Chapter 26

Question 1

देवर्षि-

Answer 1

diveine seer

Question 2

जामदग्न्य- (

Answer 2

a great sage

Question 3

वाक्यं √कृ

Answer 3

to follow the advice of

Question 4

अंशुमत्- (m.)

Answer 4

sun

Question 5

आमात्य- (m.)

Answer 5

minister

Question 6

कृष्ण-द्वैपायन-

Answer 6

the black islander

Question 7

क्षीण- (

Answer 7

broken, broken off

Question 8

√जल् (I प् जल्पति)

Answer 8

to tell, advise

Question 9

वै (Indc)

Answer 9

indeed

Question 10

रश्मि- (m.)

Answer 10

ray,beam

Question 11

√भ्राज् (I भ्राजतe

Answer 11

‘to shine’

Question 12

नूनम् (Indc) – ‘

Answer 12

now, from now on’

Question 13

नारद- (m.) –

Answer 13

Nārada (a great seer)

Question 14

स्थीयतe

Answer 14

lit: there is standing

(by: + Instr)’ –› ‘there are people who’

Question 15

1 वेद-अभ्यास-व्यसन-रसिक-

Answer 15

‘excelling at

Veda memorisation’

Question 16

पुंसः

Answer 16

‘of a man’ (Gen Sg of पुंस्-/पुमांस

Question 17

नियतम् (Indc)

Answer 17

– ‘surely, decidedly’

Question 18

निर्-वेद- (m.) –

Answer 18

‘despondency, indifference

Question 19

शान्ति- (f.)

Answer 19

peace

Question 20

सूक्ष्म- (Adj) –

Answer 20

‘subtle, keen’

Question 21

तावत्- (Adj)

Answer 21

so great, such

Question 22

जल्प- (m.)

Answer 22

speech , debate

Question 23

अभि-√इ (II अभ्येति) –

Answer 23

‘to approach, reach’

Question 24

आर्त- (Adj) –

Answer 24

‘befallen/afflicted by’

Question 25

आरम्भ- (m.)

Answer 25

beginning

Question 26

वादिनस्

Answer 26

‘speakers, orators

Question 27

ययौ

Answer 27

‘he went away, left’ (3rd Sg Perf

Act of √या).

Question 28

अन्वपद्यत

Answer 28

‘he lapsed into, entered’ (3rd Sg Impf

Mid of अनु-√पद (IV)) (+ ् Acc)

Question 29

संशित-आत्मानम् ‘

Answer 29

whose mind was sharp

Question 30

आचक्ष्व

Answer 30

2nd Sg Mid Impv ‘describe!’.

Question 31

भौम- (Adj) –

Answer 31

‘earthly, of the earth’ (–› भूमि- ‘earth’)

Question 32

मही- (f.)

Answer 32

‘the Earth’ (lit. ‘the great one’)

Question 33

√मृष् (IV मृष्यतe

Answer 33

‘to endure, bear, tolerate’

Question 34

व्यास- (m.) – Vyāsa

Answer 34

(acc. to tradition, the author of

the Mahābhārata)

Question 35

√शम् (IV शाम्यति) –

Answer 35

‘to come to rest, find peace’

Question 36

शस्त्र- (n.) –

Answer 36

‘weapon

Question 37

वि-निः-√श्वस् (I विनिःश्वसति) –

Answer 37

to sigh

Question 38

अभि-नि-√हन्, नि-√हन् (II (अभि-)निहन्ति) – translate like √हन

Answer 38

kill

Question 39

परस्-परम् (Indc) –

Answer 39

‘one another, each other’

Question 40

√ध्यै (II ध्याति) –

Answer 40

‘to think, ponder’

Question 41

सम्-अभि-√त्यज् (I समभित्यजति) – translate

like √त्यज

Answer 41

to leave behind

Question 42

ऐश्वर्य- (n.) –

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‘rule, power’ (–› ईश्वर-)

Question 43

उच्चावच- (Adj) –

Answer 43

‘varied; manifold’

Question 44

अभि-नन्दिन्- (Adj) –

अभिनन्दिनः Nom Pl Masc

Answer 44

‘delighting in’

Question 45

वसु-Adj) ‘

Answer 45

good, excellent’; (n.) ‘wealth, goods’

Question 46

धनुस्- (n.)

Answer 46

the weapon

Question 47

अश्-रु (n.)

Answer 47

tear as in crying

Question 48

इषु- (m.)

Answer 48

arrow

Question 49

धेनु- (f.)

Answer 49

cow

Question 50

शत्रु- (m.)

Answer 50

enemy

Question 51

कवि-

Answer 51

(Adj) ‘wise’; (m.) ‘sage, seer; poet’

Question 52

अरि-

Answer 52

(Adj) ‘hostile’; (m.) ‘enemy’

Question 53

वारि- (n.)

Answer 53

water

Question 54

ऋषि- (m.) ‘

Answer 54

seer; poet’

Question 55

दृष्टि-

Answer 55

(f.) ‘sight; look, glance’