Second installment of the course.
Just to reiterate once more:
a. Do not get too bogged down by grammar and usage while you learn Sanskrit. Often Sanskrit is considered to be all about mugging up lots of declensions and conjugations and this fears off most students. Instead take is as a natural language. Feel free to make the most blatant grammatical errors so far you are able to convey your message. Develop a feel for the language instead of thinking about grammar.
How did we learn Hindi or English or our mother tongue? Did we learn grammar first or language first? And do we speak these languages in a grammatically correct fashion even today? Why burden Sanskrit with overdose of grammar in very beginning then?
Simply start talking on every other thing in Sanskrit and enjoy the funny pronunciations you make or blatant errors you make in grammar. Have a laugh on that and simply continue. Soon you will develop a natural grip over the language and grammar will be automatically taken care of.
b. Try using Sanskrit words even in your mother language. After all Sanskrit is the mother of all languages. Let the children associate with their Mom and have their foundations strengthened! And in process, your road to mastery of Sanskrit will also be traversed faster.
c. Download a copy of Introduction to Vedas (Hindi) from http://agniveer.com/2045/introduction-to-vedas/ if you know Hindi. This is an amazing text not only to understand Vedic concepts but learn Sanskrit naturally. Because most sections of the book are presented in very simple Sanskrit as well as Hindi. In some sections there are deviations in Sanskrit and Hindi message and it would be a good idea to explore those areas and form the right opinion!
If we find interest in this pilot, we would also work towards web-based live classroom teaching on Sanskrit, a Sanskrit course for Hindi students as well as an expert course on Vedic Grammar. May Ishwar provide us strength for all this.
Download: Sanskrut Lesson 9 to 13 – Month 2
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For me it is taking time, but keep going when I get free time I have skim through some the lessens but only when I concentrate. Still if you can give audio lessons , It may be easier to pick up like mp3 as I could keep playing the lessons till I pick it up as it would take less concentration. I am also trying to clean up my Hindi too. You had asked for feedback on lesson so I gave it. Two ways I learn hard concentration effort, or by rest and it just comes to me naturally after a few months. Concentration is difficult some of the times. But thanks Guru Agniveer, I really appreciate the lessons you give.
When are u starting web classes for hindi speaking people to learn sanskrit
We are in search for a dedicated teacher to take this.
pl.i fail to lean the chapters.the e-book of your sanskrit is not opening/ tell me how can i read this book on my computer. I am seeing all the volumes on my pc but the inner content is not becoming availabl to me.
I finished month 1 ebook. Dhanyawadh guruji. Now I will start the second book.
VERY GOOD WORK BY SWAMIJI .I AM TOO LEARNING SANSKRIT…..
Very good work by Chitrapur Math . I am too learning sanskrit….
Guruji, I have a confusion. Is Sah always used after the word of third vibhakti like:- Ramen sah. Or can it be used before the word of third vibhakti like :- sah Ramen, keeping the meaning same?
रामेण सह & सह रामेण both are valid, though the Latter one is rarely seen.
Thank you Vinay ji.