Exercises: Case 8

Vocabulary

The exclamations that were mentioned in the lesson are part of a larger class of words that we will study later on.

हे

he

???

Hey! Hello!

अहो

aho

???

Oh! Alas!

बत

bata

???

Oh! Alas!

Case 8 is quite simple, so you should not need any practice with it. However, we can still practice with Devanagari.

Devanagari

Write the sentences below in IAST.

• विषया विनिवर्तन्ते

• रामः सीतां विन्दति

• भवान् भिष्मश्च कर्णश्च

  Note the new conjunct here. श्च = śca.

• द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयश्च

• चरणपद्मौ नमामि विष्णो

• शं नो मित्रः शं वरुणः । शं नो भवत्वर्यमा

• शं नो विष्णुरुरुक्रमः

• नमस्ते वयो । त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षमसि

• सत्यं वदिष्यामि

• ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः

Answers

Devanagari

As before, English meanings are provided for your curiosity.

• viṣayā vinivartante

  The objects of the senses turn away.

• rāmaḥ sītāṃ vindati

  Rama finds Sita.

• bhavān bhiṣmaśca karṇaśca

  Yourself, and Bhishma and Karna

• drupado draupadeyaśca

  Drupada and the sons of Drupada

• caraṇapadmau namāmi viṣṇo

  I worship your lotus feet, O Vishnu!

• śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ । śaṃ no bhavatvaryamā

  May Mitra bless us, and Varuna. May Aryaman as well.

• śaṃ no viṣṇururukramaḥ

  May Vishnu of wide steps bless us.

• namaste vayo । tvameva pratyakṣam asi

  Salutations to you, Vayu! You yourself are visible.

• satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi

  I will speak what is true.

• oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

  OM. Peace, peace, peace!