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 22.155

ताम्बूलद्वयमासनं च लभते यः कान्यकुब्जेश्वराद्यः साक्षात्कुरुते समाधिषु परं ब्रह्म प्रमोदार्णवम् ।
यत्काव्यं मधुवर्षि धर्षितपरास्तर्केषु यस्योक्तयः श्रीश्रीहर्षकवेः कृतिः कृतिमुदे तस्याभ्युदीयादियम् ॥ १५५ ॥

tāmbūladvayamāsanaṃ ca labhate yaḥ kānyakubjeśvarādyaḥ sākṣātkurute samādhiṣu paraṃ brahma pramodārṇavam |
yatkāvyaṃ madhuvarṣi dharṣitaparāstarkeṣu yasyoktayaḥ śrīśrīharṣakaveḥ kṛtiḥ kṛtimude tasyābhyudīyādiyam || 155 ||

The English translation of Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 22.155 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 (22.155). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tambula, Dvayam, Dvaya, Asana, Labhat, Yah, Kanyakubja, Ishvara, Sakshat, Saksha, Kuruta, Samadhi, Samadhin, Param, Para, Brahma, Brahman, Pramoda, Arnava, Yat, Yad, Kavya, Kavi, Madhu, Varshin, Dharshita, Parasta, Ric, Idam, Yasya, Ukti, Shri, Shriharsha, Kriti, Uda, Tad, Diya,

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 22.155). 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: “tāmbūladvayamāsanaṃ ca labhate yaḥ kānyakubjeśvarādyaḥ sākṣātkurute samādhiṣu paraṃ brahma pramodārṇavam
  • tāmbūla -
  • tāmbūla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tāmbūla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvayam -
  • dvayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dvaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • āsanam -
  • āsana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āsanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • labhate -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kānyakubje -
  • kānyakubja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    kānyakubja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • iśvarād -
  • iśvara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    iśvara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sākṣāt -
  • sākṣāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sākṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    sākṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • kurute -
  • kurutā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kuruta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kuruta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present middle third single]
  • samādhiṣu -
  • samādhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    samādhin (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    samādhin (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • param -
  • param (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative 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]
  • pramodā -
  • pramoda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pramodā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arṇavam -
  • arṇava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arṇava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arṇavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “yatkāvyaṃ madhuvarṣi dharṣitaparāstarkeṣu yasyoktayaḥ śrīśrīharṣakaveḥ kṛtiḥ kṛtimude tasyābhyudīyādiyam
  • 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]
  • kāvyam -
  • kāvya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kāvya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāvyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kav -> kāvya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kav class 1 verb]
    kav -> kāvya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kav class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kav class 1 verb]
    kāvī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • madhu -
  • madhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    madhu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • varṣi -
  • varṣin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    varṣin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dharṣita -
  • dharṣita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharṣita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhṛṣ -> dharṣita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √dhṛṣ]
    dhṛṣ -> dharṣita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √dhṛṣ]
    dhṛṣ -> dharṣita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √dhṛṣ]
    dhṛṣ -> dharṣita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √dhṛṣ]
  • parāstar -
  • parāsta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parāsta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parāstā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛk -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • eṣu -
  • e (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • yasyo -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yas -> yasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √yas]
    yasyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    yas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • uktayaḥ -
  • ukti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • śrīharṣa -
  • śrīharṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaveḥ -
  • kavi (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kavi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kav (verb class 1)
    [optative active second single]
  • kṛtiḥ -
  • kṛti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛtim -
  • kṛti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    kṛti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ude -
  • uda (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ud (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • tasyā -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • abhyud -
  • abhyud (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • īyā -
  • diyam -
  • diya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    diya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    diyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Naishadha-charita [Sanskrit] Verse 22.155

Cover of edition (1989)

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by Harekrishna Meher (1989)

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Cover of edition (2016)

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by Deven M. Patel (2016)

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Cover of edition (2013)

Naishadhiya Charitam of Mahakavi Shri Harsha
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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Cover of edition (2015)

Nala and Damayanti
by B.N. Goswamy (2015)

A Great Series of Paintings of An Old Indian Romance; Foreword by Karan Sing.

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