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 15.91

अस्योत्कण्ठितकण्ठलोठिवरणस्रक्साक्षिभिर्दिग्भटैः स्वं वक्षः स्वयमस्फुटन्न किमदः शस्त्रादपि स्फोटितम् ।
व्यावृत्योपनतेन हा शतमखेनाद्य प्रसाद्या कथं भैम्यां व्यर्थमनोरथेन च शची साचीकृतास्याम्बुजा ॥ ९१ ॥

asyotkaṇṭhitakaṇṭhaloṭhivaraṇasraksākṣibhirdigbhaṭaiḥ svaṃ vakṣaḥ svayamasphuṭanna kimadaḥ śastrādapi sphoṭitam |
vyāvṛtyopanatena hā śatamakhenādya prasādyā kathaṃ bhaimyāṃ vyarthamanorathena ca śacī sācīkṛtāsyāmbujā || 91 ||

The English translation of Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 15.91 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 (15.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asi, Idam, Utkanthita, Kanthala, Rana, Sraj, Sakshi, Sakshin, Dish, Bhata, Sva, Vakshas, Vaksha, Svayam, Kim, Ada, Adah, Shastra, Api, Sphotita, Vyavriti, Upanata, Han, Shatamakha, Adya, Prasadya, Prasadi, Katham, Katha, Bhaimi, Vyartham, Vyartha, Anoratha, Shaci, Sacikrita, Asya, Ambuja,

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 15.91). 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: “asyotkaṇṭhitakaṇṭhaloṭhivaraṇasraksākṣibhirdigbhaṭaiḥ svaṃ vakṣaḥ svayamasphuṭanna kimadaḥ śastrādapi sphoṭitam
  • asyo -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    asi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • utkaṇṭhita -
  • utkaṇṭhita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    utkaṇṭhita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaṇṭhalo -
  • kaṇṭhalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ūṭhiva -
  • uṭh (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first dual]
  • raṇa -
  • raṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    raṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    raṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • srak -
  • sraj (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sraj (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sākṣibhir -
  • sākṣi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sākṣin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sākṣin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    sākṣī (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • dig -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • bhaṭaiḥ -
  • bhaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vakṣaḥ -
  • vakṣas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vakṣas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • asphuṭann -
  • sphuṭ (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • adaḥ -
  • ada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ad (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dṝ (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
  • śastrād -
  • śastra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śastra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sphoṭitam -
  • sphoṭita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sphoṭita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sphoṭitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sphuṭ -> sphoṭita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √sphuṭ]
    sphuṭ -> sphoṭita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √sphuṭ]
    sphuṭ -> sphoṭitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √sphuṭ]
    sphuṭ -> sphoṭita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sphuṭ]
    sphuṭ -> sphoṭita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sphuṭ], [accusative single from √sphuṭ]
  • Line 2: “vyāvṛtyopanatena śatamakhenādya prasādyā kathaṃ bhaimyāṃ vyarthamanorathena ca śacī sācīkṛtāsyāmbujā
  • vyāvṛtyo -
  • vyāvṛti (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • upanatena -
  • upanata (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    upanata (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    han (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • śatamakhenā -
  • śatamakha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • adya -
  • adya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    adya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prasādyā -
  • prasādyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    prasādī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    prasādī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental 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]
  • bhaimyām -
  • bhaimī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • vyartham -
  • vyartham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vyartha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vyartha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vyarthā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • anorathena -
  • anoratha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śacī -
  • śacī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śaci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sācīkṛtā -
  • sācīkṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sācīkṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sācīkṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āsyā -
  • āsya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āsya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √as]
    ās -> āsya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ās]
    as -> āsya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    āsyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ās]
    ās -> āsyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √as]
    as -> āsyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √as]
  • ambujā -
  • ambujā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 15.91

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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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