Sanskrit Proverbs

Sanskrit Proverbs carry ancient Indian wisdom from the Vedas and great epics. They honor dharma, self-mastery, and the power of precise words—shaped by a scholarly tradition from Pāṇini onward.

A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times. (Sanskrit Proverb)
All we can hold in our cold dead hands is what we have given away. View proverb
Sanskrit Proverb
Dharma, when protected, protects. View proverb
Sanskrit Proverb
Sorrow for the death of a father lasts six months; sorrow for a mother, a year; sorrow for a wife, until another wife; sorrow for a son, forever. View proverb
Sanskrit Proverb
If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains. View proverb
Sanskrit Proverb
If you forsake a certainty and depend on an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty. View proverb
Sanskrit Proverb
He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures is like a blacksmith's bellows. He breathes, but does not live. View proverb
Sanskrit Proverb
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow is but a vision. View proverb
Sanskrit Proverb