How many of us know Sanskrit ?
Shanno devirabhishtaye
Shanno devirabhishtaye शं नो॑ दे॒वीर॒भिष्ट॑य॒ आपो॑ भवन्तु पी॒तये॑ । शं योर॒भि स्र॑वन्तु नः॥ शम् । नः॒ । दे॒वीः । अ॒भिष्ट॑ये । आपः॑ । भ॒व॒न्तु॒ । पी॒तये॑ ।शम् । योः । अ॒भि । स्र॒व॒न्तुः॒ । नः॒ ॥ अथर्ववेद प्रथमं काण्डम् ६ १ सिन्धुद्विपोऽथर्वाकृतिरृषि:, आपोदेवता, गायत्रीछन्दः śaṁ no̍ de̱vīr.abhiṣṭ'ay.a āpo̍ bhavantu pī̱taye̍ । śaṁ yor.abhi sr'avantu naḥ॥ śam । naḥ̱ । de̱vīḥ । a.bhiṣṭ'aye । āpaḥ̍ । bha.va.ntu̱ । pī̱taye̍ । śam । yoḥ । a.bhi । sra.va.ntuḥ̱ । naḥ̱ ॥ atharvaveda prathamaṁ kāṇḍam 6 1 sindhudvipo'tharvākr̥tirr̥ṣi:, āpodevatā, gāyatrīchandaḥ दिव्य गुणों वाले जल अर्थात् उपकारी पुरुष हमारे अभिष्ट सिद्धि के लिये एवं पान व रक्षा के लिये सब के दुःख की निवृत्ति और सुखदायी बनने को प्रयत्नशील हों। तथा हमारे रोग की शान्ति के लिये, और भय दूर करने के लिये चहुं दिशाओं से वृष्टि करें| May the water with divine properties - water means the good personalities which help us in our life, for fulfillment of our wishes , potability and protection, and for the removal of pain of...
just a bit!
ReplyDeleteI dont know anything :( sad starter
ReplyDeleteI TOO KNOW LITTLE. I HAVE PASSED KOVIDA EXAM CONDUCTED BY BVB MUMBAI IN 1966
ReplyDeletewow, for me thats a great feat GopalaKrishna pv
ReplyDeletethank you sir
ReplyDeleteI am learning laghusiddanta kaumudi (Sanskrit grammar - vaidika format) tamil-sanskrit form . I am leaning through audio classes.
ReplyDeleteIT IS GOOD . TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT 15% OF INDIANS WHO KNOW SANSKRIT TO SOME EXTENT AND A VERY FEW %ge WHO ARE EXPERTS IN SANSKRIT.
ReplyDeleteYOU CAN GO TO archive.org AND SEARCH FOR SANSKRIT...YOU GET LOT OF BOOKS ON LAGHU KOUMUDI. AND GRAMMER
We should encourage our youngsters in learning Sanskrit. Otherwise it will be really dead within two to three generations from ours.
ReplyDeleteHi GopalaKrishna pv Thanks for your suggestion. I would recommend to learn from an Acharya.
ReplyDeleteGreat
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