A learned man had a daughter, who was well-versed in
learning. She made it a point to test
the learning of those youths who sought her hand in marriage. Once a prospective bridegroom came. His knowledge
was limited to the declension of ram zBd (Rama Sabda). Yet
he thought himself a learned man. The
daughter of the learned man asked: “In which case are the words ivhSy (Vihasya) and ivhay (Vihāya)? The youth answered that they are respectively
in the ;óI ivÉiKt>
= Genitive and the ctuwIR ivÉiKt> = Dative cases. Again the
young-lady asked him, “What is the case of Ah<? The young man
replied that it is in iÖtIya ivÉiKt> = the accusative case,
remembering ram< =
Ramam in the accusative case. You know
that the answers given by the youth were not correct. In fact
ivhSy (Vihasya)
and ivhay (Vihāya) are not in any case because
they are indeclinable. Ah< is not in the Accusative case, but in
the Nominative case. The daughter of
the learned man could immediately make out the that the young man’s knowledge
was limited to only ram zBd (Rama
Sabda). She said to her father:-
ySy ;óI ctuwIR Syat! ivhSy ivhay c,
ySyah< c iÖtIya Syat! iÖtIya
Syamh< kwm! ?.
How can I become second iÖtIya i.e., a wife to him, who declares that
ivhSy (Vihasya) and ivhay (Vihāya) are in the
;óI ivÉiKt>
= Genitive and the ctuwIR ivÉiKt> = Dative cases, and Ah< is in the Accusative case?
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