Lesson 24

Beginning Prayers:

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

Topic Summary:

• Review of previous lesson
• Applying some concepts learnt
• Building vocabulary
• Solving a riddle

Home Work:

• Build your vocabulary via reading or searching online.  Learn and write 5 new words in Sanskrit that you did not know before.

Topic Details:

After learning quite a few concepts in the language, now is a good time to take a temperature of your learning.  It is a good time to revisit and revise some of the old lessons.  That will serve as a good reminder as well as get a better understanding of the topics dealt so far.

We can do so by solving the below प्रहेलिका (prahelikaa - riddle).

वृक्षस्याग्रे फलं दृष्टं फलाग्रे वृक्ष एव च ।
अकारादि सकारान्तं यो जानाति स पण्डितः ॥

vRukShasyaagre phalaM dRuShTam phalaagre vRukSha eva cha |
akaaraadi sakaaraantaM yo jaanaati sa paNDitaH ||

If we split the words, it would mean as below -

vRkshasya - of the tree (6th case)
agre - on top of (7th case)
phalam - fruit (1st case)
dRShTam - seen
phalaagre - on top of the fruit (7th case)
vRukSha - tree (1st case)
eva cha - so also (avyayas)
akaaraadi - begining with 'a'
sakaaraantam - ending with 'sa'
yo - yaH becomes yo (visarga sandhi) - he who
jaanaati - knows (verb)
sa - saH becomes sa (visarga lopa sandhi) - he
paNDitaH - a wise person.

Based on these meanings, one can be called a wise person if he answers the riddle with
अनानस  (anaanasa) - pineapple

The picture below should make the riddle more clearer :).









Until next lesson, happy practicing.

Ending prayer:

•  ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् - aum pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam

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