Exercises: Adding Emphasis

Devanagari

Write the sentences below in IAST.

अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे
अन्तर्बाष्पश्चिरमनुचरो राजराजस्य दध्यौ
अधीहि भगवो ब्रह्मेति
तस्मा एतत्प्रोवाच
शं न इन्द्रो बृहस्पतिः
ऋते ऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके ।
तावान् सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः ॥

Translate from English to Sanskrit. The word eva follows words in bold type.

The white elephant goes to the blue fruit.
The white elephant goes to the blue fruit.
But I obtain the black horses and the white rabbits.
The men, after all, are not heroes.
But the boys are heroes.
Here, eva should follow tu.
The elephants, after all, stand.
The men push the two blue fruits, but the boys walk to the lion.
The verb for "push" is the same as the verb for "strike."
And the hero strikes the black horses.
The wolf wants the two white leaves. [careful with the sandhi here!]
The elephants push them(m).

Translate from Sanskrit to English.

वर्त एव च
varta eva ca

Here, the verb means something like "act" or "be engaged." eva ca here means something like "and yet" or "nevertheless."

As before, English meanings are provided for your curiosity.

aśocyānanvaśocastvaṃ prajñāvādāṃśca bhāṣase

You grieve those who should not tbe grieved, yet you speak words as if with wisdom. Bhagavad Gita 2.11
antarbāṣpaściramanucaro rājarājasya dadhyau

With tears suppressed, the servant of the king of kings was long lost in thought. Meghaduta 1.3
adhīhi bhagavo brahmeti

Teach me, sir, of Brahman. Taittiriya Upanishad
tasmā etatprovāca

He explained this for him. Taittiriya Upanishad
śaṃ na indro bṛhaspatiḥ

May Indra bless us, and Brihaspati. Mantra
ṛte 'pi tvāṃ na bhaviṣyanti sarve

Excepting you, none of them will survive. Bhagavad Gita 11.32
yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ saṃplutodake ।
tāvān sarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmanasya vijānataḥ ॥

However much worth there is in a well surrounded by water overflowing —
Such is the wealth in all of the Vedas for a Brahmin who knows. Bhagavad Gita 2.46

श्वेत एव गजो नीलं फलं गच्छति
śveta eva gajo nīlaṃ phalaṃ gacchati
श्वेतो गज एव नीलम् एव फलं गच्छति
śveto gaja eva nīlam eva phalaṃ gacchati
अहं तु कृष्णान् अश्वाञ् श्वेतांश् च शशाँल् लभे
ahaṃ tu kṛṣṇān aśvāñ śvetāṃś ca śaśāṃl labhe
नरा हि वीरा न
narā hi vīrā na
बालास् त्व् एव वीराः
bālās tv eva vīrāḥ
गजा हि तिष्ठन्त्य् एव
gajā hi tiṣṭhanty eva
नरा नीले फले तुदन्ति बालास् तु सिंहं चरन्ति
narā nīle phale tudanti bālās tu siṃhaṃ caranti
वीरश् च कृष्णान् अश्वांस् तुदति
vīraś ca kṛṣṇān aśvāṃs tudati
वृकः श्वेते पत्त्रे इच्छति
vṛkaḥ śvete pattre icchati
गजास् तान् तुदन्ति
gajās tān tudanti