चयनं सुभाषितानाम्
अस्मिन् विभागे अष्टादशसु विभागेषु सर्वेषु प्रशस्ततमाः सुभाषिताः संचयाः कृत्वा प्रस्तुताः। एते श्लोकाः सर्वदा प्रियाणाम् अभ्यासः, शिक्षा, उपदेशः, कथोपदेशः च साधयन्ति।
About the Selected Subhashita Collection
This page is a handpicked reading list rather than a thematic section. From every chapter of the archive — dharma, niti, vidya, mitra, durjana, raja-niti, kala-daiva, grhastha-society, vairagya, hasya and nari — we have chosen the verses that are most quoted, most often attributed to a named classical source, and most useful to a reader who is new to Sanskrit. It is the shortest route into the archive: start here, then follow the chapter you like into the full collections.
The selection is deliberately weighted towards verses that stand on their own without commentary. A verse like the injunction never to abandon dharma for desire, fear or greed, or the maxim that helping others leads to merit while causing pain leads to sin, needs no gloss to be understood — it simply needs to be read. Each card here links to its full verse page, where the Devanagari text, IAST transliteration, Bengali script, and translations in English, Hindi and Bengali appear together, along with the source citation and word-by-word anvaya.
Teachers and students will find this page the most convenient starting point of all: a manageable set of verses, each strong enough on its own for a class discussion, an assembly quotation, a morning reading or a short reflection. Readers who want the breadth of the whole archive can move to any chapter page from the menu above, and anyone looking for one particular line can use the search on the home page, which covers every verse in the collection.