The Beautiful South - Song For Whoever

I Forgot Your Name! अहं तव नाम विस्मृतवान्     ahaM tava nAma vismRtavAn 





Studies have shown that we humans actually do not really forget anything.

Everything we come across in life is stored as memory in the brain.


For example certain smells can remind of of freshly baked bread we used to have in our childhood.

Even when we are at home and we remember even our way if the lights are off cos the body has the memory of our daily activity.


For those of us who drove a manual car(stick shift) and then one fine day we decide to drive an automatic car..our leg would still be sort of "looking" for a clutch even though its absent in an automatic car.


Also in case of amputation of a limb eg amputation of a leg, the patient would still feel the presence of his limb and also feel pain in a non existent limb for a while.


This is called Phantom limb and this happens becos the brain still "remembers" the neuronal pathways of the limb.



Therefore we do not really forget, when we say we forgot its because of a data retrieval issue and not because the data storage files were deleted.


We are actually more efficient than a computer.


Anyway enjoy this lovely song about a guy who forgets the name of the girl he loves and singing out in different names.

Maher Zain - Number One For Me (Official Music Video) | ماهر زين

OMG!



You guessed it...today's the topic is God!


No No...I am not playing preacher... I am only the language teacher remember?


In Sanskrit to be honest there is no actual default word for God.


Sounds strange isn't it when many think that Hinduism is polytheistic and worship many "Gods"...but that is not the actual picture.


The word for God in Sanskrit is more of a concept rather than just a word.


The words in Sanskrit denoting God range from the Impersonal, Beyond Comprehension and Beyond Words Brahman to the Personalized Ishwara.


So let's delve into linguistics cos as I said I ain't no preacher!


When God is denoted as the Supreme Being..He is denoted as ब्रह्मन् (brahman)..etymology for the word is  बृंहति (bRmahti) which means to become high, elevated,vast,expand..its a state that is not totally defined but much bigger than what the mind can comprehend and much beyond words.


Next is the concept of the Personalized God..
ईश्वरः(IshvaraH)..this is where we start to personalize God and give Him attributes which we can relate to because the human mind finds it very hard to go beyond an identification of any kind.


Hence we find various names given to God describing His function in the Universe summarized well as G.O.D (Generation, Organization and Dissolution)...its from this function ईश्वरः(IshvaraH) is denoted as the ब्रह्मा (brahMa for Generation), विष्णुः(viShnU for Organization) and शिवः(shiva for Dissolution)


A important point to note is the word देवः(devaH) does not really mean God.

It technically means the "shining ones" from the root word दिव्(div) even though at times you might find the word देवः (deva) being used very often to denote God.



But what ever said and done..no matter how we choose to relate to God we can agree He is always Number One for you and for me!

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To Be Or Not To Be !



In Sanskrit you have both options "To Be Or Not To Be" if you are using Present tense.


I am talking about the verb "To Be".


In English the verb "To Be " has to be written for eg in Present Tense :


He is a boy.


She is a girl.


They are boys.


They are girls.


You are a boy/girl.


I am a boy/girl.


The Verb Be here is expressed here in as "Is","Are" and "Am"


It would be incorrect to say:


He boy.


She girl.


They boys/girls.


I boy/girl.




Let's hop over to Sanskrit.


In Sanskrit one can still write a sentence in the present tense with or without "Is/Are/Am"


For eg:


सः बलकः अस्ति । saH balakaH asti(He is a boy)


सः बलकः| saH balakaH.


Both are correct. The अस्ति denoting "Is" need not always be written because the message is understood that "He is a boy"



Same with 2nd person and 1st person.


त्वं बलकः असि | You are a boy.


त्वं बलकः |


Both are correct. The असि denoting "Are" need not always be written.


अहं बलकः अस्मि| I am a boy.


अहं बलकः|

Both are again correct. The अस्मि denoting "Am" need not always be written.



So in Sanskrit you can be anything!

Frank Sinatra - My Way

 मम रितिम् एव  अकरवम्....I did it my way!



One of my favorite songs, a timeless classic. A blend of melancholy, regret,confidence that one experiences in life.



When we translate words from one language to another  we would need to understand the context and not translate word for word.


The song says "I did it my way".


You can see the tense is past tense...I did is  अकरवम्.(akaravam)..one does not need to type

 अहम् अकरवम्(aham akaravam) because its understood that अकरवम् means "I did" when it undergoes conjugation.


Next is the "my way"


This is where we have to understand the context...the word Way here does not mean Path or a Walkway...it means a Manner/Method....so the choice of word here would be रितिम्(ritiM) which stems from the word रितिः (ritiH)..and becomes रितिम् when it becomes 2nd case ending case in this sentence.



Then for My...its 6th case ending मम...


the word "It" here does not need to be translated because the meaning of "It" is implied.

Finally we have to understand that Frank Sinatra is emphasizing that he did it verily his way.

So here I would add the word एव(eva) which is an emphasis that its ONLY my way and none other.



lets put it all together:


मम रितिम् एव अकरवम्....I did it my way!

Stuck on You - Lionel Richie (The Best Of Me)

Stuck on you! Attached Pronouns!





The topic of the day would be Attached Pronouns...yes stuck on you.


Sanskrit has both detached pronouns and attached pronouns.


Detached Pronouns:



सः(He)            तौ(they-dual)                                                ते(they)  


सा(She)           ते(they-dual)                                                ताः(they) 



त्वम्(You)       युवाम् (both of you)                                   यूयम्(you all)


अहम्(I)          आवाम्(both of us)                                   वयम्(all of us)




Next is Attached Pronouns:


In Sanskrit an attached pronoun is stuck only to a verb at its root.The attached pronouns are not stuck on to a noun in Sanskrit unlike certain Semitic Languages.


Lets take an example..the word "To Read" stems from the Root word पठ्(paTh)


lets attached the pronouns to it.


3rd person pronouns


पठ् + अति = पठति (He/She reads)...to make it more specific we can write सः/सा पठति (he/she reads) because 3rd person pronouns are gender specific.


पठ् + अतः =पठतः(They both read).................. तौ/ते पठतः(they both read)


पठ् + अन्ति =पठन्ति(they all read)...................ते/ताः पठन्ति(they all read)



2nd person pronouns:


पठ् +असि =पठसि (you read) here its not compulsory to add the word  त्वम्(you) before पठसि to denote you read because त्वम् is gender neutral and used as how we use it in English and its self explanatory that पठसि  means you read because असि is the attached pronoun for you. same rules apply for युवाम्  यूयम्  and below.


पठ् + अथः =पठथः(you both read)..not compulsory to add युवाम्.


पठ् + अथ =पठथ (you all read)..not compulsory to add  यूयम्



1st person pronouns


पठ् + आमि =पठामि (I read)...not compulsory to add अहम् as its self explanatory that पठामि  means I read as आमि is the attached pronoun for I. Same rules apply for आवाम्  and वयम् below.


पठ् + आवः =पठावः   ......not compulsory to add आवाम् 


पठ् + आमः = पठामः not compulsory to add वयम्

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स्व(sva) श्वः(śvaH)  श्व  (sva)...Self, Tomorrow and a Dog!



These 3 words sound very similar but yet each has  distinct meanings.


स्व (sva) means Self.


श्वः (svaH) means Tomorrow.



श्व ( śva  ) means Dog.




Since स्व means Self in Sanskrit...so how would you say SELFIE in Sanskrit.


Simple...चित्रम् is picture in Sanskrit...so SELFIE would be स्वचित्रम् (svacitram).



Now be very careful when pronouncing श्वः tomorrow (svaH)  श्व dog ( śva )....you surely don't want Tomorrow to be gone to the Dogs! LOL