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 17.74

स्वं च ब्रह्म च संसारे मुक्तौ तु ब्रह्म केवलम् ।
इति स्वोच्छित्तिमुक्त्युक्तिवैदग्धी वेदवादिनाम् ॥ ७४ ॥

svaṃ ca brahma ca saṃsāre muktau tu brahma kevalam |
iti svocchittimuktyuktivaidagdhī vedavādinām || 74 ||

The English translation of Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 17.74 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 (17.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Brahma, Brahman, Samsara, Samsari, Mukta, Mukti, Kevalam, Kevala, Iti, Svan, Ucchitti, Ukti, Vaidagdhi, Vedavadin,

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 17.74). 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: “svaṃ ca brahma ca saṃsāre muktau tu brahma kevalam
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brahma -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃsāre -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • muktau -
  • mukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mukti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √muc class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √muc class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √muc class 6 verb]
    muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √muc class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √muc class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √muc class 1 verb]
    muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √muj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √muj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √muj class 1 verb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • brahma -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kevalam -
  • kevalam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kevala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kevala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kevalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “iti svocchittimuktyuktivaidagdhī vedavādinām
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • svo -
  • sva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    svā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucchittim -
  • ucchitti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • uktyu -
  • ukti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ukti -
  • ukti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vaidagdhī -
  • vaidagdhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • vedavādinām -
  • vedavādin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vedavādin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]

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by B.N. Goswamy (2015)

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