Class 8 Sanskrit — Chapter 1: सुभाषितानि

What you'll learn

• ▸The Meaning and Essence of 'Subhashitani'
• ▸The Influence of Company on Virtues (Shloka 1)
• ▸The Importance of Arts and Literature (Shloka 2)
• ▸Vices and Their Consequences (Shloka 3)
• ▸The Nature of Noble People (Shloka 4)
• ▸Primacy of Effort over Fate (Shloka 5)
• ▸The Virtue of Preparedness (Shloka 7)
• ▸Vocabulary: Tadbhava to Sanskrit Words
• ▸Grammar: Identifying Subject (कर्तृपद) and Verb (क्रियापद)
• ▸Grammar: Sandhi Vicched (Word Separation)

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- 0851CH01 प्रथमः पाठः सुभाषितानि ['सुभाषित' शब्द 'सु + भाषित' इन दो शब्दों के मेल से सम्पन्न होता है। सु का अर्थ सुन्दर, मधुर तथा भाषित का अर्थ वचन है। इस तरह सुभाषित का अर्थ सुन्दर/मधुर वचन है। प्रस्तुत पाठ में सूक्तिमञ्जरी, नीतिशतकम्, मनुस्मृतिः, शिशुपालवधम्, पञ्चतन्त्रम् से रोचक और विचारपरक श्लोकों को संगृहीत किया गया है।] गुणा गुणज्ञेषु गुणा भवन्ति ते निर्गुणं प्राप्य भवन्ति दोषाः। सुस्वादुतोयाः प्रभवन्ति नद्यः समुद्रमासाद्य भवन्त्यपेयाः ॥१॥ साहित्यसङ्गीतकलाविहीनः साक्षात्पशुः पुच्छविषाणहीनः। तृणं न खादन्नपि जीवमानः तद्भागधेयं परमं पशूनाम् ॥२॥ लुब्धस्य नश्यति यशः पिशुनस्य मैत्री नष्टक्रियस्य कुलमर्थपरस्य धर्मः। विद्याफलं व्यसनिनः कृपणस्य सौख्यं राज्यं प्रमत्तसचिवस्य नराधिपस्य ॥३॥ 2024-25 --- PAGE 2 --- पीत्वा रसं तु कटुकं मधुरं समानं माधुर्यमेव जनयेन्मधुमक्षिकासौ। सन्तस्तथैव समसज्जनदुर्जना…

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Did you know?

• 💡 Ancient Sumerian tablets, over 4,500 years old, contain the earliest known proverbs and wisdom teachings.
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