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Conversational Sanskrit Lesson - 1


On an experimental basis, I have started this Conversational Sanskrit series with video and text. This series is meant for children and young adult who want to learn Sanskrit, India's true National Language.

Below I present a Samskrit conversation between two people, Ram and Mohan, about a 3rd individual Udayan who is suffering from fever.

First I present the video for you to listen to the sentences and intonations. 



रामः - मोहन , उदयनः किमर्थं न पठति ?
मोहनः - सः ज्वरेण पीडितः अस्ति , अतः न पठति ।
रामः - किम् एतत् सत्यमस्ति यत् सः ज्वरेण पीडितः अस्ति ?
मोहनः - उदयनः न केवलं ज्वरितः अस्ति , परन्तु सः अतीव दुर्बलः अपि अस्ति ।
रामः - किं सः अन्नं भक्षयति न वा ? कथय ।
मोहनः - न भक्षयति परन्तु अल्पम् अल्पं दुग्धं पिबति ।
रामः - कदा सः पुनः नीरोगः भविष्यति ?
मोहनः - एतद् अहं न जानामि ।

Ram - Mohan, why is Udayan not studying?
Mohan - He has fever, hence he is not studying.
Ram - Is it true that he has fever?
Mohan - Not only does Udayan have fever, he is also very weak.
Ram - Is he eating or not? Please tell.
Mohan - He is not eating, but instead sipping a little milk.
Ram - When will he get cured?
Mohan - I do not know.

Conversational Sanskrit Word Meanings
किमर्थं - Why? For what reason?
ज्वरेण - By fever (Instrumental Case)
पीडितः - Afflicted
भक्षयति - Eating
भविष्यति - will be (Future Tense)
अल्पम् अल्पं - little portions from time to time. The first alpam end with म् because it is followed by a vowel अ. The second alpam ends with bindu because it is followed by a consonant द
पुनः - Again

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  1. Great! Very well done. Even for not-so-young-adults this is very helpful. Thank you for doing this.

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  2. This is amazing! My husband learnt Sanskrit in school, but theres no way one can learn it today in schools abroad. this is really helpful.

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  3. Incidentally my husband's name is Advait :)

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