Lakshminarayana Samhita [sanskrit]

by Shwetayan Vyas | 1,169,834 words | ISBN-10: 8170801818 | ISBN-13: 9788170801818

The Lakshminarayana Samhita verse 2.288.3 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Lakshmi-narayana-samhita is an encyclopaedic work devoted to Narayana although it deals with various deities. The work is written in Puranic style and divided into four books according to the four Yugas. This is verse 3 of chapter 288 of Khanda 2 (treta-yuga-santana). In total, the work consists of roughly 120,000 metrical verses.

Verse 2.288.3

माता सा कथ्यते पुत्र्याः श्रेयस्करी सदा भवेत् ।
दानमात्रं न द्रष्टव्यं द्रष्टव्योऽस्यास्तथाऽऽयतिः ॥ ३ ॥

mātā sā kathyate putryāḥ śreyaskarī sadā bhavet |
dānamātraṃ na draṣṭavyaṃ draṣṭavyo'syāstathā''yatiḥ || 3 ||

The Sanskrit text of Lakshminarayana Samhita Verse 2.288.3 is contained in the book Shri Lakshmi Narayana Samhita by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office. 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 (2.288.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matri, Mata, Putri, Putrya, Shreyaskari, Sada, Dana, Atra, Drashtavya, Asi, Iyam, Idam, Ayati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “mātā kathyate putryāḥ śreyaskarī sadā bhavet
  • mātā -
  • mātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kathyate -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
  • putryāḥ -
  • putrī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    putrya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    putryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śreyaskarī -
  • śreyaskarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • sadā* -
  • sada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “dānamātraṃ na draṣṭavyaṃ draṣṭavyo'syāstathā''yatiḥ
  • dānam -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ātram -
  • ātra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • draṣṭavyam -
  • draṣṭavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    draṣṭavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    draṣṭavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dṛś -> draṣṭavya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> draṣṭavya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> draṣṭavyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> draṣṭavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> draṣṭavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
  • draṣṭavyo' -
  • draṣṭavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dṛś -> draṣṭavya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
  • asyās -
  • 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]
  • tathā' -
  • ayatiḥ -
  • ayati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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