Exercises: The dvandva

Vocabulary

लभ्

labh

लभते

labhate

obtain [di-lemma]

लाभ

lābha

m

gaining; gains, profit

Translation

Translate from English to Sanskrit. As you do so, translate nouns connected by "and" with a compound. The order of the elements in the compound should match the order of the nouns in the sentence.

• The man, the son, and the grandson will to the field.

• I will not see the hero, the warrior, and the thief.

• The master walks to the forests and rivers.

• The elephant and rabbit have been seen (PPP) by means of the sun and the moon.

• The wolves and the lion strike the man and the horses.

• The wolf and the lions strike the two men and the horses.

• We conquer the villages and forests and cities.

• The two of us will conquer the forests and cities and villages.

Translate from Sanskrit to English.

• सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ ।
  … न पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥

  sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau ।
  … na pāpamavāpsyasi ॥

  Note the use of the a prefix here. It is commonly used like this to show opposites.

Answers

Translation

• नरपुत्रपौत्राः क्षेत्रं गमिष्यन्ति

• (अहं) वीरक्षत्रियचोरान् न द्रक्ष्यामि

• आचार्यो वननदीश् चरति

• गजशशौ सूर्यचन्द्राभ्यां दृष्टौ

• वृकसिंहा नराश्वांस् तुदन्ति

• वृकसिंहा नराश्वांस् तुदन्ति

• (वयं) ग्रामवननगराणि जयामः

• (आवां) वननगरग्रामाञ् जेष्यावः

• After rendering pleasure and pain the same — and gain and loss, and victory and defeat — … you will not incur evil.

  Bhagavad Gita 2.38