Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Sāhityadarpaṇa Intro and Verse 1

Introductory verse:

ग्रन्थारम्भः - ग्रन्थस्य आरम्भः - षष्ठि विभक्ति तत्पुरुष
निर्विघ्नेन - निर्गतं विघ्नं यस्मात् तत् (? - Locana commentary says this is an avyayībhāva in the -am form, but then why is it in the instrumental? It makes sense that it would be an idiomatic indeclinable when put in the instrumental, but I'm not 100% about that)
वाग्देवत - वाक् च सा देवतश्च - विशेष्यपूर्वपद कर्मधारयः तत्पुरुषः

Verse 1:

शरदिनदु - शरदि इन्दुः - सप्तमी विभक्ति तत्पुरुषः (I'm not sure about this one - is autumn an adjective or does it refer to the time in which the moon appears in this way?)
सुन्दररुचिः - सुन्दरः च स रुचिः च - विशेषणपूर्वपद कर्मधारयः तत्पुरुषः

Invocations

श्री गणेषाय नामः
श्री सरस्वत्यै नामः

...because anything else would be hubris.