CONVERSATIONAL ANSKRIT-6 - Dr. Durga Prasada Rao Chilakamarthi

 

CONVERSATIONAL ANSKRIT-6

Lesson—6

Dr. Durga Prasada Rao Chilakamarthi

dr.cdprao@gmail.com

Lesson—6/1

कति?  = How many?

We have already learnt numbers. If any questions us regarding numbers, we reply in the following manner.

 

n     Question: शिवस्य नेत्राणि कति सन्ति? ? how many eyes Lord Siva has?

n     Answer:   शिवस्य नेत्राणि त्रीणि सन्ति ? Siva has three eyes.

n     Question: पाण्डवा: कति सन्ति? How many are Pandavas? ?

n     Answer:   पाण्डवा: पञ्च   सन्ति Pandavas are five.

n     Question: कौरवसोदरा: कति सन्ति? How many are kaurava brothers?

n     Answer:   कौरवसोदरा: शतम् सन्ति = kaurava brothers are hundred.

n     Question: रावणस्य मुखानि कति सन्ति? how many faces Ravana has?

n     Answer:   रावणस्य दश मुखानि सन्ति Ravana’s faces are twenty.

n     Question: रावणस्य कति हस्ता: सन्ति? How many hands Ravana has?

n     Answer:   रावणस्य विंशति हस्ता: सन्ति Ravana’s hands are twenty

 

 

Lesson—6/2

सप्तमीविभक्ति: = Locative case

It speaks of the location of a particular thing.

 

 

Masculine Gender

 

NOMINATIVE CASE:                  LOCATIVE CASE

प्रथमाविभक्ति:                                     सप्तमीविभक्ति:

आसन्द:                            आसन्दे  ( in a chair)

Example:-- अध्यापक: आसन्दे  उपविशति = The teacher is sitting in a chair.

हस्त:                             हस्ते (in  hand)

Example:--पुस्तकं मम हस्ते अस्ति = A book is in my hand.

आकाश: (sky)                आकाशे (in the sky)

Example:- सूर्य: आकाशे अस्ति = The Sun is in the sky.

घट: (pot)                         घटे (in a pot)

Example: -- जलं घटे अस्ति =  water is in the pot

 

Feminine Gender

 

n     NOMINATIVE CASE:                           LOCATIVE CASE;

शाखा ( branch)              शाखायाम्  ( in a  branch)

Example: -- वृक्षस्य शाखायां पक्षी अस्ति = A bird is in the branch of a tree

नौका (ship)                       नौकायाम् ( in a  ship)

Example: --नाविक: नौकायाम् अस्ति = A sailor is in the ship

गङ्गा (river Ganges)  गङ्गायाम् (In the Ganges)

Example: गङ्गायां स्वच्छता अस्ति =There is purity in the river Ganges.

नदी (river)                      नद्याम् ( in a river)

Example: --नद्यां मकर: अस्ति = A crocodile is in the river

सप्तमीविभक्ति: = Locative case ( A  word which denotes the place where some thing is located).

Neuter Gender

NOMINATIVE CASE: --- LOCATIVE CASE:

जलम्             जले  (in water)

Example:-  जले मीन: अस्ति = A fish is in the water.

पुष्पम्           पुष्पे  ( in flower)

Example:-   सगन्ध: पुष्पे अस्ति = Fragrance is in flower

विमानम्  -- विमाने (in a plane)

Example: -  सैनिक: विमाने उपविशति=A soldier is sitting in a plane.

पात्रम्              पात्रे (in a vessel)

Example :-  पात्रे शर्करा अस्ति = Sugar is in the vessel

Answer the following in Sanskrit

1.     भवत: / भवत्या: गृहे कति दण्डदीपा: (tube lights) सन्ति?

How many tube lights are there in your house?

2.     भवत्या:/ भवत: कलाशालायां कति अध्यापका: (teachers) सन्ति?

How many teachers are there in your college?

3.     मम हस्ते कति अङ्गुल्य:( fingers) सन्ति?

How many fingers are there in my arm?

4.     अस्माकं देशे कति नद्य: (rivers) सन्ति?

How many rivers are there in our country?

5.     क्रिकेट क्रीडायां पक्षे (in one group) कति क्रीडाकारा: सन्ति?

How many players are there in a cricket team?

Lesson—6/3

कदा (kadaa)=when

n     भवान् कदा दन्तधावनं करोति? = When do you brush your teeth?

(Bhavaan kadaa dantadhaavanaM karoti) ?

n      भवती कदा पाठशालां गच्छति? =  When do you go to school?

( Bhavatee kadaa paaThashaalaaM gachchati ?)

n      स: कदा परीक्षां लिखति ? When does he write the examination?

(saha kadaa  pareekShaaM likhati ?)

n     बालक: कदा उत्तिष्ठति = When does the boy get up?

(baalakah kadaa uttishThati?)

Lesson--6/4

 

Names of the days in a week

 

n     प्रपरह्य: = The day before the day before yesterday- प्रपरह्य: शुक्रवासर: The day before the day before yesterday was Friday.

n     परह्य: = Day before yesterday- परह्य: शनिवासर:  The day before yesterday was Saturday.

 

n    ह्य: = Yesterday- ह्य: भानुवासर: Yesterday was Sunday.

 

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n     अद्य = Today- अद्य सोमवासर: =Today is Monday.

 

 

n    श्व: =tomorrow-: मङ्गल वासर: Tomorrow will be Tuesday.

n परश्व: = day after tomorrow परश्व: बुधवासर: Day after tomorrow will be Wednesday

n प्रपरश्व: = the day after the day after tomorrow.  प्रपरश्व: गुरुवासर: =The day after the day after tomorrow will be Thursday.

 

 

Try to make sentences using the above seven words.

अद्य सोमवासर:

ह्य: भानुवासर:

परह्य:शनिवासर:

प्रपरह्य: शुक्रवासर:

श्व: मङ्गल वासर:

परश्व: बुधवासर:

प्रपरश्व: गुरुवासर:

Sanskrit sloka ;6

लोभात् प्रमादाद्विस्रंभात्त्रिभिर्नाशो भवेन्नृणाम्

तस्माल्लोभं न कुर्वीत न प्रमादं न विश्वसेत्

(महाभारतम्)

Greediness, carelessness, and blind faith- these three destroy everybody. So, one should not be either greedy or careless or blindly faithful. By abandoning these three weaknesses), one can enjoy a happy life.

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