Simple yet sets your brain working.

Sometimes it's simple sentences in Sanskrit that makes a person wonder how to write it.

This happens because most people still think in English and try to apply that in Sanskrit.

This method does not always work because each language has their own construct.

Let's take a look at this simple sentence.

"I've got to go"

In Sanskrit you have two options to translate this by using:

1)Passive Inflexion.

2)Potential Mood

The Passive Inflexion is the more popular one.

So can we actually imagine writing "I've got to go! " in English in a passive construct?

It would sound as a crazy as "Going has to be done by me"

Well, In Sanskrit that's how it is! Yes! Crazily intricate.

Let's take a look:

मया गन्तव्यम् | mayA gantavyam (I've got to go!)(Going has to be done by me)

It might sound weird when we say in English "Going has to be done by me" but in Sanskrit its perfectly acceptable.

Hold on! There is still another way of saying "I've got to go!" in Passive Inflexion.

मया  गमनीयम्  | mayA gamanIyam| (I've got to go! )(Going has to be done by me)

 अस्तु! इदानीं मया गमनीयम्!astu! idAnIM mayA gamanIyam!(Ok! I've got to go now!)

  How to nag in Sanskrit!

Yes, you are right! We can nag in Sanskrit.

Will give you an example.

A woman gets angry with her husband because he allowed their son to do something and the son made a mess of the house.

So here goes..wife nags husband.

 तेन इदं नैव करणीयम्! tena idaM naiva karaNIyam! He was not supposed to do this!

मया  पूर्व उक्तं न किल? mayA pUrva uktaM na kila?  Didn't I tell you?

किमर्थं मम वचनं त्वं न अनुसृतवान्?kimarthaM mama vacanaM tvaM na anusRtavAn? Why don't you follow what I say?

पस्य! किम् अभवत्!pasya kim abhavat! See what happened!

अहं न गणयामि! ahaM na gaNayAmi! I don't care!

त्वमेव वद! किं किं करणीयम्!tvameva vada! kiM kiM karaNIyam! 

It's up to you now to say what should be done!

Simple conversational Sanskrit.

Let's read what I wrote today.

A man sees another man struggling to carry something heavy in a box.

He offers to help and let's see what happens:

साहाय्यम् आवश्यकम्? sAhAyyam Avashyakam?

आम्, आवश्यकम्. धन्यवादः। Am, Avashyakam.DhanyavAdaH.

 पेतिका कुत्र स्थापनं करणीया?।  petikA kutra sthApanaM karaNIyA?

तत्र  स्थापयतु।tatra sthApayatu.

अतीव भारयुक्तम्!अन्तः किम् अस्ति?  atIva bhArayuktam! antaH kim asti?

शरीरम्! sharIram!

किम्????कस्य? किं भवान् मारकः ??? हे भगवान्! kim??? kasya?? kim bhavAn mArakaH? hey bhagavAn?

भवतः भार्यायाः!  bhavataH bhAryAyAH !

अस्तु! अस्तु !जानामि इदानीं किं एतावत् भारयुक्तम्! astu! astu! jAnAmi idAnIM kiM etAvat bhArayuktam.

Translation:

Do you need help?

Yes indeed. Thank you.

Where should I place the box?

Place it there.

It's very heavy! What's inside?

A body!

What?? Whose?? Are you a murderer? O'God!

It's your wife's body!

Ok! Ok! I understand now why it's so heavy!

        

Sometimes situations can bring out the poet in us.

Well..all of us in Selangor are facing a water disruption yet again.

Anyway I chose to lament in Sanskrit.

BTW this is how we improve our spoken Sanskrit.

Write down all what we think and learn to think in Sanskrit.

Here goes!

वारं वारं जलं नास्ति| 

वारं वारं जलप्रदूषणं भवति|  

वारं वारम् एवम् एव कारणम् अस्ति|

वारं वारं किं करवाणि?

vAraM vAraM jalaM nAsti

vAraM vAraM jalapradUSaNaM bhavati

vAraM vAram evam eva kAraNam asti

vAraM vAraM kiM karavANi?

Translation:

Again and again there isn't water,

Again and again there is water pollution,

Again and again the same reason,

Again and again what do I do?

Conversational daily usage Sanskrit.

A situation we can all relate too. The grammar usage here is mostly in Imperative mood where tempers are flying!

  त्वं तिष्ठ! अहम् इदानीमेव आगच्छामि । tvaM tiSTha! aham idAnImeva AgacCAmi |(You wait! I am coming now)

 त्वरसे!  त्वरसे! विलम्बितः।  tvarase!  tvarase! vilambitaH |(Hurry up! Hurry up! It's getting late)

आम्! आम्!जानामि ! मया त्वरणीयम् ।  Am! Am!  jAnAmi mayA tvaraNIyam | (Yes! Yes! I know I should hurry up)

मा वद! त्वरसे इदानीम् । mA vada! tvarase idAnIm |  (Don't talk! Hurry up now!)

 

A simple conversation 

A) मह्यं  मम यानं विपरीतं स्थापनं रोचते। mahyaM mama yAnaM viparItaM sthApanaM rocate( I like to reverse park my car)

B) किमर्थम्? kimartham (Why is that so?)

A) कदा  बहिर्गमनम्  इचामि तदा सरलतरं भवति।

kadA bahirgamanam icAmi tadA saralataraM bhavati.

(When I want to go out it's easier)

B)अस्तु।उच्चितम् | astu| uccitam| Ok, that's right.

        

     

        

 

Conversational Sanskrit.

One often neglected aspect of Sanskrit is its conversational aspect.

It's very much conversational if one is patient enough to study it.

The problem is most people aren't patient enough to learn the grammar and vocabulary and link it too fast to religion and miss the beauty of the language.

To learn Sanskrit effectively as to speak it, firstly drop all thoughts of getting "spiritually high" by learning it.

Sanskrit is very much a usable day to day language and when we place it too high on a pedestal we neglect its functional aspect and it remains unused and totally untapped.

It's like how everyone hangs a picture of God on their walls but do not think about Him at all.

I wrote this simple conversation which anyone can relate too to show its functional aspect. It would just reveal to us how much its so user friendly if we only drop its "spiritual tag" and actually use it.

नमस्ते। namaste (Hello)

नमस्ते | namaste(Hello)

किं करोषि ? kiM karoSi? (what are you doing?)

अहम्? aham? (me?)

आम्, आम् त्वमेव।  aam aam, tvameva(Yes! Yes! it's you I am referring to)

किमपि न करोमि। kimapi na karomi(not doing anything)

किमार्थम्? kimArtham? (why?)

विरामः।virAmaH (holiday)

अस्तु।कुत्र असि  इदानीम्? astu. kutra asi idAnIm( ok, where are you now?)

गृहे एव। किमार्थम्?  आगच्छसि  वा? gRhe eva. kimArtham? Agacchasi vA?(at home only, why? are you coming?)

अधुना न शक्नोमि किन्तु  सयङ्काले आगमिष्यामि। adhunA na shaknomi kintu sayankAle AgamiSyAmi.(not able to now but will come in the evening)

अस्तु।पुनर्मिलामः। astu.punarmilAmaH( ok, see you)

पुनर्मिलामः।punarmilAmah(see you)