Naishadha-charita [sanskrit]

by K.K. Handiqui | 1965 | 29,064 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Naishadha-charita referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. The Naishadha-charita is one of the mahakavyas (great epic poems) and deals with the famous story Of Nala and Damayanti, as found in the Mahabharata.

Verse 13.53

यः स्यादमीषु परमाऋथनलः स मालामङ्गीकरोतु वरणाय ममेति चैनाम् ।
तं प्रापयामि यदि तत्तु विसृज्य लज्जां कुर्वे कथं जगति शृङ्वति ही विडम्बः ॥ ५३ ॥

yaḥ syādamīṣu paramāṛthanalaḥ sa mālāmaṅgīkarotu varaṇāya mameti cainām |
taṃ prāpayāmi yadi tattu visṛjya lajjāṃ kurve kathaṃ jagati śṛṅvati hī viḍambaḥ || 53 ||

The English translation of Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 13.53 is contained in the book Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa (An old and Rare Book) by K.K. Handiqui. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (13.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Syat, Sya, Adah, Parama, Tha, Nala, Mala, Angin, Angi, Varana, Asmad, Mama, Iti, Aina, Prapa, Yami, Yamin, Yadi, Yad, Tat, Tad, Visrijya, Lajja, Kurva, Katham, Katha, Jagat, Jagati, Vidamba,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 13.53). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “yaḥ syādamīṣu paramāṛthanalaḥ sa mālāmaṅgīkarotu varaṇāya mameti cainām
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • amīṣu -
  • adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    adaḥ (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • paramā -
  • paramā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tha -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nalaḥ -
  • nala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mālām -
  • mālā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • aṅgī -
  • aṅgī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    aṅgī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    aṅgin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • karotu -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [imperative active third single]
  • varaṇāya -
  • varaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    varaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • mame -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    mamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ainā -
  • aina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “taṃ prāpayāmi yadi tattu visṛjya lajjāṃ kurve kathaṃ jagati śṛṅvati viḍambaḥ
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • prāpa -
  • prāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāpa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • yāmi -
  • yāmī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    yāmi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāmin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāmin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • visṛjya -
  • visṛjya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    visṛjya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lajjām -
  • lajjā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • kurve -
  • kurva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kurva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present middle first single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • jagati -
  • jagatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    jagat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jagat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse śṛṅvati*hī
  • -
  • viḍambaḥ -
  • viḍamba (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

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Cover of edition (2013)

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by Dr. Devarshi Sanadhya Shastri (2013)

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Cover of edition (2015)

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by B.N. Goswamy (2015)

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