Hitopadesha [sanskrit]

8,857 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Hitopadesha referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. Written by Narayana in the 8th century, the Hitopadesha represents a collection of short stories involving human and animal characters, instructing the reader on basic ancient Indian moral values and ethical conduct. Alternative titles: हितोपदेशः, Hitopadeśa, Hitopadesa.

Verse 4.141

प्रालेयाद्रेः सुतायाः प्रणय-निवसतिश् चन्द्रमौलिः स यावद् यावल् लक्ष्मीर् मुरारेर् जलद इव तडिन् मानसे विस्फुरन्ती ।
यावत् स्वर्णाचलो ऽयं दव-दहन-समो यस्य सूर्यः स्फुलिङ्गस् तावन् नारायणेन प्रचरतु रचितः सङ्ग्रहो ऽयं कथानाम् ॥ १४१ ॥

prāleyādreḥ sutāyāḥ praṇaya-nivasatiś candramauliḥ sa yāvad yāval lakṣmīr murārer jalada iva taḍin mānase visphurantī |
yāvat svarṇācalo 'yaṃ dava-dahana-samo yasya sūryaḥ sphuliṅgas tāvan nārāyaṇena pracaratu racitaḥ saṅgraho 'yaṃ kathānām || 141 ||

The English translation of Hitopadesha Verse 4.141 is contained in the book The Hitopadesa of Sri Narayana Pandita by Satya Narayana dasa. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.141). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Praleyadri, Suta, Pranaya, Nivasati, Candramauli, Yavat, Lakshmi, Murari, Jalada, Iva, Tadit, Manasa, Sphurat, Sphuranti, Svarnri, Svarna, Acala, Aya, Idam, Dava, Dahana, Sama, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Suri, Surya, Sphulinga, Tavat, Narayana, Pracara, Racita, Sangraha, Katha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Hitopadesha Verse 4.141). 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: “prāleyādreḥ sutāyāḥ praṇaya-nivasatiś candramauliḥ sa yāvad yāval lakṣmīr murārer jalada iva taḍin mānase visphurantī
  • prāleyādreḥ -
  • prāleyādri (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sutāyāḥ -
  • sutā (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    su -> sutā (participle, feminine)
    [ablative single from √su class 5 verb], [genitive single from √su class 5 verb]
    -> sutā (participle, feminine)
    [ablative single from √ class 6 verb], [genitive single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sutā (participle, feminine)
    [ablative single from √ class 2 verb], [genitive single from √ class 2 verb]
  • praṇaya -
  • praṇaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nivasatiś -
  • nivasati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • candramauliḥ -
  • candramauli (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    candramauli (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yāvad -
  • yāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yāvat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yāval -
  • yāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yāvat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • lakṣmīr -
  • lakṣmī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [accusative plural]
  • murārer -
  • murāri (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • jalada* -
  • jalada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • taḍin -
  • taḍit (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    taḍit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • mānase -
  • mānasa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mānasa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    mānasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mān (verb class 1)
    [present middle second single]
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • sphurantī -
  • sphurantī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sphurantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sphurat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sphur -> sphurat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √sphur class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √sphur class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √sphur class 6 verb]
    sphur -> sphurantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √sphur class 6 verb]
  • Line 2: “yāvat svarṇācalo 'yaṃ dava-dahana-samo yasya sūryaḥ sphuliṅgas tāvan nārāyaṇena pracaratu racitaḥ saṅgraho 'yaṃ kathānām
  • yāvat -
  • yāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yāvat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • svarṇā -
  • svarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svarṇṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    svarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • acalo' -
  • acala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    cal (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dava -
  • dava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    du (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dahana -
  • dahana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dahana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samo* -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yasya -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yas -> yasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √yas]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    yas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sūryaḥ -
  • sūrī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sūrya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [nominative single from √sūr class 10 verb]
  • sphuliṅgas -
  • sphuliṅga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tāvan -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nārāyaṇena -
  • nārāyaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    nārāyaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • pracara -
  • pracara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • racitaḥ -
  • racita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rac -> racita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √rac class 10 verb]
  • saṅgraho' -
  • saṅgraha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kathānām -
  • kathā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Hitopadesha Verse 4.141

Cover of edition (2015)

The Hitopadesa of Narayana
by M. R. Kale (2015)

Edited with A Sanskrit Commentary "Marma-Prakasika" and Notes in English; 9788120806023; Published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Hitopadesa (in Gujarati)
by Dr. Narayan M. Kansara (2007)

[હિતોપદેશ]—[ડો. નારાયણ એમ. કંસારા] Sanskrit Text With Gujarati Translation; Published by Saraswati Pustak Bhandar, Ahmedabad

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Preview of verse 4.141 in Gujarati sript:
પ્રાલેયાદ્રેઃ સુતાયાઃ પ્રણય-નિવસતિશ્ ચન્દ્રમૌલિઃ સ યાવદ્ યાવલ્ લક્ષ્મીર્ મુરારેર્ જલદ ઇવ તડિન્ માનસે વિસ્ફુરન્તી ।
યાવત્ સ્વર્ણાચલો ઽયં દવ-દહન-સમો યસ્ય સૂર્યઃ સ્ફુલિઙ્ગસ્ તાવન્ નારાયણેન પ્રચરતુ રચિતઃ સઙ્ગ્રહો ઽયં કથાનામ્ ॥ ૧૪૧ ॥

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