Lesson 13

nadi (f., river)

1. dasyo 'nnamanayan |

2. devirdevajwca harirapujayat |

3. patnya sahagacchanmaharajah |

4. nadyastire sadhavo yogamacaran |

5. nagarya rathyasu bahavo janah samagacchan |

6. wivaya samagrayah prthivyah pataye namah |

7. bhusanani putryai jananyayacchat |

8. indranya patnya sahendro nandane vasati |

9. sabhayaj narinaj sundaranyabharananyapawyama |

10. vapisu pavitraj jalaj na vartate |

11. satyameva jayate |

12. sainikaih saha kumaro vanesu vyaghranmrgayate |

13. aksaistatrodyane ksatriya adivyan |

14. maharajasya patnyeva maharanyucyate |

15. nadinaj jalaj samudraj prati dravati manusyasya jivanaj tu mrtyuj prati |

The exercise key

1. Queen's female servants brought ornaments and gems.

2. We bring water from the pond.

3. Cities stand on the rivers' banks.

4. Children played in the garden and climbed trees.

5. Even the king came with the soldiers.

6. Rivers come together with rivers or with the sea.

7. Daughter is always loved by the father and the mother.

8. The fighter married great king's daughter and became a ruler.

The exercise key

prati+gam-, pratigacchati (I): to come back, to go back, to return

a+car-, acarati (I): to do, to perform, to practise

mrg-, mrgayate (X): to search for, to hunt for

vac-, pass. ucyate: is called

vrt-, vartate (I): to live on

abharana-, n.: robe, decoration

indrani-, f.: Indrani, Indra's wife

udyana-, n.: garden

janani-, f.: mother

tira-, n.: shore, bank

dasi-, f.: female servant, female slave

devi-, f.: goddess, mistress

nagari-, f.: city

nadi-, f.: river

nandana-, n.: Indra's paradise

nari-, f.: woman

patni-, f.: wife

putri-, f.: daughter

prthivi-, f.: earth

bhusana-, n.: ornament

maharaja-, m.: great king

maharani-, f.: queen

yoga-, m.: yoga

vapi-, f.: pond, pool

vyaghra-, m.: tiger

sainika-, m.: soldier

pavitra-, adj.: clean, holy

samagra-, adj.: complete, whole

sundara-, adj.: beautiful

namas-, adv.: hail!, glory! (Dat.)