Best Sanskrit quotes in English
अष्टादस पुराणेषु व्यासस्य वचनं द्वयम्।
परोपकारः पुण्याय पापाय पर पीडनम्॥
Transliteration:
Aṣṭādasa Purāṇeṣu Vyāsasya Vachanṁ Dvayaṁ
Paropakāraḥ Puṇyāya Pāpāya Para Pīḍanaṁ
English Translation:
There are only two words of Vyasa in the eighteen Puranas. First benevolence is virtue and secondly causing sorrow to others is sin.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
उद्यमः साहसं धैर्यं बुद्धिः शक्तिः पराक्रमः।
षडेते यत्र वर्तन्ते तत्र दैवं सहाय कृत्॥
Transliteration:
Udyamaḥ Sāhasaṁ Dhēyaṁ Buddhiḥ Śaktiḥ Parākramaḥ
Ṣaḍete Yatra Vartante Tatra Dēvaṁ Sahāya Kr̥t
English Translation:
The person who has these 6 qualities like courage, patience, intelligence, strength and might, who takes risks, God also helps him.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
न विश्वसेद विश्वस्ते विश्वस्ते नाति विश्वसेत्।
विश्वासाद्भयमभ्येतिना परीक्ष्य च विश्वसेत्॥
Transliteration:
Na Viśvased Viśvaste Viśvaste Nāti Viśvaset
Viśvāsādbhayamabhyetinā Parīkṣya Cha Viśvaset
English Translation:
Never trust that which is not reliable. But do not trust blindly even those who are trustworthy. Because with more faith comes fear. So don't trust anyone without taking proper test.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षनति।
शुभा शुभ परित्यागी भक्ति मान्यः समेप्रियः॥
Transliteration:
Yo Na Hr̥ṣyati Na Dveṣṭi Na Śochati Na Kāṅkṣanati
Śubhā Śubha Parityāgī Bhakti Mānyaḥ Samepriyaḥ
English Translation:
The man who is never joyful, never hated, never sad, nor longed, and who renounces all good and bad deeds, that man of devotion is dear to me.
Sanskrit quotes on karma in English
सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिन: सर्वे सन्तु निरामया:।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद्दु:ख भाग्भवेत्॥
Transliteration:
Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaḥ Sarve Santu Nirāmayaḥ
Sarve Bhadrāṇi Paśyantu Mā Kaśchidduḥkha Bhāgbhavet
English Translation:
May everyone in the world be happy, healthy, have good vision and no one should be afflicted.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
षड्दोषा: पुरुषेणेह हातव्या भूति मिच्छता।
निद्रा तन्द्रा भयं क्रोध आलस्यं दीर्घ सूत्रता॥
Transliteration:
Ṣaḍdoṣāḥ Puruṣeṇeha Hātavyā Bhūti Michchatā
Nidrā Tandrā Bhayaṁ Krodha Ālasyaṁ Dīrgha Sūtratā
English Translation:
Sleep, sleepiness (drowsiness), fear, anger, laziness and protracted enmity, these 6 doshas should be discarded by a man to attain glory and progress.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
प्रथमे नार्जिता विद्या द्वितीये नार्जितं धनं।
तृतीये नार्जितः कीर्तिः चतुर्थे किं करिष्यति॥
Transliteration:
Prathame Nārjitā Vidyā Dvitīye Nārjitaṁ Dhanaṁ
Tr̥tīye Nārjitaḥ Kīrtiḥ Chaturthe Kiṁ Kariṣyati
English Translation:
One who has not acquired knowledge in the first ashram i.e. Brahmacharya ashram, or has not earned wealth in the second ashram (grahastha), has not earned fame in the third ashram (vanaprastha), then what will he do in the fourth (sanyas) ashram?
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
यथा चतुर्भिः कनकं परीक्ष्यते निर्घषणच्छेदन तापताडनैः।
तथा चतुर्भिः पुरुषः परीक्ष्यते त्यागेन शीलेन गुणेन कर्मणा॥
Transliteration:
Yathā Chaturbhiḥ Kanakaṁ Parīkṣyate Nirghaṣaṇachchedana Tāpataḍanēḥ
Tathā Chaturbhiḥ Puruṣaḥ Parīkṣyate Tyāgena Śīlena Guṇena Karmaṇā
English Translation:
Just as gold is tested in four ways like rubbing, cutting, heating and beating. In the same way a man is tested by renunciation, modesty, virtues and deeds.
Inspirational Sanskrit quotes with meaning
अग्निना सिच्यमानोऽपि वृक्षो वृद्धिं न चाप्नुयात्।
तथा सत्यं विना धर्मः पुष्टिं नायाति कर्हिचित्॥
Transliteration:
Agninā Sichyamāno'pi Vr̥kṣo Vr̥ddhiṁ Na Chāpnuyāt
Tathā Satyaṁ Vinā Dharmaḥ Puṣṭiṁ Nāyāti Karhichit
English Translation:
Even trees irrigated by fire do not grow. Similarly, without truth, the establishment of religion is not possible.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
भूमे: गरीय सीमाता, स्वर्गात उच्चतर: पिता।
जननी जन्म भूमिश्च स्वर्गात अपि गरीयसी॥
Transliteration:
Bhūmeḥ Garīya Sīmātā, Svargāt Uchchataraḥ Pitā
Jananī Janma Bhūmiścha Svargāt Api Garīyasī
English Translation:
The mother is above the earth, the father is higher than the heaven, the mother and the mother land are better than the heaven.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
विद्वत्वंचनृपत्वं च नैव तुल्यं कदाचन।
स्वदेशे पूज्यते राजा विद्वान्सर्वत्र पूज्यते॥
Transliteration:
Didvatvaṁchanr̥patvaṁ Cha Nēva tulyaṁ Kadāchana
Svadeśe Pūjyate Rājā Vidvānasarvatra Pūjyate
English Translation:
There can never be any comparison between a scholar and a king. Because the king gets respect only in his kingdom, the same scholar gets respect everywhere.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
न स्वल्पस्य कृते भूरि नाशयेन्मतिमान्नरः।
एतदेवाति पाण्डित्यं यत्स्वल्पाद्भूरि रक्षणम्॥
Transliteration:
Na Svalpasya Kr̥te Bhūri Nāśayenamatimannaraḥ
Etadevāti Pāṇḍityaṁ Yatsvalpadbhūri Rakṣaṇaṁ
English Translation:
Do not destroy much for a little, in this is the power of wisdom. Rather, save a little and protect more.
short Sanskrit quotes on life
उपदेशो हि मूर्खाणां प्रकोपायनशान्तये।
पयः पानं भुजं गानां केवलं विष वर्द्धनम्॥
Transliteration:
Upadeśo Hi Mūrkhāṇāṁ Prakopāyanaśāntaye
Payaḥ Pānaṁ Gānāṁ Kevalaṁ Viṣa Vardhanaṁ
English Translation:
The preaching given to fools only increases their anger, but does not pacify them. Just as milk given to snakes always increases their venom.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
काव्य शास्त्र विनोदेन कालो गच्छति धीमतां।
व्यसनेन च मूर्खाणां निद्रया कलहेन वा॥
Transliteration:
Kāvya Śāstra Vinodena Kālo Gachchati Dhīmatāṁ
Vyasanena Cha Mūrkhāṇāṁ Nidrayā Kalahena Vā
English Translation:
Intelligent people spend their time studying poetry. Whereas foolish people spend their time in sleeplessness, discord and bad habits.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
शतेषु जायते शूरः सहस्रेषु च पण्डितः।
वक्ता दश सहस्रेषु दाता भवति वा न वा॥
Transliteration:
Śateṣu Jāyate Śūraḥ Sahaśreṣu Cha Paṇḍitaḥ
Vaktā Daśa Sahasreṣu Dātā Bhavati Vā Na Vā
English Translation:
One warrior out of a hundred is a hero. There is one scholar in a thousand people. There is one good speaker in ten thousand people. There is only one donor in a million.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
धृतिः शमोदमः शौचं कारुण्यं वागनिष्ठुरा।
मित्राणाम्चानभिद्रोहः सप्तैताः समिधः श्रियः॥
Transliteration:
Dhr̥tiḥ Śamodamaḥ Śōchaṁ Kāruṇyaṁ Vāganiṣṭhurā
Mitrāṇāmchanabhidrohaḥ Saptētā Samidhāḥ Śriyaḥ
English Translation:
Patience, control over the mind, control of the senses, purity, kindness, sweet speech and not to hate a friend, these seven things increase Lakshmi.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
मातृवत पर दारांश्च पर द्रव्याणि लोष्टवत्।
आत्म वत्सर्वभूतानि यः पश्यति सपश्यति॥
Transliteration:
Mātr̥vat Para Dārāṅścha Para Dr̥vyāṇi Loṣṭavat
Ātma Vatsarvabhūtāni Yaḥ Paśyati Sapaśyati
English Translation:
A foreign woman, that is, sees another's wife as his mother, another's wealth as dust and all living beings as his own. In fact, he is the only one who is wise.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
न चोर हार्य न राजहार्य न भ्रतृभाज्यं न च भारकारि।
व्यये कृते वर्धति एव नित्यं विद्या धनं सर्व धन प्रधानम्॥
Transliteration:
Na Chora Hārya Na Rājahārya Na Bhātr̥bhājyaṁ Na Cha Bhārkāri
Vyaye Kr̥te Vardhati Eva Nityaṁ Vidyā Dhanaṁ Sarva Dhana Pradhānaṁ
English Translation:
Neither a thief can steal, nor a king can snatch it, it is not divided among brothers and there is nothing to maintain. Therefore, the wealth of knowledge, which increases by spending it, is the best of all wealth.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
दुर्जन: स्व स्व भावेन पर कार्ये विनश्यति।
नोदर तृप्ति मायाती मूषक: वस्त्र भक्षक: ॥
Transliteration:
Durjanaḥ Sva Sva Bhāvena Para Kārye Vinaśyati
Nodara Tr̥pti Māyātī Mūṣakaḥ Vasta Bhakṣakaḥ
English Translation:
It is the nature of a wicked person to spoil the work of others. A rat that cuts clothes does not cut clothes to fill its stomach.
short Sanskrit quotes on karma
कार्यार्थी भजते लोकं यावत्कार्य न सिद्धति।
उत्तीर्णे च परे पारे नौकायां किं प्रयोजनम्॥
Transliteration:
Kāryārthī Bhajate Lokaṁ Yāvatkārya na Siddhati
Uttīrṇe Cha Pare Pāre Nōkāyāṁ Kiṁ Prayojanaṁ
English Translation:
People praise others till the work is not completed. After the work is done people forget the other person. Just like the boat is of no use after crossing a river.
Best Sanskrit quotes in English
मूढ़ैः प्रकल्पितं दैवं तत परास्ते क्षयं गताः।
प्राज्ञास्तु पौरुषार्थे न पदमुत्त मतां गताः॥
Transliteration:
Mūḍēḥ Prakalpitaṁ Dēvaṁ Tata Parāste Kṣayaṁ Gatāḥ
Prāgyāstu Pōruṣārthe Na Padamutta Matāṁ Gatāḥ
English Translation:
Only foolish people imagine fate. Intelligent people achieve the best position through their effort, action and enterprise.
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