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SubhashitaSubhashita Sangraha

सुभाषितरत्नाकरः

Subhashita Ratnakar

Various compilers (anthology)12th–16th Century CESubhashita Sangraha

A Sanskrit anthology — 'Mine of Well-spoken Gems' — collecting aphorisms on virtue, wisdom, effort, and human character. Compiles verses celebrating the learned, the generous, and the heroic while critiquing the idle and ignorant from diverse classical sources.

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Subhashitams

Subhashitams from this grantha

udyamaḥ sāhasaṃ dhairyaṃ
buddhiḥ śaktiḥ parākramaḥ |
ṣaḍete yatra vartante
tatra devaḥ sahāyakṛt ||

Enterprise, daring, courage, intelligence, strength, and valour — where these six exist, God himself lends his support.

effort · divine_graceView
amantraṃ akṣaraṃ nāsti
nāsti mūlamanauṣadham |
ayogyaḥ puruṣo nāsti
yojakastatra durlabhaḥ ||

There is no syllable that is not a mantra, no plant that is not medicinal. There is no unworthy person — what is rare is an enabler who can bring out the potential.

potential · wisdomView
narasyābharaṇaṃ rūpaṃ
rūpasyābharaṇaṃ guṇāḥ |
guṇasyābharaṇaṃ jñānaṃ
jñānasyābharaṇaṃ kṣamā ||

What adorns a person is beauty; what adorns beauty is good character. What adorns good character is wisdom; what adorns wisdom is forgiveness.

virtue · wisdomView