The Brahmin and the Mongoose: Verse 1

Question 1

VOCAB

An invitation

Which the Brahmin recieved

Answer 1

āhvānam

NTR.

āhva = a caller, a crier, called.

Question 2

Nareśvarāt

Who sent the invitation

Answer 2

“From the king”

Abl.Masc. Sg - Provenance

Question 3

Inf. Verb

Dātum

√dā = ‘offering, giving, granting’

Answer 3

‘to give, to perform’

Inf. form dātum from dadāti “s/he gives”

It is introduced by āhvānam and expresses purpose. Remember that inf verbs are formed by taking the guna of the foot + tum/itum.

Ex. of a causative of √sthā = sthāpayitum - ‘to cause to stand’.

Question 4

śrāddham

Governed, the direct object of, dātum.

Answer 4

‘Faith, a specific type of sacrificial ceremony’.

Acc. Ntr. Sg.

“to give, perform, a sacrificial ceremony”

Question 5

Labdham

Main Verb of the sentence

Governs the object ‘an invitation’

Answer 5

‘Was received’

“Having been obtained”

Past passive participle (PPP, ta-participle).

√labh = ‘to take, seize, catch, obtain’
Labh + ta = labdha -> unvoiced dental stop (ta) turns into the corresponding voiced dental stop (da).

**Remember that ta-participles decline like nouns!

Question 6

Brāhmaṇena

To whom the invitation was sent.

Answer 6

‘By a Brahmin’

Inst. Masc. Sg.
Agent, or LOGICAL subject.

An invitation was received by a Brahmin.

Question 7

Kenacid

Indefinite adjective

Answer 7

‘A brahmin’

Formed by the interrogative pronoun: kaḥ, ka, kim (who? what? Which?) followed by the indefinite particle ‘cid’.

Question 8

kenacid brāhmaṇena śrāddham dātuṁ āhvānaṁ nareśvarāt labdham |

Verse 1

Answer 8

An invitation to perform a sraddha ceremony from the king, was received by a Brahmin.