Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy (Official Video)

Today we would go conversational, an often neglected part of the Sanskrit language.

It ain't hard to speak Sanskrit but its just that one needs to have a fairly good command on the vocabulary and some aspects of simple grammar before attempting to speak.

Last but not least is to speak it daily! Now that's going to be hard because not many people speak it.

But anyway one can always talk to one's own self!


Let's take a simple conversation today between 2 people:

A: अहो! इदम् अतीव कष्टम्!(O' this is too difficult)

B :न एतद् कष्टं न! ( No, this is not difficult)

A : सत्यम्?? (Really?)

B: आम्! सत्यम्! (Yes, its the truth)

A: ज्ञातं वा किम्  अवदम् ? (Did you understand what I said?)

B: आम्(Yes)

A: तर्हि? (then?)

B :भवति  न वा  इति पश्यामः (Let's see if it can be done or not)

चिन्ता मास्तु सुखी भव! (Don't worry be happy)

Who Told You So - Jackie Edwards

Who told you so?

How do we say "Who told you so" in Sanskrit?

Well, there are 3 ways of writing it.

1a) भवतः कृते एवं कः उक्तवान्  |  (bhavataH kRte evaM kaH uktavAn)(for masculine)
1b)  भवत्याः कृते एवं कः  उक्तवान् | (/bhavatyAH kRte evaM kaH uktavAn) (for feminine)

2 )तुभ्यम् एवं कः उक्तवान्  |(tubhyam evaM kaH uktavAn)

3) ते एवं कः  उक्तवान् | (te evaM kaH uktavAn)

All the above convey the same meaning though expressed in different ways.

F.R. David - Words don't come easy - High Quality Official Music Video

Usage of the word एवम्(evam).



The word एवम्(evam) has many shades of expressions.

Let's take a simple conversation here that shows the different meanings of just one word.



Person 1 : कुत्र गच्छति? (where are you going?)

Person 2 : अहम्? ( me? )

Person 1 : आम् आम्, एवम् (yes, yes, it is)

Person 2 : एवम्? (really)

Person 1 :हे! किम् अभवत्? सम्यक्?(hey! what happened? everything OK?)

Person 2  : एवम् (it is fine)

Person 1 : एवम्? (really)

Person 2 : आम् एवम्.(yes, it is so)



So who says "words don't come easy to me?" 

Circle of Life/Nants' Ingonyama(Music Video) - From The Lion King

Lion King and The Game of Thrones!
The  word for the day is सिंहासनम् (siMhAsanam).
सिंहासनम् means Throne.
Why is a throne called सिंहासनम् ?

Well let's breakdown the word:

 सिंहासनम् means सिंह (siMha)(Lion) + आसनम्(Asanam)(seat) which means the Seat of a Lion.

A King is considered a Lion among men hence his throne is called the Seat of a Lion.