चाटुश्लोकः = Witty Saying

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?