasaṃprapanne |
anyābhirapyupamituṃ na mayā ca śakyaṃ rūpaṃ tadīyamiti me hṛdaye vitarkaḥ ||
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.
Jagat (जगत्): defined in 9 categories.
Jagati (jagatī, जगती): defined in 16 categories.
Sundara (सुन्दर): defined in 14 categories.
Laksha (laksa, lakṣa, लक्ष): defined in 15 categories.
Purna (pūrṇa, पूर्ण, pūrṇā, पूर्णा): defined in 19 categories.
Purni (pūrṇi, पूर्णि): defined in 1 categories.
Anya (अन्य, anyā, अन्या): defined in 8 categories.
Uttama (उत्तम): defined in 21 categories.
Guna (guṇa, गुण, guṇā, गुणा): defined in 26 categories.
Adhika (अधिक): defined in 11 categories.
Samprapanna (सम्प्रपन्न, samprapannā, सम्प्रपन्ना): defined in 1 categories.
Api (अपि): defined in 4 categories.
Ap (अप्): defined in 9 categories.
Upamit (उपमित्): defined in 1 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Ma (mā, मा): defined in 10 categories.
Maya (mayā, मया): defined in 29 categories.
Asmad (अस्मद्): defined in 2 categories.
Ca (च): defined in 9 categories.
Shakya (sakya, śakya, शक्य): defined in 12 categories.
Rupa (rūpa, रूप): defined in 25 categories.
Tadiya (tadīya, तदीय): defined in 5 categories.
Iti (इति): defined in 6 categories.
Hridaya (hrdaya, hṛdaya, हृदय, hṛdayā, हृदया): defined in 16 categories.
Vitarka (वितर्क): defined in 12 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Marathi, Kannada, Nepali, Jainism, Pali, Purana (epic history), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), India history, Hindi, 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), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Prakrit, Biology (plants and animals), Buddhism, Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Jain philosophy, Kavyashastra (science of poetry), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), Dharmashastra (religious law), Hinduism, Kavya (poetry), Mimamsa (school of philosophy), Vaisheshika (school of philosophy), Samkhya (school of philosophy), Nyaya (school of philosophy), Buddhist philosophy, Tamil, Sikhism, Vedanta (school of 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: “adyāpyaho jagati sundaralakṣapūrṇe anyānyamuttamaguṇādhikasaṃprapanne”
- adyāpya -
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adyāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- aho* -
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ahan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ahar (noun, neuter)[adverb]√has (verb class 1)[aorist active second single]
- jagati -
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jagatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]jagat (noun, masculine)[locative single]jagat (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- sundara -
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sundara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sundara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lakṣa -
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lakṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lakṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√lakṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- pūrṇe -
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pūrṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]pūrṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pūrṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]pūrṇi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)[locative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]√pṝ -> pūrṇā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb]
- anyānya -
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anya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- uttama -
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uttama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]uttama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- guṇā -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]guṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- adhika -
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adhika (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adhika (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- samprapanne -
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samprapanna (noun, masculine)[locative single]samprapanna (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]samprapannā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “anyābhirapyupamituṃ na mayā ca śakyaṃ rūpaṃ tadīyamiti me hṛdaye vitarkaḥ”
- anyābhir -
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anyā (noun, feminine)[instrumental plural]
- apyu -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- upamit -
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upamit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- um -
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u (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]
- mayā -
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mā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]mayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śakyam -
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śakya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śakya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śakyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√śak -> śakya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]√śak -> śakya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]
- rūpam -
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rūpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rūpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rūpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tadīyam -
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tadīya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tadīya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tadīyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- 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]
- 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]
- vitarkaḥ -
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vitarka (noun, masculine)[nominative 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 990 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.