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 17.96

यत्किंचिदपि बालानां चेतस्तोषाय कल्पते ।
उत्कटेन हि नाम्नापि प्रायस्तुष्यन्ति डिण्डिकाः ॥ ९६ ॥

yatkiṃcidapi bālānāṃ cetastoṣāya kalpate |
utkaṭena hi nāmnāpi prāyastuṣyanti ḍiṇḍikāḥ || 96 ||

The Sanskrit text of Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 17.96 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 (17.96). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yat, Yad, Kincid, Kincit, Api, Bala, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Tosha, Kalpata, Utkata, Namna, Naman, Praya, Prayas, Tushyat, Tushyanti, Dindika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “yatkiṃcidapi bālānāṃ cetastoṣāya kalpate
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kiñcid -
  • kiñcid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kiñcit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • bālānām -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    bāla (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    bālā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • cetas -
  • cetas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cetṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ceta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • toṣāya -
  • toṣa (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • kalpate -
  • kalpatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kḷp (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • Line 2: “utkaṭena hi nāmnāpi prāyastuṣyanti ḍiṇḍikāḥ
  • utkaṭena -
  • utkaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    utkaṭa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • nāmnā -
  • nāmnā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nāman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • prāyas -
  • prāyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    prāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tuṣyanti -
  • tuṣ -> tuṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tuṣ -> tuṣyantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tuṣ (verb class 4)
    [present active third plural]
  • ḍiṇḍikāḥ -
  • ḍiṇḍika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Verse 17.96

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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