Locative Absolute.

सति सप्तमी (sati saptamI)


In a सति सप्तमी (sati saptamI) the time of one action indicates the tense of another action.

eg:

न कूपखननं युक्तं प्रदीप्ते वह्निना गृहे


Digging a well when the house is already up in flames is improper.

Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Official Video)

We Didn't Start The Fire! and usage of Causal Verbs.


Sanskrit has many words to denote START.

Ranging from आरम्भ (Arambha) to उद्भ्राम्यति (udbhrAmyati)

But what is the word we use to denote starting a fire?

Well..the word is ज्वलति (jvalati ) ...to ignite.

ज्वलति (jvalati ) is a verb.

So how do we translate the sentence "We Didn't Start The Fire"?

Well..in this song, Billy Joel is singing about various political scenarios where unrest is seen but no one wants to claim responsibility to what they started hence "We Didn't Start The Fire".

So which word would be appropriate here?

Since there is a element where no one wants to take the blame of being  the causative factor hence the preferred choice of word would be a causal verb ज्वालयति (jvAlayati)
 and since there is usage of past tense..the causal verb in past tense (plural) would be ज्वालयन्तः (jvAlayantaH)

So the translation for the title of this song "We Didn't Start The Fire" would be 

वयम् अग्नीं न ज्वालयन्तः
vayam agnIM na jvAlayantaH

Vodka?

The April 2018 issue of Sambhashana Sandesha Sanskrit Magazine had an interesting comparison between Sanskrit and a few other Indo-European languages.

One of it  was Croatian..comparing the similar words of Sanskrit and Croatian.
What seemed interesting is the word for water.

Sanskrit has many words for Water.

One of it is udaka (उदक) ,the article states that one of the words in Croatian for water is vodaka which is supposed to have originated from Sanskrit due to  being in the same Indo-European group of languages.

Now the striking thing is...udaka in Sanskrit---- vodaka in Croatian and sounds very much like the alcoholic drink VODKA! which interestingly enough also stems from the Russian word voda meaning water.

It makes me wonder!