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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 3.117
नलेन भायाः शशिना निशेव त्वया स भायान्निशया शशीव ।
पुनःपुनस्तद्युगयुग्विधाता योग्यामुपास्ते नु युवां युयुक्षुः ॥ ११७ ॥
nalena bhāyāḥ śaśinā niśeva tvayā sa bhāyānniśayā śaśīva |
punaḥpunastadyugayugvidhātā yogyāmupāste nu yuvāṃ yuyukṣuḥ || 117 ||
The English translation of Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 3.117 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 (3.117). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nala, Bha, Bhaya, Shashin, Nish, Nisha, Nishi, Iva, Tva, Yushmad, Shashi, Puna, Tad, Tat, Yuga, Yuj, Vidhata, Yogya, Yogi, Upasti, Yuva, Shu,
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 3.117). 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: “nalena bhāyāḥ śaśinā niśeva tvayā sa bhāyānniśayā śaśīva ”
- nalena -
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nala (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]nala (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- bhāyāḥ -
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bhā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]bhāya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]√bhā (verb class 2)[optative active second single]
- śaśinā -
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śaśin (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- niśe -
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niśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]niś (noun, feminine)[instrumental single], [dative single]niśā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]niśi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]niśi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tvayā -
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tvā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhāyān -
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bhāya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]bhāya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√bhā (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- niśayā -
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niśā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- śaśī -
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śaśī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]śaśin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “punaḥpunastadyugayugvidhātā yogyāmupāste nu yuvāṃ yuyukṣuḥ ”
- punaḥ -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- punas -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- yuga -
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yuga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yug -
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yuj (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yuj (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- vidhātā* -
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vidhātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yogyām -
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yogyā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√yuj -> yogyā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]yogī (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- upāste -
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upāsti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- nu -
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nu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]nu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]nau (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yuvām -
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yū (noun, masculine)[genitive plural], [locative single]yuvā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- yu -
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yu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]yu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- yuk -
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yuj (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yuj (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ṣuḥ -
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ṣu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 3.117
Philosophical Reflections in the Naisadhacarita
by Harekrishna Meher (1989)
English (Hardcover)
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by Dr. Devarshi Sanadhya Shastri (2013)
Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; Set of 2 Volumes ; Krishnadas Sanskrit Series 52; Includes Jivatu Commentary of Mallinath and Candrika Hindi Commentary
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Nala and Damayanti
by B.N. Goswamy (2015)
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