Lesson 19

Beginning Prayers:

• शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुम् - shuklaambaradharaM viShNum
• सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhyam 
• गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः - gururbrahmaa gururviShNuH 

Topic Summary:

• Revision of 7th case
• Revision of anuswaara rule and homework
• Introduction to 6th case in masculine and neuter genders

Home Work:

• Make 5 of your own sentences using the 6th case masculine/neuter gender words, along with some new vocabulary.

Topic Details:

Moving on to another case of nouns, we shall learn about the 6th case.  It is used in genitive clauses and sentences.  Genitive case indicates belonging-ness.  'of someone' or 'someone's', kind of references use this case.  For example -

raama's; of raama
king's; of the king
tree's; of the tree
boy's; of the boy, etc.

The pratyaya that should be added to both masculine and neuter would be same after the first two cases.  Hence, 6th would follow suite of masculine for neuter as well.  The 6th case pratyaya is -स्य (-sya).

By now, we have understood the prakRuti pada concept, meaning, the word in its true form, without any case superimposition.  With that knowledge and the already budding vocabulary, quite a few sentences could be made.  Ex:

आकाशस्य वर्णं नीलम् अस्ति।
aakaashasya varNaM neelam asti|Color of the sky is blue.

रामस्य भार्या सीता अस्ति।
raamasya bhaaryaa sItaa asti|
raama's wife is sItaa.

बालकस्य स्यूतः हरितः अस्ति।
baalakasya syUtaH haritaH asti|
The boy's bag is green color.

राहुलस्य केशः कृष्णः अस्ति।
raahulasya keshaH kRuShNaH asti|
Raahul's hair is black color.

ईशानस्य हस्ते पुस्तकम् अस्ति।
Ishaanasya haste pustakam asti|
There is a book in Ishaan's hand.  
(notice the use of 7th case locative noun in 'haste' - in the hand)

कृष्णस्य मुकुटे मयूरपिच्छम् अस्ति।
kRuShNasya mukuTe mayUrapichCham asti|
There is a peacock feather in kRuShNa's crown.

(notice the use of 7th case locative noun in 'mukuTe' - in the crown)

बालकस्य गृहं भारतदेशे अस्ति।
baalakasya gRuhaM bhaaratadeshe asti|
The boy's house is in India.

Also, notice that the adjectives follow suite of the gender of the noun, they are referring to!

Will see more examples of 6th case and learn feminine forms of the case as well in the next lesson.

Happy practicing!

Ending prayer:

•  ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् - aum pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam

____________________________________________________