Panchatantra [sanskrit]

by Dr. Naveen Kumar Jha | 2016 | 13,828 words | ISBN-13: 9788193077962

The Sanskrit edition of the Panchatantra referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. Written by Vishnu Sharma and possibly dating as early as 1200 BCE, the Panchatantra (or Pancatantra) represents a collection of short stories teaching basic ethical values and moral conduct that was commonly practiced in ancient Indian. Alternative titles: Śrīviṣṇuśarman Pañcatantra (श्रीविष्णुशर्मन् पञ्चतन्त्र, Śrī-viṣṇuśarman pancatantra, श्री-विष्णुशर्मन्, Sri-visnusarman)

Verse 1.389

येन केनाप्य् उपायेन शुभेनाप्य् अशुभेन वा ।
उद्धरेद् दीनम् आत्मानं समर्थो धर्मम् आचरेत् ॥ ३८९ ॥

yena kenāpy upāyena śubhenāpy aśubhena vā |
uddhared dīnam ātmānaṃ samartho dharmam ācaret || 389 ||

The English translation of Panchatantra Verse 1.389 is contained in the book The Complete Pancatantra: Sanskrit Text with English Translation by Dr. Naveen Kumar Jha. 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 (1.389). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yena, Yah, Yat, Upaya, Ashubha, Dinam, Dina, Atman, Samartha, Dharma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Panchatantra Verse 1.389). 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: “yena kenāpy upāyena śubhenāpy aśubhena
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse kenāpy*up
  • upāyena -
  • upāya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse śubhenāpy*aś
  • aśubhena -
  • aśubha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    aśubha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “uddhared dīnam ātmānaṃ samartho dharmam ācaret
  • ud -
  • ud (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dhared -
  • dhṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • dīnam -
  • dīnam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dīna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dīna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dīnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātmānam -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • samartho* -
  • samartha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Panchatantra Verse 1.389

Cover of edition (2015)

Pancatantra of Visnusarman
by M. R. Kale (2015)

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Cover of edition (2016)

Panchatantra in Simple Sanskrit
by Dr. Vishwas (2016)

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Cover of edition (2020)

Panchatantram (Telugu)
by Tadanki Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (2020)

Published by J. P. Publications, Vijayawada; Throughout black & white Illustrations; 9788192053851.

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Preview of verse 1.389 in Telugu sript:
యేన కేనాప్య్ ఉపాయేన శుభేనాప్య్ అశుభేన వా ।
ఉద్ధరేద్ దీనమ్ ఆత్మానం సమర్థో ధర్మమ్ ఆచరేత్ ॥ ౩౮౯ ॥

Cover of edition (2010)

Panchatantram Bhashavyakhyanam (Malayalam)
by Dr. K.G. Sreelekha (2010)

Published by the University of Kerala.

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Preview of verse 1.389 in Malayalam sript:
യേന കേനാപ്യ് ഉപായേന ശുഭേനാപ്യ് അശുഭേന വാ ।
ഉദ്ധരേദ് ദീനമ് ആത്മാനം സമര്ഥോ ധര്മമ് ആചരേത് ॥ ൩൮൯ ॥

Cover of edition (2017)

The Panchatantra Stories (Tamil)
by P. S. Aacharya (2017)

Published by Narmadha Pathippagam, Chennai.

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Cover of Bengali edition

Panchatantrer Galpa (Bengali)
by Children's Book Trust (2014)

Throughout color Illustration; 9788170112730

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Preview of verse 1.389 in Bengali sript:
যেন কেনাপ্য্ উপাযেন শুভেনাপ্য্ অশুভেন বা ।
উদ্ধরেদ্ দীনম্ আত্মানং সমর্থো ধর্মম্ আচরেত্ ॥ ৩৮৯ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Panchatantra in Gujarati (Comic)
by Anant Pai (2013)

[શિયાળા અને રણશિંગ પંચતંત્ર] Published by Amar Chitra Katha; Throughout Color Illustrations; 9789350853115

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Preview of verse 1.389 in Gujarati sript:
યેન કેનાપ્ય્ ઉપાયેન શુભેનાપ્ય્ અશુભેન વા ।
ઉદ્ધરેદ્ દીનમ્ આત્માનં સમર્થો ધર્મમ્ આચરેત્ ॥ ૩૮૯ ॥

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