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- Read on →: āhata-jalpita-jaṭitaṁ dṛṣṭvā śabdānuśāsana-stomam
āhata-jalpita-jaṭitaṁ dṛṣṭvā śabdānuśāsana-stomam |
hari-nāmāvali-valitaṁ vyākaraṇaṁ vaiṣṇavārtham ācinmaḥ ||
(Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: Maṅgalācaraṇa, 2)“After reviewing a multitude of manuals on words [i.e., grammar textbooks] entangled with unfounded statements, we are compiling a grammar for the Vaiṣṇavas inset with a series of Hari’s names.”
- Read on →: kṛṣṇam upāsitum asya srajam iva nāmāvaliṁ tanavai
kṛṣṇam upāsitum asya srajam iva nāmāvaliṁ tanavai |
tvaritaṁ vitared eṣā tat-sāhityādijāmodam ||
(Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: Maṅgalācaraṇa, 1)“To worship Kṛṣṇa, let me compose a series of his names like a garland [for him]. This [series of names] will quickly bestow the delight produced by his association and so forth [alt., the delight produced by literature and so forth related to him].”
- Read on →: ardha-mātrā-lāghavena putrotsavaṁ manyante vaiyākaraṇāḥ
ardha-mātrā-lāghavena putrotsavaṁ manyante vaiyākaraṇāḥ |
(Paribhāṣendu-śekhara)“Vaiyākaraṇas (grammarians) consider concision of [even] half a mātrā (metrical unit) to be like the festival for a [new-born] son [i.e., an occasion for great celebration; not a single phoneme in Pāṇini’s grammar is superfluous.].”
- Read on →: bhaja govindaṁ bhaja govindaṁ
bhaja govindaṁ bhaja govindaṁ
govindaṁ bhaja mūḍha-mate |
samprāpte sannihite kāle
na hi na hi rakṣati ḍukṛñ-karaṇe ||
(Moha-mudgara-stotram: 1)“Serve Govinda, serve Govinda,
Serve Govinda, O fool!
When the time of death arrives,
Rules of grammar do not save you.” - Read on →: antas-timira-nāśāya śābda-bodho nirarthakaḥ
antas-timira-nāśāya śābda-bodho nirarthakaḥ |
na naśyati tamo nāma kṛtayā dīpa-vārtayā ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 1661)“Knowledge of words [i.e., grammar, śāstra] is useless for dispelling inner darkness, as darkness is not dispelled just by engaging in discussion of a lamp.”
- Read on →: kecid bhagnāḥ sudhyupāsya-prayoge
kecid bhagnāḥ sudhy-upāsya-prayoge
kecid bhagnā rāma-śabda-prayoge |
kecid bhagnās tad-dhita-prakriyāyāṁ
sarve bhagnāḥ kāraka-prakriyāyām ||
(Unknown Source)“Some are defeated in the section on eliding [i.e., sandhi, as in the case of the eliding of the words sudhī and upāsya to form the compound sudhyupāsya]. Some are defeated in the section on declension [i.e., wherein the word rāma is typically the first word practiced]. Some are defeated in the section on irregular affixes [i.e., the forming of nouns from other nouns, as in the case of forming the word taddhita from tat and hita]. All are defeated in the section on syntax [i.e., kārakas].”