Class 7 Sanskrit Chapter 3, मित्राय नमः, from NCERT Deepakam (दीपकम्), is a conversation in a park where students ask their yoga teacher to teach them Surya Namaskar, a set of twelve asanas, each preceded by a mantra beginning with ‘ॐ मित्राय नमः’. Class 7 Sanskrit Chapter 3 (मित्राय नमः): पाठ-सार और मुख्य बिंदु सूर्यनमस्कार … Read more
Class 7 Sanskrit Chapter 4, न लभ्यते चेत् आम्लं द्राक्षाफलम्, from NCERT Deepakam (दीपकम्), retells the fox-and-grapes fable as a Sanskrit action song (‘एकः शृगालः वनं गच्छति’) that the class sings and acts out. Class 7 Sanskrit Chapter 4 (न लभ्यते चेत् आम्लं द्राक्षाफलम्): पाठ-सार और मुख्य बिंदु गीत की कथा भूखा-प्यासा शृगाल वन में … Read more
Class 7 Sanskrit Chapter 5, सेवा हि परमो धर्मः, from NCERT Deepakam (दीपकम्), tells how the chemist and physician Nagarjuna chose an assistant: not the young man who brought the medicine on time, but the one who stopped on the royal road to nurse a sick stranger. Class 7 Sanskrit Chapter 5 (सेवा हि परमो … Read more
Class 7 Sanskrit Chapter 6, क्रीडाम वयं श्लोकान्त्याक्षरीम्, from NCERT Deepakam (दीपकम्), turns ten shlokas on the value of learning into a rainy-day game of shloka antakshari between two teams, ‘ज्ञानमाला’ and ‘रत्नमाला’. Class 7 Sanskrit Chapter 6 (क्रीडाम वयं श्लोकान्त्याक्षरीम्): पाठ-सार और मुख्य बिंदु खेल का नियम एक गण का सदस्य पद्य गाता है; … Read more
Class 7 Sanskrit Chapter 7, ईशावास्यम् इदं सर्वम्, from NCERT Deepakam (दीपकम्), is a short play on Prahlad: the teacher asks where God is, and the story of Hiranyakashipu, Holika and Narasimha shows that the Lord pervades everything, even a pillar. Class 7 Sanskrit Chapter 7 (ईशावास्यम् इदं सर्वम्): पाठ-सार और मुख्य बिंदु हिरण्यकशिपु की … Read more