文档介绍：SANSKRIT
ANINTRODUCTORY COURSE BASED ON
SRIlAJIVAGosvAMI'S GRAMMAR
"It Is Not Very Difficult. "
om Q)/loncHinuriirrdhasya jniiniiJijana-Jll/dkayij
cak'lIr umnifltlJln yena lasmm irf-! nama/;
This booklet is an inlroduClion to Sanskrit. laken from our Beginner's Sanskrit
Course. II contains the following: a brief description ofSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
and Srila Jiva Gosvami. pronunciation, SrTIa Prabhupada on pronunciation, Pan
One, and Part Two.
Pan One, in seven chapters, explains the basic elements of grammar, based on
Hariniimt1mrra-vyiikara(lU by Srila JiV3 Gosvami. Part Two has instructions and
exercises on conversation. adopted from lhe Rapid Sanskrit Speaking Course of
Dr. . Mishra.
It is important to learn lhe grammar of a language and also la approach it
through conversation. You will be surprised to discover for yourself, how easy
Sanskrit actually is.
SrTIa Prabhupada: ·'Yes. So any serious studenl can learn 31 home. h is llot very
difficult. And after studying one or two or a dozen sentences like that,
automatically, yes, he learns sandhi, he learns verb, he learns subject, object,
everything. I have no lime, otherwise I would have made 811agavad-gfltl gram•
mar. Yes. (...) You can do that. You can do thac People will read it, Bhagavad-gfta
grammar. On the B!lagavad-gfta tcach thcm grammar. JUSt like Jiva Gosvami
compiled Harinamfjmrra-vylSknrana, simIlarly, you write. You have got both the
knowledge, Sanskrit. and through English, Bhagavad-gful grammar. People will
take it. I have no time; otherwise I would have done it. Simply nominative case,
objective case, sabda-riipa." (Conversation with Dr. Patel)
All quotations are taken from Srila Prabhupada's books, leclUres. or
conversations unless marked otherwise. To exempljfy a certain rule, we have
sonlctimes portions of a BfJagavad-gfta verse and arranged the words in a
different order, followed by a rudimentary translation.
Begging for the well wishes of