Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha [sanskrit]

35,982 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha: an epic story in the form of a narrative detailling Naravahanadatta’s quest to become the emperor of the Vidyadharas. Similair to the Kathasaritsagara, the Brhatkathaslokasamgraha also represents one of the several abridgements of the “Great Story” (Brihatkatha), said to have originally consisted of 700,000 shlokas (metrical verses). Alternative titles: Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha (बृहत्कथाश्लोकसंग्रह), Bṛhatkathāślokasaṅgraha (बृहत्कथाश्लोकसङ्ग्रह), Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha (बृहत्-कथा-श्लोक-संग्रह), Brihatkathashlokasamgraha, Brhatkathaslokasangraha, Brhat-katha-sloka-samgraha (sangraha).

Verse 11.29

ततस्तौ सहितौ यातौ चिरात्तु मरुभूतिकम् ।
प्राप्तं हरिशिखोऽपृच्छत्किं वृत्तं भवतोरिति ॥ २९ ॥

tatastau sahitau yātau cirāttu marubhūtikam |
prāptaṃ hariśikho'pṛcchatkiṃ vṛttaṃ bhavatoriti || 29 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 11.29 is contained in the book Brihat Katha Shloka Samgraha (Hindi translation) by Shri Budhaswami (श्री बुधस्वामी). This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! Sanskrit text by Shri Budhaswami (श्री बुधस्वामी) (1990)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (11.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Sahita, Yata, Yatu, Yati, Cirat, Cira, Cirad, Marubhutika, Prapta, Harishikha, Kim, Vritta, Bhavat, Bhavant, Rit,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “tatastau sahitau yātau cirāttu marubhūtikam
  • tatas -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • tau -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sahitau -
  • sahita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sah -> sahita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √sah class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sah class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sah class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √sah class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √sah class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √sah class 10 verb]
  • yātau -
  • yāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yātu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    -> yāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb]
    yāti (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yāti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • cirāt -
  • cirāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cira (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    cira (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    cirād (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • marubhūtikam -
  • marubhūtika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “prāptaṃ hariśikho'pṛcchatkiṃ vṛttaṃ bhavatoriti
  • prāptam -
  • prāpta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prāpta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prāptā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hariśikho' -
  • hariśikha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • apṛcchat -
  • praś (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vṛttam -
  • vṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vṛttā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
  • bhavator -
  • bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • riti -
  • rit (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    rit (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 11.29

Cover of edition (2019)

The Katha Sarit Sagara: The Ocean of the Streams of Story (2 Volumes)
by C.H. Tawney (2019)

1412 pages; (Translated from the Original Sanskrit); [Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Lt.]; ISBN: 9788121505017

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